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About this place
A visit for soba can sometimes lead to an unexpected seasonal choice. One diner picked the limited-time chilled gomoku Chinese-style noodles for lunch at Shibata, noting their generous assortment of toppings and that they enjoyed the dish to the last bite. The noodles are made in-house, too, making this an appealing option if you fancy trying something other than soba.
For soba, choose from cold dishes such as seiro or zaru, duck seiro and tempura seiro. Some tempura seiro options come with a choice of prawn or vegetable tempura. One diner who had tempura soba for lunch praised the flavour of the dashi and the substantial prawn tempura. Would you prefer cold soba with tempura on the side, or a hot bowl with the dashi? There are options to suit either mood.
At lunchtime, you can also pair soba with a rice bowl. One diner enjoyed a lunch combination of negitoro don—a bowl of rice topped with minced tuna and spring onion—and soba, a good possibility when soba alone might not feel quite substantial enough. Choose a familiar soba-shop staple or take a detour into the seasonal menu. Shibata offers a lunch menu and has been described as a relaxed place to enjoy a meal.
