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About this place
A mouthful of hegi soba has a smooth, slippery texture and a distinctive firmness. Uchida serves this Niigata-style soba, made with funori seaweed as a binder, alongside bowls topped with ingredients such as mountain vegetables and grated daikon, or grated yam with several kinds of mushroom.
For a substantial lunch, the set meals pair soba with a rice bowl, a small side dish and pickles. The Tsuki lunch set combines a rice bowl topped with pork loin cutlet and soba. One diner who ordered it said they enjoyed the thick cutlet alongside the hegi soba. Other options include the Hana lunch set, with tempura rice bowl and soba, and the Yuki lunch set, with a pork-and-kimchi rice bowl and soba; choosing by the rice-bowl topping is an easy way to decide.
In the evening, the menu extends beyond soba to dishes such as assorted sashimi, rolled omelette and fish or prawn tempura, which can be enjoyed with Japanese sake. You could start with a few dishes to share, then finish with hegi soba.
