I went to Tokyo for business and checked into a hotel. After that, I was thinking about what to eat and stumbled upon Fuji Soba, an oasis in the city. I couldn't resist stopping by. It had been a while since I last visited, so I had a hard time deciding what to order. I ended up ordering a set with a canned beer and a mini Akafuji bowl. The meat in the mini bowl set was seasoned perfectly, and it went really well with the beer. I finished it in no time. Thank you for the delicious meal.

After finishing my business in Uguisudani once a year, I stopped by for breakfast. I hadn't eaten yet, so I was intrigued by the Cold Special Fuji Soba for 500 yen on the ticket machine. I placed my order at the counter kitchen and after a while, the Cold Special Fuji Soba was served. The soba noodles were cooked firm. The broth was the usual Fuji Soba broth. The toppings included imitation crab sticks, onsen tamago (soft-boiled egg), wakame seaweed, fried tofu, and fried fish balls. It was garnished with chopped green onions. It looked fancy at first glance, but it seemed like a collection of toppings from individual menu items. The imitation crab sticks were the only standout item. Overall, it was delicious and satisfying.

Visit at 1:00 PM on May 8, 2022. Today marks the start of my business trip to Okayama. Before heading out, I decided to grab a quick bite to eat at "Fuji Soba," located near the south exit of Uguisudani Station. Unlike most standing soba shops inside train stations, "Fuji Soba" has branches around Tokyo where you can sit down and enjoy your meal, making it convenient for those who don't want to eat inside the station. "Fuji Soba" is a fast-food soba restaurant where you can sit and enjoy your meal at a reasonable price, making it a popular choice among the general public. I usually go for the Katsu Don Set (Zaru Soba) priced at ¥770, which is my go-to order. Today, I once again chose this set. The timing was perfect as I was the only customer in the store when I arrived (which is quite rare). I purchased my meal ticket and took some photos inside the store. As soon as I finished taking photos, more customers started to come in, and the store quickly filled up to about 80% capacity. My meal was ready in less than 10 minutes. I picked up my order at the counter. While the food wasn't incredibly delicious, the Katsu Don and Zaru Soba were quite tasty. The speed and affordability of the meal were truly impressive. They even provided soba-yu (soba dipping broth) at the end, which was a nice touch. I finished my meal with the soba-yu and left the store satisfied. Once again, I enjoyed my meal at "Fuji Soba." Thank you for the meal.

I went to a nearby udon restaurant but they were sold out, so I went to a nearby Fuji Soba instead. It was cheap, fast, and delicious. Surprisingly, there was a lot of duck meat in the dish, so I felt like I got a good deal. The portion size was not that big, so it felt more like a light snack. Thank you for the meal! ★

I visited the morning soba restaurant around 6:30 on a weekday. There were no other customers when I arrived, and only one customer came in later. The atmosphere was run by a brisk father working alone. Chopsticks were provided on the counter, and each seat had regular chopsticks as well. The morning soba menu offered choices between soba or udon, hot or cold, and toppings like tempura or fried tofu.

I had breakfast soba at Fuji Soba Uguisudani, about 3 minutes from Uguisudani Station. The restaurant is quite small with about 10 seats, and the partitions don't seem to be very effective. I ordered the Mori Soba for 310 yen, which came with green onions and wasabi to add to the soup. The soba had a good texture and the soup was a classic, well-liked flavor. There were about 4 customers when I arrived at 7:30 am. As the restaurant started to get crowded, I left quickly without drinking the soba broth. It had been over 10 years since I last ate at Fuji Soba, and the balance of taste and price was still impressive. However, this particular branch is quite small, so it may be better to assess the crowd levels during this time of COVID-19.

I had some business in Uguisudani and stopped by for breakfast since I hadn't eaten yet. I saw a sign advertising "Cold Curry Croquette Udon or Soba with 'Woman of the Crime Lab' for 500 yen" and decided to try it out. I had never tried cold curry before, so I ordered the cold curry croquette. I placed my order for udon at the counter and received my cold curry croquette udon shortly after. But wait... the broth wasn't curry, it was the usual cold broth. Could it be that the croquette was curry-flavored? I tried it and indeed, it was curry-flavored. So it wasn't cold curry croquette, but rather croquette with cold curry. I was a bit disappointed, as I really wanted to try cold curry. Nevertheless, the cold udon with curry croquette was still delicious.

I visited "Meidai Fuji Soba Uguisudani Store" around 12:00 pm on a certain holiday in June 2021. I chose the "Mini Menchi Katsu Don Set" for ¥550 at the ticket machine outside the store, which is located about a 2-minute walk from Uguisudani Station. The store was quite small with only one customer inside. I presented my food ticket at the order counter and requested for soba to go with the set. The interior environment of the store was not very good, as the air conditioning seemed to not be functioning properly. After waiting for about 5 minutes, I received my meal and sat at the counter to eat. The "Mini Menchi Katsu Don" was prepared with menchi katsu in egg over rice. It contained two perfectly-sized menchi katsu, which were soft and easy to eat, although the taste of the meat was not very prominent. I enjoyed the soba by dipping it in the strong soy sauce-based broth and adding wasabi. The soba had a good amount of sweetness and a satisfying texture. The combination of menchi katsu and soba was not bad. I savored the soba with all the chopped green onions and wasabi, enjoying the refreshing taste, and alternated with bites of the mini menchi katsu. After finishing all the noodles, I poured the soba water into the broth to savor it to the last drop. The set menu of Fuji Soba provided a satisfying amount of food, and I felt a decent level of satisfaction overall.

Recently, Fuji Soba, which has been surpassed in the number of stores by Yude Taro, is a place I have been relying on for a long time, so I hope they will do their best. Today, I had a quick meal of zaru soba and katsu don. The boiled noodles and tonkatsu like a shoe sole. This is good enough here. I hope they will continue to fill our stomachs quickly.

On April 6, 2021, Tuesday, I had a job in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and took a back road of Route 122 into Taito-ku, Tokyo, where I stopped by at Fuji Soba Uguisudani store. I purchased a katsudon set (with soba) for 740 yen from the food ticket vending machine outside the store, and later paid in cash for a raw egg for 70 yen and tempura for 120 yen, totaling 930 yen, and submitted the food ticket at the counter. After waiting for about 5 minutes, my order was ready. The soba came with chopped green onions, seaweed, raw egg, and tempura, and by adding shichimi pepper and mixing in the raw egg, it tasted surprisingly good! In the past, I didn't have a good impression of Fuji Soba, but they do open early in the morning, which is convenient. However, I personally didn't like their cold soba because the soba broth was too strong. But when I tried their warm soba with raw egg and tempura, it was a perfect match and delicious. Next, I tried the mini katsudon in the set, and while it was decent with the egg topping, the texture of the meat cutlet was not great as it seemed to be made from processed meat. Overall, it was a satisfying meal. Thank you.

In the past, there was a unique fried food series that disappointed with "Fried Potato Soba." However, this time, "Silver Octopus Soba" only brings to mind a delicious image. As soon as I tasted it, I thought this is delicious! The crispy takoyaki coating, the soba broth clinging to it, the overflowing octopus, what a great combination. The takoyaki is delicious, the soba is delicious, and when they come together, it's even more delicious. I love it so much that I think it should be a regular menu item.

Dining Out Edition - Attracted by the photo of red squid, I headed to Fuji Soba - Red Squid Tempura Soba @ Fuji Soba/Uguisudani This is a story from a little while ago, but for lunch on 1/26 (Sun), I went to this restaurant. It's "Meidai Fuji Soba" in Uguisudani. I originally planned to go to a different restaurant, but I changed my plans quickly after seeing the photo outside the store. That photo is here. The newly released Red Squid Tempura Soba. As a squid lover and a red ginger tempura lover, I couldn't miss it. The Red Squid Tempura Soba appeared right away. It looks similar to the regular red ginger tempura soba. I sprinkled plenty of shichimi pepper and I'm ready. Soba just has to have shichimi, right? First, the broth. Slurp, slurp, slurp. Mmm, delicious! Of course, the broth is Kanto-style, the soba broth has to be like this. Next, the noodles. Slurp, slurp, slurp. Mmm, delicious! The noodles, which are the pride of the store's in-house boiling, have a different taste from the soggy boiled noodles. Red squid tempura. When I take a bite, I can taste the flavor of squid. Wakame seaweed. I'll gladly eat it since I have high blood pressure. Chopped green onions. This is doing a really good job. The generous portion is also nice. I tried peeling off the batter, and there were a few pieces of sliced squid in the center. In addition to that, there were 2-3 pieces of chopped squid legs. I slurped and slurped, and finished it all in one go. Phew, I ate it all. With this taste and portion size at this price, the cost performance is satisfactory. I left the restaurant feeling very satisfied. The end. From January 2011 to this day, the number of meals eaten out (breakfast and lunch only, excluding the company cafeteria): 1,208 meals, average price: 466 yen per meal including tax.

I ordered the morning set, which was incredibly reasonable, and eagerly awaited what would come! It turned out to be soba noodles with a side of rice topped with bonito flakes and a raw egg yolk. Sets like this, with plenty of carbs, always leave me regretting later. However, it's from Fuji Soba, and their soba noodles are delicious. The bonito rice bowl can be enhanced with soy sauce. This is a set where you can enjoy delicious soba noodles and feel full with a little extra. Perfect for those who want to stay full until lunch after eating at 7 in the morning. If there are such circumstances, I might eat it again.

It was the day before this day, when I had a year-end party with my old senpai in Ikebukuro. We ended up at Hidakaya for a second round of drinks after going to an izakaya called Uonami in Ikebukuro. Before I knew it, the last train had already left. So, I ended up going to the house of a senpai who lives in the direction of my parents' house. Although his wife is also a senpai, I felt bad for showing up unannounced at such a late hour while drunk. It felt like I had gone back 30 years. My senpai decided to call it a night and apologized for occasionally going back to his parents' house. As I walked, I thought the first train might be coming soon, so I entered this place. Back when I was in college and hungry in the middle of the night, I used to come here. But tonight, it was around 3 am, even later than back then. The partitions in the restaurant had changed since those days. In my drunken state, I looked around and ordered my favorite dish. I checked the ticket and it said 3:49. The tanuki soba was 410 yen. If you're short on cash, there's nothing like warm soba. The taste of bonito broth with soy sauce, the aroma, and the flavor are all just right. And then the soba, and the crispy tempura flakes. The green onions are important. I slurped it down quickly, drinking up the broth. It's over so fast when you're eating. And then you feel calm. Ah, it looks like there's still some time until the first train. I'll rest a little longer.

After leaving Shinanoji, I had some time before the first train, so I decided to kill time and have breakfast. I chose red pickled ginger and fish cake tempura while watching others order curry cutlet rice bowls. I dipped the red pickled ginger-packed fish cake tempura into the dipping sauce. It was warming and tasty, but I was still sleepy.

On November 18th, I visited this place for a quick meal before Marvel Ale's regular performance at Kanda MIFA. I actually have an event on December 1st at VALLEY✕VALLEY✕TOKYO for Kanan Yoshio's birthday, so I wanted to check out the venue in advance. I went to this Fuji Soba and ordered a set of katsudon and soba using the ticket machine. The kitchen received my food ticket and I requested warm soba instead of the soup that comes with the katsudon. It's not a standing-only place, there are chairs, but the seating area is quite cramped and it's hard to have enough space for one person. I think I might bump into the person next to me during busy times. After about 5 minutes, my order was ready, and I picked it up. The katsudon was served with the egg sealing the cutlet before it fully warmed up, so the cutlet was a bit cold. But that's just how it is with these quick-service street shops. The taste was good, typical of Fuji Soba quality. I quickly finished my meal and headed towards Kanda.

Before going to see a live performance, make sure to eat something. It wasn't ramen noodles, though.

While there are now many standing soba restaurants, Fuji Soba is the representative of Tokyo. In the past, I was surprised by the pitch-black broth, but now it's a must-have. If you miss breakfast, go to Fuji Soba. It's only one coin.

There is a ticket machine outside the store, so I'm taking my time to decide what to eat, which might be a little embarrassing (lol). The inside of the store is quite small. The friendly lady there makes the food super fast, so there is almost no waiting time. As always, the food is delicious.

The vending machine is located outside the shop. You can take the ticket inside and exchange it at the counter for your order. The quality of the food at Fuji Soba is well maintained, and the staff are friendly, making it a pleasant dining experience. Keep up the good work!