Searched on Google Maps 🔍, found a super grungy shop 4 minutes away by bicycle from the office. Located right behind Ibaraki Police Station. Thinking it would be a shop run by an old granny around 80 years old, it was actually run single-handedly by a female owner around 30 years old. They have ki-soba. Ki-soba is a noodle culture of western Japan, being filling yakisoba or champon-like noodles. The dashi is a light-flavored udon-style soup sprinkled with pepper, topped with bean sprouts, tenkasu, and kamaboko, making me remember high school cafeteria and feeling somewhat nostalgic, though the cafeteria only had kamaboko. The side dish, thinking it was shrimp fry and oyster fry, was actually sausage fry, this also good. Next time looking forward to kake soba and side dish, no, should I go with yakimeshi? Thank you for the meal.

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A retro neighborhood diner with a strong sense of history. Right upon entering the shop, side dishes are lined up in a row, and the charm is being able to choose what you like. Of course, you can also order other menu items. The owner runs it all by herself, and it was a shop with a somewhat warm atmosphere. This time I ordered "Ki-soba". It was a name I heard for the first time, but it was a bowl like Chinese noodles using yakisoba noodles, and very reasonable. A simple and gentle flavor left an impression. Along with it, I also ordered a small portion of yakimeshi. This too had a gentle seasoning that you never get tired of, and a somewhat nostalgic, comforting deliciousness. Recommended for people who want to enjoy the retro diner atmosphere unpretentiously.

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Founded 53 years ago, handmade side dishes line up every morning. Currently run by the 2nd-generation female owner. She stands at the shop while taking care of her mother in her mid-80s who is the previous owner. The specialty is 'Ki-soba', long loved in this region. Characterized by using yakisoba noodles. Initially it was an off-menu item. The soup is a combined dashi of kelp and bonito flakes. Simple ingredients of green onions, kamaboko, and bean sprouts. Completed by sprinkling pepper at the end. At founding, mother and father started the shop. Father started it when making money. Regular customers have been coming for over 50 years. At checkout, an aged abacus. At first, they used a 5-bead one, she said. 'Fuku-aji' recording had an offer a month ago, recording took 6 hours a month later, couldn't get comments because customers were shy so there were 2 separate days, broadcast a month later. Initially 'Kasujiru' either of them was planned to be broadcast, but it became 'Ki-soba'. TV station likely has the recording tape of 'Kasujiru'.

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Maybe because the owner runs it solo, she was flustered and didn't seem to recognize my order right away, but it has a homely atmosphere, and regulars were fixing the air conditioner, but it's easy for a newcomer like me to enter Self-serve side dishes only showing prices also confused me I was in the mood to eat chicken karaage, but it was actually fried wiener and croquette I wanted them to display the dish names, not just prices The ordered chilled ki-soba itself was delicious, flavor-changing was fine up to wasabi, but adding the set's apple rindle vinegar and sesame oil was regrettable Regretted that I shouldn't have added them Next time I'll try another cold noodle, just with wasabi for flavor change

Used it thinking of it as a late breakfast. Ordered ham and egg set, yakisoba set, and saikyo-yaki single dish. It felt like home-cooked taste. The conversation between the grandma and daughter, who were probably mother and child, was funny.

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