Recipes & Cooking : Soba

Cold Sesame Noodles with Butter Pepper Shrimp

Cold Sesame Noodles with Butter Pepper Shrimp

A couple of weeks ago, I had dinner with my good friends E and N at Crustacean Beverly Hills. As usual, we had our fix of the legendary garlic noodles, and opted for some butter black pepper shrimp instead of the Crustacean roasted crab. We had a wonderful time catching up, chatting about our future plans, and savoring everything we…

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15-Minute Soba Noodle Soup

15-Minute Soba Noodle Soup

I love all sorts of noodles but if I have to choose one of my favorite noodles, it would probably be Japanese soba, or buckwheat noodles. There are many reasons why I love soba: the slippery and smooth texture and the subtle taste of the buckwheat flour. Served cold as zaru soba (cold soba) or hot with a broth, soba…

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Ginger Soy Soba

Ginger Soy Soba

My friend Simply Reem is famous for her ginger soy soba noodle. Her soba noodles with sweet ginger scallion sauce is one of the most pinned noodle pictures on Pinterest, and that says a lot about the recipe (and the accompanying photos). When I told her to fill in for me and guest post on Rasa Malaysia while I am…

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Soba Recipe (Japanese Buckwheat Noodle)

Soba Recipe (Japanese Buckwheat Noodle)

Just a couple of weeks ago, my friend Marc at No Recipes shared his udon recipe with Rasa Malaysia readers. In his guest post, Marc also shared his dashi recipe–the building block of Japanese cuisine. Finally, I knew what to do with the giant piece of kombu (dried seaweed) and dried bonito flakes in my pantry–two classic Japanese ingredients that…

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