{"id":72122,"date":"2015-09-01T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T07:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=food&#038;p=68737"},"modified":"2019-08-15T13:03:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T04:03:59","slug":"imatomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/imatomi\/","title":{"rendered":"Imatomi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soba, or buckwheat noodles, are light but filling, and there are many places where you can enjoy them\u2014 from standing counter bars, to <em>udon<\/em> shops, to refined specialty shops. This month we are pleased to introduce Imatomi\u2014an elegant but welcoming <em>soba<\/em> restaurant run by a dedicated owner, Imatomi. Every morning, Imatomi grinds buckwheat delivered fresh from Kumamoto and makes his noodles by hand. Customers can choose from two main types of <em>soba<\/em>: <em>seiro<\/em>, cold noodles served on bamboo screens, and <em>kakesoba<\/em>, <em>soba<\/em> in hot soup. During the lunch rush, a single bowl of <em>soba<\/em> would suffice, but you may also want to try one of the trademark side-dishes, such as duck or stewed herring. In the evening, why not enjoy a tipple of <em>sake<\/em> while you wait for your meal? Not sure what to order? Try the <em>soba<\/em> set (\u00a51,900) that comes with three or four appetizers and a double shot (90ml) of <em>sake<\/em> (which can be substituted with a dessert).<\/p>\n<div class='photo-galleria' >\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72122 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-001-e1449559064662.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1' title='fn201 noodle 001'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-011-e1449559165321.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&ssl=1' title='fn201 noodle 011'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-011-e1449559165321.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-012-e1449559174925.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1' title='fn201 noodle 012'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-012-e1449559174925.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-013-e1449559180688.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1' title='fn201 noodle 013'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-013-e1449559180688.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-014-e1449559186734.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1' title='fn201 noodle 014'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-014-e1449559186734.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- .photo-galleria -->\n<p>Menu: <em>Seiro<\/em> \u00a5840 (L size: +\u00a5350; refill: \u00a5650), <em>kakesoba<\/em> \u00a5840, shrimp <em>tempura soba<\/em> \u00a51,600, <em>kamo-yaki<\/em> \u00a51,400, <em>tempura<\/em> plate \u00a51,600, whole fried conger eel \u00a51,300, stewed herring \u00a5900, rolled omelet \u00a5850, beer (Heartland; M. bottle) \u00a5700, <strong>sake<\/strong> (100ml) \u00a5500~600<\/p>\n<p><strong>Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/fukuokanow\/docs\/fn201-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fn201<\/a>, Sep. 2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soba, or buckwheat noodles, are light but filling, and there are many places where you can enjoy them\u2014 from standing counter bars, to udon shops, to refined specialty shops. This month we are pleased to introduce Imatomi\u2014an elegant but welcoming soba restaurant run by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":68738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"68737","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","location-chuo-ku","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fn201-noodle-001-e1449559064662.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123893,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122\/revisions\/123893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}