A note on the words: tanuki soba is buckwheat noodles topped with agedama (crunchy bits of fried tempura batter), served here chilled over cold broth with wakame seaweed and scallions. Mori soba is plain chilled buckwheat noodles served with a cold dipping sauce, while tenkasu refers to the delicate, airy scraps left behind during tempura frying.
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Nadai Fuji Soba Akasaka mitsuke ten on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. Having lately been doing the rounds of soba shops open in the morning, I stopped by “Fuji Soba” in front of Akasaka-mitsuke Station. It sits right by the station. I visited around 9:00 in the morning, with only a few customers scattered about. Being an older spot, it is a well-seasoned, weathered shop and the interior is not particularly spacious. There is a ticket machine outside the shop and another one inside (perhaps all Fuji Soba branches are set up this way? ha).
Mori soba — 390 yen
Large mori soba — 530 yen
Tanuki soba — 490 yen
Wakame soba — 480 yen
Tempura soba — 540 yen
Well, as you would expect, the menu is no different from the Akasaka branch. I was getting chilled tanuki soba anyway so I did not look too closely, but I wonder if there might be something like a location-exclusive item? Who knows?
Once you order, it comes out in an instant! Fast.
The toppings are scallions, wakame seaweed, and agedama tempura bits.
Well, it is pretty much what you expect, but the rounded, pebble-like feel of the agedama bits is just like the Akasaka branch of Fuji Soba. Personally, I much prefer lighter, fluffier genuine tenkasu scraps! That part is a little disappointing. Both wakame and scallions are included in good measure, just right. But what is this? Is it just my imagination? No, it probably isn’t, but it feels like there is more soba here than at the Akasaka branch. Huh, is it just in my head? It really feels like there is more here…
Or maybe I am just imagining the difference…
With so few eateries open in the morning to begin with, a shop simply being open in the morning makes it something to be truly grateful for. Akasaka-mitsuke is also a lively nightlife district on weekday evenings, so perhaps it does bustling business at night too! As the weather gets hotter from here on, I might well go for chilled tanuki soba again!
Nadai Fuji Soba Akasaka mitsuke ten (Soba (Buckwheat noodles) / Akasaka Mitsuke Station, Nagatacho Station, Akasaka Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.1
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
