Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan｜Ikemori

Must visit here. The soba here are very nice! And the shop ambience as well.

This is a restaurant you'll want to go to when you want to eat soba, with its chewy and firm soba noodles. There are table seats on the right side as you enter, and tatami seats at the back, so you can enjoy your meal slowly. They have a wide variety of set menus, and the other day I ordered a mini vegetable tempura bowl with bamboo steamer for 1,100 yen. You can change to a large steamer for an additional 400 yen. The vegetable tempura bowl, which came with a mini salad and small sweets, was delicious and you wouldn't think it was mini. The thick soba soup at the end makes me feel even more full and satisfied.

I went there for the first time with my child. If you are bringing children with you, there is a private room with a small raised area to the left after entering, but I think it's okay if you make a little noise there without worrying about the people around you. The adult menu includes soba, udon, sauce cutlet bowl, and tempura bowl, all of which are delicious, but the children's menu is luxurious for 540 yen and comes with tempura bowl, soba (you can choose udon or cold or hot), dessert, and a toy, making it quite satisfying. ☆ The shrimp in the tempura rice bowl were big and plump ☆ I think I'll go eat it again with my kids (^^)