Sobakatsu, a legit closet-sized noodle shop opens in Japantown

Published October 5, 2024, in my Medium column:

Japan is a land that perfects each native dish with restaurants entirely devoted to one item, from comforting okonomiyaki to delicately fried tempura. And often at a handful of seats in a tiny space. Enter Sobakatsu, a closet-sized restaurant with a max of 11 seats, no reservations and a sole focus on cold and hot soba, Japan’s silky, thin buckwheat noodles that are friendly to all gluten-free-ers.

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Sobakatsu’s cold noodles with tempura