Choshi, Chiba, Japan｜Shimizu-an

It has the feel of a "local soba restaurant" and has a spacious interior with tatami seating. The soba noodles are made using stone-ground ingredients, so they are extremely delicious. I often order tempura, and both the soba and tempura are voluminous, and the tsuyu has just the right amount of soup stock. We also recommend the offal stew using soba soup.

I got duck soup soba. There is a good amount of duck meat and it is enough to eat. After finishing the soba, I drank the rest of the duck soup with sobayu. Almond tofu for dessert made the duck fat refreshing.

A soba restaurant that has been operating at this location for over 40 years. Grandpa often took me there. Speaking of long-established stores in Choshi, it is here, Kamika and Matabei. When I went back to my hometown, I only ate Kamitsu's futomaki, but...