(Translated by Google) I want to eat new soba in Shinshu! I checked in advance and arrived a little before 11:30 when the store opened. However, at that time, the parking lot was scarce, and customers had already passed through the store and waited for an hour. A holiday when Corona calms down and the highway holiday discounts are back. It is unavoidable if the weather is fine during the autumn holiday season.
This is a quiet place at the foot of Mt. Azumino, and the autumn leaves beside the entrance were very beautiful. Behind it is a 900 tsubo garden where you can feel the atmosphere of a satoyama. I spent the waiting time walking in this garden and looking at the paintings that were displayed. The interior of the store is a Japanese-style calm setting. It was called in about 45 minutes and guided by the window in the back. It was a special seat where you could dimly look at the garden of wild grass.
In addition to Zaru soba and Tenzaru, this item is accompanied by wasabi flower stalks, butterbur miso, and green onion miso recommended by the shop. I ordered a large heavenly colander for 1,900 yen and a single wasabi flower stalk for 430 yen. As the name suggests, wasabi flower buds are a dish of soup stock made from flowers, buds and stems, and have a rich flavor. It is delicious as a snack or in soba soup. Tempura is big and crispy with shrimp, mugwort, eggplant, peppers and so on. As a variation, there is also a thinly rolled soba fried.
By the way, the long-awaited soba. The thickness is normal, but it has a certain elasticity and chewyness like countryside soba, and the flavor spreads as you chew. It goes very well with the low-sweetness soup, which has a rich scent of soup stock. The soba bath was white and thick.
The tempura and soba were served well, and I ate too much because I made a large serving.
The location and the food were excellent.
(Original)
信州で新そばが食べたい!とあらかじめ調べて開店の11時30分ちょっと前に到着。しかしその時には駐車場の空きはわずか、既にお客が店内に通されて、1時間の待ち・・・。コロナが落ち着き高速道路の休日割引が復活した祝日。秋の行楽シーズンで好天となればやむを得ません。
こちらは安曇野山麓の閑静な場所にあり、玄関わきの紅葉がとてもきれいでした。裏手には里山の風情を感じられる900坪の庭があります。待ち時間はこの庭を歩いたり、飾られていた絵などを眺めて過ごしました。店内は和風の落ち着いた設え。45分程で呼ばれ奥の窓際に案内されました。山野草の庭をぼんやり眺められる特等席でした。
ざるそば、天ざるの他にお店お勧めのわさびの花芽茎やふきみそ、ねぎみそなどを添えた品書き。私は大天ざる1,900円と単品のわさびの花芽茎430円をオーダー。わさびの花芽茎はその名の通り花と芽と茎を出汁で炊いたひたしふうの一品で、風味が豊か。おつまみにも、そばつゆに入れてもおいしいです。天ぷらは大きくてプリッとした海老、ヨモギ、ナス、ピーマンなどでボリュームたっぷり。変わり種としては薄く延ばしたそばを揚げたものも。
さて、お待ちかねのそば。太さは普通ですが、田舎そばのような確かな弾力と歯ごたえがあり、噛むほどに風味が広がるタイプ。出汁が濃厚に香る、甘さを控えた汁ととてもよく合いました。そば湯は白くてとろんとろんでした。
こちら天ぷらも蕎麦も盛りがよく、大盛りにしたので食べ過ぎてしまいました。
ロケーションも、料理も素晴らしい良店でした。