"Sobakatsu is the only restaurant in the area specializing in both cold and hot soba. You should do anything you can to tear yourself away from any midday tasks and hop in line for a pile of their silky buckwheat noodles—the soba coming out of the 11-seat shop is phenomenal, and tends to sell out before they close at 7pm. The cold version, which comes with your choice of shrimp tempura, fried scallops, or kakiage, is the way to go. The light soy dipping sauce clings to every noodle like a thermal coat. You’ll clear the heap of noodles in about 5% of the time it took you to get a seat. " - julia chen 1, lani conway