Craving ramen but don’t have fresh noodles? Try this Abura Soba (Japanese soup-less ramen) using spaghetti as a clever hack!

Abura soba is made with buckwheat noodles called soba that are denser and larger than ramen noodles. It’s served in a bowl with proteins, vegetables and at least one sauce, which Lin said are ...

Try this Soup-less Ramen (Abura Soba 油そば) with a genius hack—using spaghetti for the perfect chewy texture! 🍜🔥 Topped with a flavorful tare sauce, juicy chashu, and a runny ramen egg ...

Spicy minced pork abura soba and original abura soba at Kajiken in San Mateo, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2023. Lance Yamamoto/SFGATE. By Nico Madrigal-Yankowski, Food Reporter Updated Feb 9, 2023 4:55 p.m.

Abura soba, contrary to its name, is not actually soba, or buckwheat noodles, but a dry-style ramen created in Tokyo’s Kitatama district in the 1950s.

In that sense, abura soba is almost identical to ‘Taiwanese’ maze-soba (a type of dry noodles with condiments, which is actually from Nagoya) but tends to have simpler, and fewer, toppings.

Original abura soba at Kajiken in San Mateo, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023. Lance Yamamoto/SFGATE Just last year, Kajiken opened its first Bay Area location in San Mateo, down the peninsula from San Francisco.

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In that sense, abura soba is almost identical to ‘Taiwanese’ maze-soba (a type of dry noodles with condiments, which is actually from Nagoya) but tends to have simpler, and fewer, toppings.