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Best Expensive Soba: Honmura An

  • December 17, 2003
  • Rated 5 of 5 by ext212 from New York, New York
Best Expensive Soba: Honmura An

Honmura An
170 Mercer Street
New York, NY, 10012-3244
212/334-5253

When it's cold outside, all I want is a hot bowl of soba, and when I have money, Honmura An is always my first pick. It's one of the few places in New York City that still makes its own soba--they have the Japanese guy playing with the buckwheat in the back a few times a week and he cuts it by hand--each noodle! It's an amazing sight!

I usually go for Saturday brunch and the place is packed with upper-crust Japanese people--if you're Asian like me, you know that seeing Asian people inside an Asian restaurant is a good sign. I've also eaten at Honmura An for dinner and although they have the more expensive menu out, it's still excellent. They have the tasting menu available for dinner, but it's a minimum of two orders, so if there's only two of you, then you two have the same meal! This is not a favorite of mine because I always like getting something different from my company's so we can taste each other's food. Plus it costs $50 per person.

So I usually go a la carte and choose the nameko mushroom hot soba, but start with an avocado salad, salmon salad, or a serving of the seaweed. Whatever I order, I always end my meal with their homemade green tea ice cream.

All of Honmura An's offerings are very Japanese: intricate, delicate, and delicious. Check out a photo of my nameko mushroom soba below.

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