蕎麦

そば そばむぎ そまむぎ

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

狸蕎麦

たぬきそば

soba with tempura batter

蕎麦殻

そばがら

buckwheat chaff

新蕎麦

しんそば あらそば

soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat

藪蕎麦

やぶそば

variety of soba (buckwheat noodles)

鰊蕎麦

にしんそば

soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

蕎麦屋

そばや

buckwheat-noodle restaurant

更科蕎麦

さらしなそば

high quality soba

かけ蕎麦

かけそば

buckwheat noodles in hot broth

月見蕎麦

つきみそば

soba with egg

夜鷹蕎麦

よたかそば

ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

ざる蕎麦

ざるそば ザルそば

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

十割蕎麦

じゅうわりそば

soba made with only soba flour

二八蕎麦

にはちそば

soba made with two parts udon flour to eight parts soba flour

蕎麦がき

そばがき

buckwheat mash

お亀蕎麦

おかめそば

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

田舎蕎麦

いなかそば

dark soba

蕎麦つゆ

そばつゆ

soba dipping sauce

椀子蕎麦

わんこそば

soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl