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"There are only 11 seats at Sobakatsu, and no reservations or a phone number, so you’ll have to do the old-fashioned work of showing up and waiting in line. Bring a book to read both while you wait and while you eat—a trip to this Japantown counter means banishing your phone into the depths of your tote and spending quality time with a pile of noodles. Sure, you order on a tablet, but once you’re sat in the musicless dining room, you'll join the meditative chorus of all the buckwheat-slurpers around you." - ricky rodriguez, julia chen 1, patrick wong