Home-cured duck soba!
Service: very friendly, attentive and informative
Equipment & Facilities: Spotless clean. Superb washroom. Entirely non-smoking!
Prices: Reasonable to slightly expensive
Strong points: Ju wari/100% soba/buckwheat noodles. Tempura. sake list!
Kishigami Soba Restaurant is located in a celebrated touristic area of Shizuoka City in Utsunoya famous for its many Edo Period houses and inns along the Old Tokaido Road.
It makes for the perfect stop for refreshments in the middle of nature!
It is not that difficult to reach actually.
Just take the bus to Fujieda City at platform 7 in front of Shizuoka JR Station north exit and get off at Utsunoya just before the Fuijieda Tunnel.
Cross the road and take the paved street on the right side snaking up the mountain and you will discover it in the middle of an Edo Travel Inn Village!
The menu is waiting for you outside!
100% buckwheat noodles!
Have a good look inside before choosing a table!
A traveling artist actually drew this picture of the restaurant during his only visit!
The spotless clean kitchen manned by two generations!
Traditional Japan!
A real wood fire stove!
All warm wood!
Although it is open only at lunch time the menu is really extensive!
The elder daughter, Ms. Kayoko Kishigami/岸上香誉子さん is very knowledgeable with sake and a seasonal brew by Sugii Brewery (Fujieda City) was on offer that day!
The Japanese sake from nearby Fujieda City!
Elegant earthenware and glassware!
My friend’s order!
Ten Oroshi Soba!
My order!
Kamo/Duck Oroshi Soba!
The sobayu/buckwheat noodles boiling water to add to the leftover soup and wash it all down!
A meal is not complete at Kishigami without their superb tempura!
What do we have there?
Soba Dango/Buckwheat balls!
Green leafy vegetable!
Maitake/hen-of-the-woods, ram’s head and sheep’s head mushroom!
Avery original dessert: buckwheat balls with hot sweetmeat/anko shiru!
SOBADOKORO KSHIGAMI SOBA RESTAURANT
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Utsunoya, 232-2
Tel.: 054-258-5664
Opening hours: 11:00~14:00
Closed on Mondays and 3rd Tuesday of the month (next day in case of a national holiday)
HOMEPAGE (Japanese)
Entirely non-smoking!
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-Wine: Palate To Pen, Warren Bobrow, Cellar Tours, Ancient Fire Wines Blog
-Beer: Another Pint, Please!, Beering In Good Mind: All about Craft Beer in Kansai by Nevitt Reagan!
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HIGHOCTANE/HAIOKU by Nick Itoh in Shizuoka City
Definitely my first time seeing soba used for tempura!
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Really! Glad to make you know!
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What a lovely place and what wonderful looking food!
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It was, indeed Toni!
And that was after a great walk I’m going to report on soon!
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I can hardly wait. I always enjoy these posts so much. I use them to often compare food or sake or an attraction over here. We have several good Japanese restaurants in the city now but my favorite is a little family run hole in the wall establishment – Wasabi. I’ll get together a couple of people and go and report on it.
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Do make sure to inform me when you write it!
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