Soba with sesame sauce?

[randomness]

I have a craving for it. Where can I find it?

I mean, I'm sure I could make it, but I'm looking for ideas.

The craving hit last night, as I mentioned to maedbh7 last night. But it wasn't possible to find the ingredients to make it, or a place that sold it, not at the time.

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I know it's not a help, but I happen to have 2 qts of the sauce in my freezer and the noodles in my pantry:-)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Do you have a recipe for the sauce? I should just make some myself, really.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

There is no one true sauce
A version I make:


saute one onion fine chopped with some garlic
add 1 can thai red curry sauce(did I mention my version was spicy?)
stir, add 2 cans coconut milk
add one jar sesame paste(10-14oz, don't be fussy, recipe meant to not leave small amounts in jars in fridge)
use a stick blender to mix into sauce.
Add 1T fish sauce, 2-4 T rice vinager
2 cups of peanut butter(commercial skippy-type best, the processing blends it finer,makes it harder to break)
a few T sugar, to taste.
Add chili garlic paste if you want it hotter.
Use stick blender to make smooth, bring to just bubbling, turn off, let cool, freezes beautifully.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Interesting that you use both peanut butter and sesame paste, actually. I haven't tried that.

Thanks for the recipe!

[colinmac.livejournal.com]

On a related note, I realized that my inexplicable ethnic comfort food of choice is really not haggis, but kippers. Straight out of the can, in a sandwich, maybe toasted. railwaymadness won't go near me (or the kitchen) if I've been eating those.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm...kippers!

[dana325.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I have a similar feeling about pickled herring straight out of the jar and onto a little plate..maybe with saltine crackers which is how my grandfather ate them. (that would be the Latvian/Lithuanian grandfather not the Irish one.) Frank groans when he sees them in shopping basket.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Gee. That sounds really tasty, too.

Now I'm thinking I must have a thing for odd fish delicacies.

(You won't want to take Frank there, but there's a restaurant in Copenhagen which does an all-herring all-you-can eat buffet at lunch.

*I* thought it was yummy. :) )

[frotz.livejournal.com]

The Allston Super 88 has a Japanese noodle shop near the doors on the west side. (Not in the food court, but by the entrance to the main grocery store.) I'd be shocked if they couldn't set you up.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Their menu is limited, but good. I don't think I saw any soba on their menu, only ramen, but I could be misremembering.

I liked most of their stuff but it was quite heavily salted.

[tcb.livejournal.com]

Bette's Wok and Noodle Diner down near Symphony?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Cool. Gotta try that.

Thanks!