Food @ Sobaya

My client took me to a Japanese restaurant. it was a typical Japanese Sobaya (which serves soba, mainly). It was my first time and i thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
As customary, green tea is served before lunch along with a little of dried and friend soba.Oishii desu!!!:))

Soba is basically noodles. there are different types of noodles (like udon, ramen and soba). I had a set (see pic) of 3 different coloured soba noodles served with a soya based dipping sauce called Tsuyu. It is accompanied with Wasabi (Tasty and spicy japanese horseradish) and sliced onions.
How to eat? Mix a bit of the onions and wasabi in the tsuyu to give some spicy tinge to the soya sauce. Use the hashi (chopsticks) to dip the noodles in the sauce and slurp them down your throat. Making a noisy slurp is extremely acceptable. the slurpy sound also indicates that the food is tasty and to your liking. see me slurp :)


Slurp!! Slurp!!

Once you are done with the soba, there is a kettle full of sobayu. Sobayu is the water used to boil the soba. This water is later given in a kettle and can be added to the tsuyu (soya sauce) this ensures that the Tusyu isnt too salty and lightens the strong flavour of the soya. so pour the Sobayu into the Tsusyu and drink it up. Its pretty tasty.