Reminiscence of Soba

A cold and rainy days always calls for a good soup.  I remember during my student days, I embraced the windy fall days at home, curling underneath our blankets with our dog Levi watching on the edge of the door: we know it , we have a justification to just be on our PJ’s all day long. Often the programme of the day goes like this:  Watching episodes of sappy Korean or J drama until late afternoon, and then we would realize we were too lazy to go outside for food or even to cook.  The next mission is to feed the hungry stomach with a very little effort. With no grocery left toward the end of the week, we would open the cupboard and found instant noodle staring at us. Smiling for victory, minutes later the movie is complete with extra spicy noodle caressing our empty stomach.

simple ingredients but full of flavors!

Those days are over a while ago. But last Saturday was a little bit of a reminiscence of movie moments and lazy PJ’s days. My husband and I went to St. Lawrence Market every Saturday morning to pick up Ontario fresh produce from our local farmers market. Despite of ambitious plan for crazy food adventure that day, we agreed that the cold weather was wearing us out. So right after doing the grocery, we picked up some movies and decide to just stay home. Although I did not find any instant noodles at our pantry, I found a box of soba noodle there. Brilliant ideas came right away. I want my brothy soupy noodle for movie lunch.

So here it is a tweak to the memories of the old days.

Perfect Saturday with a little sunburst tomatoes!

  

Making this soba noodle soup is so much easier than one can think. Well you can go as easy or as complicated as you want it.

For  two bowls of soba noodle soup:

2 fillets of basa fish fillet
150g of soba noodle

½ avocado ( sliced)

3 tsp of fish sauce

1 tbsp of garlic powder

1 tsp of sesame oil

1tbsp lemon juice

1tsp of crushed blackpepper

1 tsp of grated ginger

1 tsp of black sesame seeds

nori sea weed

Water to boil noodles

So in a pan, boil enough water to cook the soba noodle based on the instruction.

On another pan, simmer 2 cup of water and put in the fish and all other ingredients ( except avocado, tomatoes, nori,and sesame seeds). Simmer for 5-8 minutes until the fish is cooked.

Once the soba noodle is cooked, rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.

Pour the broth and the fish over the soba noodle. Garnish with fresh yellow tomatoes, sliced avocado,nori and sesame seed. Enjoy the earthiness of the soba noodle complimented by  a bursting sensation of yellow tomatoes!

Passion + Patience *Gastrobutterfly* A food to your soul.