Nara, Japan｜Soba-dokoro Kitahara

Came at around 12.20pm and there’s a line at the door. We waited for around 30min to get seated. Limited seats inside as it’s a pretty small store. Thoroughly enjoyed my food here! Went during summer time when the sun was blazing so the cold soba was very refreshing 💯 Would recommend!

One of our most favorite meals in Japan! A cute local soba spot in Nara and we stopped by on a hot day. We had to wait about 30 min but it was every bit worth it! Everything was so well thought out here. The glazed herring was sweet and delicious. The yam soup may be an acquired taste due to its slimey texture (think natto slimey) but I enjoyed it! The soba was chewy and the soba sauce light, flavorful and refreshing. They brought our warm water they cooked the noodle in the mix with the remaining soba sauce to drink like a hot tea and it was so good! Warm, nutty, delicious palette cleanser and talk about not wasting anything! My favorite was the summer citrus soba! The cold broth was so refreshing with the sliced citrus that added the right amount of tart and bitterness! They told me to add the ume paste (sour plum) halfway through for a change in flavor and it added the most subtle tartness to the broth. Ahh this place was amazing!

Relatively short line to queue but because of the small seating space had to wait quite long in the heat. It was well worth the wait. The interior was traditional and quaint and the staff friendly and attentive. It helped that the Aircon was working well too! The soba was “qiu qiu”, mild and delicious one of the best we have ever had so far. The tofu with soy sauce was also excellent.