Intro Soba Totto - Recommended 211 E 43rd St #1F, New York 10017 At 3rd Ave Phone: 212-557-8200 I've been wanting to check out Soba Totto for a while - a soba and yakitori joint from the owners of our favorite Yakitori Totto. Porthos introduced me to real soba when Honmura Ann was still around and it was quite a what the f moment. Soba noodles that were light with great texture and felt great during and after eating. However, since then my soba experiences have never reached that pinnacle. So, how does Soba Totto hold up? Soba is good, but the yakitori is the winner although not as good as Yakitori Totto. Overall, I give...
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Soba Koh, Doyers Vietnamese, and hot damn, I baked something
On Friday night after the scary-huge fooding tour, Melody and I ate at Soba Koh in the East Village. Guess what they specialize in? Hint: it's not Koh.
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A few months ago, HungryMan and I shared a midnight taxi ride home with Cousin Wack. Her apartment was the first stop on our trip, but our itinerary changed rapidly when we arrived at her building and said our goodbyes– it was then, over her shoulder that we spotted Soba Koh on the same block. Quicker than a flash, all three of us had abandoned the cab, and HungryMan and I stood peering into the windows of the darkened restaurant, smacking our lips and wondering aloud if the restaurant was any good. We knew, with both a relative and a soba restaurant on the same city block, we’d be back soon.
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The simple act of walking down a different street can expose one to an exciting food adventure. Last night, I intended to pick up a snack at Caracas Arepa Bar. But as I walked up 2nd Avenue, I thought to myself, why not turn right on East 5th Street instead of East 6th? Soon, I was learning about the great culinary reputation of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and about ingredients like myoga, a kind of wild ginger which grows in in Japanese country backyards. Soba Koh was the setting for this enjoyable lesson, and Miho, a charming waitress, was my guide to the menu.
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So let's be real here -- I have many Japanese (and Japanese culture-phile) friends who know their soba and take it very seriously. If you put a bowl of handmade soba and a bowl of packaged cheapo soba in front of me, I hope that I'd be able to tell the difference. But I don't know that I could; I haven't had enough experience with soba to call myself an authority by any means.
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Went to try the new soba restaurant Sobakoh on 5th Street (by 2nd Av.) last night. Being barely a week old, there were only two occupied tables when we arrived at around 7:30 pm (whereas even crappy places in the neighborhood are packed by that time on a Friday night), but the place quickly filled up afterwards.
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