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Soba noodles are made primarily out of buckwheat flour. While there are soba noodles out there that contain only buckwheat flour, making them gluten-free, most of what's produced contain some kind of wheat flour to help hold the noodles together during the production process. Definitely check the ingredient list if you're looking for a gluten-free version.
If ramen is the pork-fat shock-and-awe of the noodle world, soba is what philosophers slurpâa simple buckwheat noodle, a cuisine of purity and contemplation. A soba restaurant's menu may include a tray of noodles served with tempura, or maybe a tangle bathed in a lean, coffee-dark duck broth, as austere as duck gets. But always, there will be an offering of plain soba, just-cooked, chilled cold, served with only a small cup of seasoned stock for dipping.