"Mise, a specialty shop inside Little Tokyo’s Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, has a very cool $100 soba kit with “half raw” noodles made in Nagano, natural dashi packet, ceramic cups from Gifu, and a gold grater for the perfect textured wasabi and ginger. The noodles, in particular, will be better than what’s typically available even in Japanese markets, with a superlative texture and flavor. An optional $20 Japanese wrapping cloth called a furoshiki completes the traditional presentation." - Matthew Kang
