Soba, or buckwheat noodle, is a food special to Japan. There is a soba restaurant that opens until 2 am midnight in my town, and I often drop by and enjoy one there after working.
Normally you pick some with chopsticks and dip it in special sauce before putting it into your mouth. you may add seasonings such as wasabi, or horseradish and Welsh onion or whatever to the sauce.
"Soba" also means "nearby" "neighboring" "by"or "close to". So once people would enjoy a poetry or something like: "I prefer anata-no-soba (staying with you all the time) to any scrumptious soba which comes up first in the season.
あなたのおそばに。
