22 Jul

Being a cold winter's day I wanted something to warm me up, but still wanted to enjoy Shimbashi's wonderful soba. As a compromise, I had the Kamo Seiro Soba, which is cold soba served with a warm broth with duck slices ($19). This is different to Kamonan Soba, which is where soba is served in the warm broth with slices of duck. Also in the broth were some pieces of tofu and mushrooms. Like on my previous visits, the soba noodles were enjoyably nutty with a slightly chewy...

19:57 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
29 Apr

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="3399,3401,3402"] The salmon soba salad ($18) came with 5 lightly seared pieces of salmon, basil sauce, salad leaves and a small amount of broth at the base. I wasn't too sure about the raw onion because it seemed to overpower the flavour of the soba (and also because there was one rather large slice of onion in my plate), but overall it was a simple and tasty lunch. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3400,3396"] Shimbashi 17 Liverpool St Melbourne, VIC, 3000 (03) 9654 6727 http://www.shimbashisobamelbourne.net/#  ...

13:59 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
22 Apr

I had a 5 hour break while I was at uni so went to visit Shimbashi for lunch. The soba noodles are handmade in-house and when I arrived the chef (Takafumi Kumayama) was making the noodles at the window at front of the restaurant. [caption id="attachment_3389" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Shimbashi Soba and Sake Bar[/caption] There were a range of soba offerings ranging from $10 to about $19 under the general categories of hot and cold. The hot soba came in broth, whilst the cold options came with a separate/less broth. For...

14:40 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
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