A soba restaurant with a lovely atmosphere in a traditional Japanese house where you can smell the sea

Soba restaurant Taga

This time, I will introduce "Soba-dokoro Taga" in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

It's usually crowded, but since it was around 1:30pm on this day, I thought it might be empty, so I dropped in.

The parking lot was larger than I expected, and according to the official website, it can accommodate 20 cars.

The exterior of the building was old, but the restaurant had a great atmosphere, and you could tell the food was delicious just from the outside. lol

The garden was very spacious, and people could sunbathe on chairs while waiting.

During cherry blossom season, you can probably see the cherry blossoms up close.

Even though I went at 1:30pm, the restaurant was quite crowded, but I was relieved to be able to find a seat.

The prices are tourist prices, and are generally on the higher side.

Looking at the portions of the customers around me, I thought one bowl probably wouldn't be enough, so I ordered two.

This time I ordered two bowls of my favorite grated grated nameko soba noodles and some seasonal bamboo shoot tempura.

The food was brought out about five minutes after I ordered.

As expected, one photo was definitely not enough.

The soup contains a rare lemon ingredient.

The soba looked like this, and had a refined feel to it.

The Masumi in Higashiizu where I ate the other day was more of a country-style soba! But this was a whitish Sarashina soba.

Sarashina soba is relatively easy to eat and not very filling, but this had a firm texture and was very satisfying.

I was surprised at the size of the nameko mushrooms.

Nameko mushrooms are about the same size as shimeji mushrooms, but are more similar to oyster mushrooms. (Sorry if that's hard to tell.)

The soup was delicious, and I finished the soba in no time. Just as I was finishing up, the bamboo shoot tempura arrived.

This also looked incredibly delicious.

As you would expect from fresh bamboo shoots.

They're not at all bitter, and best of all, the salt you eat with them is just delicious.

I had them with just the salt, without dipping them in the noodle soup.

Overall it's a sophisticated restaurant, and although the prices are touristy, I think it's definitely worth a visit!

Why not give it a go?