Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan｜Yabusoba

The friendliest and sweetest family-run soba noodle restaurant ever! Have been many times and they recognise us. We have taken friends and family there, too. The mother takes care of the customers. Her husband and her son are the chefs. They make their soba noodles from scratch inside the restaurant. They know their food well and the execution is to perfection with love. They are also very keen to speak to customers. My favourites are duck soba and katsudon. My husband likes their cold soba with veggie tempura. Their dessert, homemade almond tofu topped with roasted soba grains, is homemade and is a special highlight. Miss this family!

It was a soba restaurant that I stopped by while I was at work. As you can see in the photo, the kakiage was jumbo, crispy, and delicious. The soba soup stock is also good. I would like to stop by again.

I stopped by for lunch on a weekday around 1:30pm. I was the only customer, so I was able to relax. What I received was a tempura set meal. Weekday lunches are a little cheaper. There are four types of tempura to choose from, so I chose the kiss and vegetable tempura. Since I added more soba noodles, I used two bamboo steamers. The soba had a good aroma and texture, just the way I like it. The tempura was also crispy and lightly fried, and the salt was perfect. The melty rice is delicious and has no taste. I also had mini apricot kernels for dessert. The sweetness of vanilla is stronger than the refreshing taste of almonds, and the texture is soft rather than jiggly. It's different from the so-called almond tofu in Chinese cuisine, but it was also very delicious and just the way I like it. All the dishes were carefully prepared and tasted very good. The customer service was polite and relaxing. The menu has a lot to choose from, and you can eat or drink here, so it's likely you'll come back again and again.