Originally Posted by
robyng
Judging from the book I have - the pictures of the noodles - and what they were served with (including the "dipping bowl" and what you put in the "dipping bowl") - it's hiya-mugi. Whatever that is
. Could be the same thing you're talking about for all I know.
Hiyamugi is not the same thing as ramen, but quite commonly eaten as a cold dish. It's also possible that your noodles were actually soba (buckwheat) noodles but with a low buckwheat content. It's possible to find very light colored soba (perhaps just 20% or less buckwheat content and the rest is wheat). And it's actually quite unusual to find 100% buckwheat noodles (although that's what Mrs. jib imports from Japan for our table).
Last edited by jib71; Sep 20, 2013 at 3:08 am