Hello! I’m Hitapapa and I love Mojiko retro!
This time, we visited “Gensho Kawara Soba Takase (Mojiko Retro Branch)” located in Mojiko Retro in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
The main store of “Gensho Kawara Soba Takase” is located in Kawatana Onsen, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and is a very popular restaurant that has long queues on weekends.
It’s great to be able to enjoy the flavors of this famous Kawara Soba restaurant in Mojiko Retro.
When you think of Mojiko Retro, you might think of grilled curry, but we also recommend trying the authentic Kawara Soba noodles at Mojiko Retro .
Now, let us introduce you to “The Original Kawara Soba Takase (Mojiko Retro Branch)”!
Basic information about “Kawarasoba Takase”
＜Kawara Soba “Takase”＞
[Address] 2F Kaikyo Plaza West Wing, 5-1 Minatomachi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
[Business hours] 11:00-20:00
[Closed] Wednesday
[Seating] Table seats for 62 people, sunken tatami room for 58 people
[Parking] None (there is paid parking nearby)
[Phone number] 093-322-3001
[Official website] https://www.kawarasoba.jp/mojiko.php
The exterior of “Kawarasoba Takase”
“Kawara Soba Takase” is located on the second floor of “Kaikyo Plaza,” an area lined with Mojiko Retro souvenir shops and restaurants.
The entrance is on the first floor, so go up these stairs to get to the shop.
(There is also an elevator inside Kaikyo Plaza.)
“Kawarasoba Takase” is on the second floor of Kaikyo Plaza.
The atmosphere inside “Kawarasoba Takase”
The restaurant has a relaxed atmosphere and features table seating and sunken tatami seating.
It has a Japanese feel to it♪
A calm interior with a nice Japanese atmosphere
Yay!
They showed us to a table by the window with a great view!
The view from the table by the window is amazing!
It’s so wonderful to eat Kawara Soba while looking out at the blue sky, the sea, and the retro townscape of Mojiko!
You can enjoy a spectacular view of Mojiko Retro from the table seats by the window.
Soba soup from “Kawarasoba Takase”
Once you sit down, tea will be brewed in a teapot.
Hot green tea is good.
Each seat has a pot of soba soup.
The style is to pour hot soba soup into a bowl and dip the kawara soba in it .
This soba soup is absolutely delicious.
The sweet soup has a faint aroma of Japanese dashi and is incredibly flavorful!
Takase’s soba soup is really delicious!
There are also instructions on how to eat Kawara Soba.
Menu of “Kawarasoba Takase”
In fact, in addition to Kawara Soba, Takase is also popular for its “Eel Meal” and “Hitsumabushi”♪
I’ll have some Kawara Soba!
Kawara Soba (1 portion) 1,300 yen
“Kawara Soba” has arrived!
The sight of green tea soba noodles and toppings on a huge, piping hot tile is simply incredible!
It’s beautiful from any angle!!
On top of the piping hot tile are green tea soba noodles, golden egg, beef, green onions, seaweed, lemon, and grated momiji leaf .
It is hard to find food that looks as good in photos as this one.
(I need to post it on Instagram right away!)
Kawara Soba looks beautiful from any angle!
A thick, large tile sits on top of a wooden base.
These tiles are extremely hot so be careful not to get burned!
The soba noodles are heated on the tiles in a similar way to a hot iron plate, making a crackling and popping sound as they cook.
Be especially careful with small children as they may get hot from the roof tiles!
Slightly thick brown soba noodles.
Apparently, they first fry them in oil in the kitchen and then bake them on top of tiles.
Apparently it is made with Uji matcha from Kyoto, so it’s a tea soba with a really nice tea flavor.
The soba has a chewy texture and is very satisfying to eat.
The beef is simply seasoned with salt and pepper.
It’s delicious even if you eat it as is.
If you soak this beef in soba soup, the flavor of the beef will dissolve into the soup, creating the most delicious soba soup .
Extremely thin golden thread egg.
It’s a beautiful golden-thread egg that isn’t browned at all.
This goes really well with Kawara Soba.
Plenty of green onions on top.
As you eat the Kawara Soba, the green onions roll off onto the tiles and cook just right, turning into fragrant, delicious !
I always put all the green onions that have spilled on the roof tile into my soba soup and eat it.
When you soak the seaweed in soba soup, the flavor of the seaweed dissolves into the soup, making it incredibly delicious.
Lemon and grated maple leaf are essential to completing the flavor of Kawara Soba!
Lemon and grated maple leaf are the main supporting characters and are indispensable for Kawara Soba!
Of course, Kawara Soba is delicious even without the lemon and grated maple leaves, but by soaking the lemon and grated maple leaves in the soba soup, the soup becomes fragrant and adds an accent to the flavor, making it absolutely delicious !
I always put a lemon in the soba soup and squeeze out the juice with chopsticks.
This is what Kawara Soba looks like when served in soba soup.
It also looks great served in soba soup.
The color balance of Kawara Soba is also excellent.
The flavor of the green tea soba and ingredients melts into the soba soup, making it incredibly delicious.
Beef, golden egg, seaweed, and green onion are dipped in soba soup and eaten together.
It’s delicious!!
Isn’t Kawara Soba so delicious!!
The thick, large tiles stay hot all the time, so over time the soba noodles start to brown and become crunchy .
One of the charms of Kawara Soba is that the noodles gradually burn and become crispy !
The green tea soba noodles have a chewy texture at first, but gradually change to a crunchy texture, allowing you to enjoy two different textures.
This burnt and crunchy part…
It’s absolutely delicious!!!
Thank you for the meal.
The surreal sight of charred remains of green onions left behind on the tiles after everyone has finished eating is also nice.
These tiles are quite heavy to lift.
Since the store staff have to carry lots of heavy, piping hot soba every day, it’s a fairly dangerous job.
Thank you very much.
The burnt parts of the green tea soba have a crunchy texture and are incredibly delicious.
Thank you for the meal!
There’s nothing quite like eating this visually stunning Kawara Soba while looking out at the blue sky, the sea, and the retro townscape .
It’s very exciting when the Kawara Soba is brought to your table, with the sound of the green tea soba being cooked ringing out .
When the Kawara Soba is brought to your table, try to suppress your desire to eat it quickly and take a photo first.
And be sure to post it on Instagram and share this visually stunning gourmet Kawara Soba!
Kawara Soba is not only visually stunning, but also tastes amazing.
The green tea soba noodles have a wonderful aroma of Uji matcha, and the flavors of beef, golden egg, green onions, and seaweed, as well as the sweet soba soup with a fragrant Japanese dashi stock, are all delicious!
The store also sells Kawara Soba noodles for takeaway.
If you visit Mojiko Retro, be sure to try the delicious Kawara Soba at “Original Kawara Soba Takase” ♪
I hope the above information is of some help.
See you soon!
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