"Sawtelle Japantown is home to some of LA’s best soba noodle specialists including Kaz the Soba Place, which opened in 2020. Kaz’s buckwheat strands come in traditional and innovative ways including “the Shanghai” served in a Sichuan soup or “the Genova” with an Italian soup stock, basil, bacon, and cherry tomatoes." - Matthew Kang, Mona Holmes