Talk:Soba

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"The most famous Japanese soba noodles come from Nagano. Soba from Nagano is called Shinano Soba or Shinshu soba."

"One of the unusual side of soba is that unlike udon or ramen where varieties of noodles are named with a famed location of them, soba is named according to ingredients used to make soba."

These parts appear to contradict each other. Shinano is a town in Nagano. Can anyone verify the latter part? I am thinking it should be removed. Dforest 01:13, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I think they mean that the noodles are named after the place the ingredients come from not where they are made.

There is definitely a town named Shinano, but it is rather the name of the former province that is practically equivalent to present Nagano Prefecture. Shinshu stands for the Province of Shinano. --B. T. Si 01:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[in Japan, it is traditionally considered polite to slurp the noodles noisily.] I have heard this kind of theory at many places but I do not think so. Japanese just do not care making noise when they eat noodle soup. Actually it is difficult, if not impossible, to eat noodle soup without making noise unless you eat very slowly. -- 03:04, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

You're quite right there: "You may get surprised to see everybody slurping ramen without hint of hesitation in ramen shops in Japan. Yes, Japanese do not mind making noise eating not only but also other kinds of noodles like soba and udon. I knew some explained slurping noodles is to express appreciation. This is funny but it's not true. Japanese love noodles so much that they just devote themselves in eating it and do not care making noise. " -From WorldRamen

-- 03:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I think "Buckake soba" is vandalism. Plus, the romanji spelling isn't correct.

Sorry, apparently there is a kind of soba that does use "bukkake." That's really funny.

[edit] Tsuyu / method of eating

I added the terminology "tsuyu" instead of the generic "broth" and slightly changed the zarusoba section.

[edit] Yam

Most of the soba I buy has "yam" as one of the ingredients (after wheat flour and buckwheat flour, and before salt). This should be addressed in the article, and the exact species/variety of yam that is used should be given. Badagnani 10:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dipping sauce

Does the dipping sauce ever include ponzu (i.e. citrus such as yuzu or sudachi juice, etc.)? Badagnani 22:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Unlike Korean noodles, Japanese soba is rarely served with any sour-tasted sauce or soup (in Japan). It's udon, another kind of Japanese noodle, that is sometimes served with cut sudachi especially in Japanese island of Shikoku. Rija 23:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. One more question: why are the noodles dipped in the sauce rather than simply pouring the sauce on top of the noodles? It seems that pouring the sauce on the noodles is so much easier. Badagnani 01:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's really easy and some people do so, but I believe the majority in Japan consider it's somewhat a rude way to serve soba. The noodle easily loses its flavor when wet with sauce, so they like to keep the cooked noodle dry until it's eaten. It's said that true gourmets do not even dip the entire body of noodle in the sauce; to avoid ruining its flavor they should dip only the bottom of the noodle (and keep the upper half dry)! It's not rare for soba to be served in soup, usually hot and sometimes chilled, but such soup is much thinner than dipping sauce. Rija (talk) 05:17, 11 February 2008 (UTC)