Nishin soba

Nishin soba is a traditional dish made with soba noodles. In order to prepare it, herring is served over buckwheat soba noodles in a hot tsuyu broth. The ingredients include soba noodles, herring filets, shiitake mushrooms, sake, sugar, mirin, soy sauce, and dashi. The noodles are placed into bowls, followed by the tsuyu broth, and the dish is then topped with the fish and shiitake mushrooms. Depending on the weather or season, people eat their local specialty noodles hot (when it’s cold outside) or cold (when it’s hot outside). Nishin soba is usually served hot.