{"id":29790,"date":"2015-06-26T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=29790"},"modified":"2016-08-17T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T12:26:49","slug":"soba-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2015\/06\/26\/soba-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Soba So Good: Healthy Soba Iki (One Raffles Place); Shimbashi Soba (Paragon); Wheat Baumkuchen (One Raffles Place)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are three ways of eating soba: Seiro, Bukkake and Tanemono. Seiro is eaten by dipping the chilled noodles in a sauce; you pour the sauce over the chilled noodles for Bukkake; and\u00a0Tanemono is warm soup soba. Soba can be served with various ingredients, such as sashimi or tempura. Sometimes, after finishing the soba, the servers will pour soba-yu (water used to cook the noodles) in the bowl; this water is supposed to be full of nutrients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Soba is one of my favoritest\u00a0<\/em>Japanese food because in hot weather, it is nice to eat something cold. It is said that\u00a0we Chinese traditionally don’t like cold food–and Mr. Fitness is one of those traditional Chinese, but when I brought him to eat soba, he is a new convert. Moral of the story: You’ll never know till you try it, so try everything once.<\/p>\n

In order of preference, from least favorite to favorite…<\/p>\n

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#3.\u00a0Wheat Baumkuchen<\/strong><\/a>
\nOne Raffles Place, #B1-32 Singapore 048616
\nT: +65 6443 3391
\n9am – 9pm daily
\nOther outlet at Asia Square Food Garden
\nfacebook<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"WheatThe soba, in general, was too nuah<\/em>. When the soba met\u00a0a creamy sauce like in Bull Run<\/strong> ($8, teriyaki chicken with soba in sesame\u00a0sauce), the soba got mushy and slightly revolting. But the chicken was tasty.<\/p>\n

\"WheatThe soba in\u00a0Salmon<\/strong> ($9) was still nuah<\/em>, but in a yuzu sauce tinged with wasabi, it\u00a0was refreshing. However, the tough salmon wasn’t fresh. It was the frozen kind I bought once\u00a0from supermarket and swore\u00a0never to buy again. But for salmon, $9 is a good price.<\/p>\n

\"WheatPros<\/strong>: Affordable in city area. Pinoy staff was pretty friendly. Serves quickly.
\nCons<\/strong>: Tough choice:\u00a0would you prefer a mushy soba with a delicious meat (Bull Run<\/strong>), or a refreshing soba with overcooked, frozen\u00a0meat (salmon<\/strong>)? Ambience isn’t good; passersby (i.e. gym-goers eating Daily Cut<\/a>) are throwing judging looks.
\nPrice:<\/strong> $20 for 2 persons, $10 per pax.<\/p>\n

#2.\u00a0Healthy Soba Iki \u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb<\/a><\/strong>
\n1 Raffles Place, #04-47 One Raffles Place, Singapore 038983
\nT: +65 6438 6022
\nM-F 11.30am-9pm, Sat 11.30am-4pm
\nfacebook<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"healthyHad a tough time deciding which the better soba is: Iki or Wheat Baum (see above). Wheat Baum was more delicious, but\u00a0Iki’s ingredients were fresher and had a clean bite. In the end, since soba is a health food, and clean eating is important, Iki is better.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2106\"Before we came here, Mr Fitness proclaimed he didn’t like cold food. But after trying, he preferred the refreshing cold soba<\/strong>: $15 which comes in a set with a small bowl of chirashi don, and a pretty terrible pudding.<\/p>\n

\"healthySo I swapped with Mr Fitness, and got the Tan tan soba<\/strong> ($12, pictured below), which was not bad. Mr Fitness didn’t like that it was sweet and spicy. But this Japanese dish was influenced by China’s Sichuan cuisine. Supposed to be in ramen, they used soba instead. Not peanut buttery enough. But if you don’t compare it to the Chinese version, it was ok on its own.<\/p>\n

\"healthyPros<\/strong>: Quick service. Clean environment.
\nCons<\/strong>: N. A.
\nPrice<\/strong>: $29 for two, about $15\/pax<\/p>\n

#1. Shimbashi Soba<\/strong><\/a>
\n290 Orchard Road, Paragon #B1-41, Singapore 238859
\nT: +65 6735 9882
\n11.30am-10pm daily
\nfacebook<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"ShimbashiShimbashi Soba is the clear winner. The Hikigurumi soba is made from 3 types of soba buckwheat flour. Soba seeds are milled\u00a0daily to make flour, which is made into noodles with no preservatives or additives. The noodles are thrown into hot water, then dripped in chilled water.<\/p>\n

\"Shimbashi<\/p>\n

We ordered way too much, and the best dish was the soba, rightly so; chilled one better than the hot. Gomadare seiro\u00a0<\/strong>($15.20) is chilled soba in sesame dipping sauce. very springy, and delicious.\u00a0Beef tsukemen seiro\u00a0<\/strong>($19.80) is chilled soba in a hot broth of beef, leek, soft-boiled egg – nice, but not not as umami as the previous one. Remember to get the sobu-yu (below) at the end of the meal.<\/p>\n

\"ShimbashiPros<\/strong>: Good service. Nice ambience. They serve\u00a0soba-yu.
\nCons<\/strong>:\u00a0Serves other Japanese food like\u00a0sashimi<\/strong>,\u00a0tempura<\/strong>,\u00a0kaarage<\/strong> (fried chicken), but they were all bad.
\nPrice<\/strong>: $120 for two (We over-ordered! see below\"Shimbashi)<\/p>\n

\"Shimbashi<\/p>\n

\"Shimbashi<\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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