No. 91 in the world · November 2026
Matsuba
No. 91The one bowl to order
Nishin soba: soba with sweet-braised herring
Kyoto's nishin soba was born here in 1861: buckwheat noodles under a sweet-braised herring, across the bridge from Gion.
Make it at home
Cold zaru soba with dipping sauce
25 min (plus 30 min to cool the sauce) · 2. The purest noodle: buckwheat, cooked briefly, chilled, and dipped in a dashi-soy sauce. In winter the same noodles go into hot broth (kake soba).
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