soba
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A restaurant that mainly serves thin buckwheat noodles
- noun
- /ˈsoʊbə/
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soba
- Soba-soba.
Examples
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He'd discovered a small handmade soba shop in Kyoto.
Blog text (14) -
Yumenoya Soba (011-81-98-048-4529; entrees $9 to $15) in Motobu has a cult following because its owner, a ceramist, makes only a few dozen bowls a day.
Blog text (31) -
At the Emamora soba Restaurant in Nagano, I enjoyed a delicious bowl of fresh noodles made from buckwheat flour.
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He discovered a charming little soba shop in Kyoto that specializes in handmade buckwheat noodles.
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The soba from Yumenoya is famous for its rich flavor and is served with a variety of traditional dipping sauces.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soba can also mean a small restaurant or shop that serves those noodles, because places that sell a food often take the food's name. That's why you might stop at a 'soba' near the station for a quick meal.