This post was written in 2013. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.

Azumabashi Yabusoba, one of the famous soba places in Asakusa, is great value for money and I like the atmosphere too, so I end up here quite often.

Tempura soba (ten-seiro)

I always order this one, and it never disappoints. The same dish at other famous soba places runs close to 3,000 yen, but here it is about half that, so I can only be grateful.

Tamagoyaki

Slightly sweet. The classic snack to go with drinks at a soba place.

Tonkatsu simmered in egg

A bit on the sweet side. A good dish to go with beer. Lately I have been turning more and more into a middle-aged guy, and I find myself wanting something more filling than just noodles, and this seems like a dish made for exactly that kind of guy.

Wasabi-zuke

This one went well with the drinks too.

Consistently delivering the same reliable taste is what makes a place a famous one, I guess. In that sense this place fully deserves to be called one of the shops that represent Asakusa. Whenever I feel like soba, I think this is the place that will come to mind.

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