Nasu, Tochigi, Japan｜Kintaro

Wonderful restaurant with excellent food. Glad we found it!

= Soba with a firm texture and soup stock = The location is right after turning onto Royal Road from the Ikeda intersection on Prefectural Route 21. Entered the store around 12:30. Even though we didn't have to wait, it was already full with the next couple. lucky. Since it's hot, I ordered wild vegetable soba (mixed soba) from the cold soba menu. The chopstick rests are made of cute chiyogami paper. The disposable chopsticks are also made of sturdy bamboo. Arrived in about 15 minutes. The noodles are cut into slightly thin pieces, and the more you chew, the more flavorful the noodles become. The toppings include not only wild vegetables, but also carrot kinpira, tempura cake, and seaweed. Since the soup stock is made from bonito flakes, it doesn't stand up to the noodles or toppings, and allows you to enjoy each and every topping. This is delicious. Let's come again.

The soup is delicious. Slightly sweet and solid bonito stock. The soba had just the right amount of firmness, and was much smoother than it looked. Tempura was my favorite soba restaurant around Nasu so far. Lightly battered and crispy.