Uzuki
Japanese restaurant · Greenpoint
95 Guernsey St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Highlights
Soba master Shuichi Kotani crafts 100% buckwheat noodles
Soba master Shuichi Kotani crafts 100% buckwheat noodles
"A Greenpoint soba maker run by Shuichi Kotani who supplies noodles to restaurants such as Yakitori Torishin and Momokawa and has instructed Eleven Madison Park chefs on how to make soba noodles. Kotani called soba “the impossible noodle,” and the coverage notes that soba is particularly revered partly because buckwheat is a gluten-free whole grain that’s difficult to work with." - Melissa McCart
"If you’re avoiding gluten, Uzuki in Greenpoint is a great spot for a hearty bowl of soba noodles that won’t make your stomach feel like it’s doing kickflips. The chef is a soba master, and you might overhear some noodle nerds fawning over the texture and the nutty flavor of the thin noodles. You can get them topped with $72 worth of sashimi, but for a more tame night, their towari soba is full of crunchy vegetables and a rich dashi." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, will hartman, neha talreja, willa moore, sonal shah
"If you’re avoiding gluten, Uzuki in Greenpoint is a great spot for a hearty bowl of soba noodles that won’t make your stomach feel like it’s doing kickflips. The chef is a soba master, and you might overhear some noodle nerds fawning over the texture and the nutty flavor of the thin noodles. You can get them topped with $72 worth of sashimi, but for a more tame night, their towari soba is full of crunchy vegetables and a rich dashi." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, will hartman, neha talreja, willa moore, sonal shah
"In Greenpoint, a soba master is recognized at Uzuki." - Melissa McCart
"Uzuki serves pure buckwheat soba noodles and buckwheat-based snacks out of a warehouse-like space in Greenpoint’s Japanese microneighborhood. Prices range wildly from bowl to bowl: the menu’s splashier soba bowls have toppings like a boatload of sashimi, but the $32 uni shiosoba in rich duck broth is just as satisfying. They also have gluten-free soba beer, and you can hang out with a date in the lamp-lit room, admiring the ceramics that the chef made themselves. If you're looking for more Japanese gluten-free dishes in the immediate area, Acre and Dashi Okume both have good options." - neha talreja, bryan kim, hannah albertine
