When soba (buckwheat noodles) was served on the occasion of his visit to Jindai-ji Temple, Koben was pleased with it very much and thereafter he often took up soba as a topic of conversation in the shogun's residence.
公辨が深大寺を訪れた際にも蕎麦が供応され、公辨はこの蕎麦切りを非常に気に入り殿中でも盛んに話題にした。