Having visited Reiwa Soba at Kelantan Lane before they had blown up on social media after the article published by 8 Days, I was actually pretty excited to visit their latest concept, Reiwa Soba Honten — a space of their very own within a shophouse unit at the foot of a HDB block at Blk 740 Bedok Reservoir Road; just beside ice-cream parlour Haute & Cauld, and also within the same neighbourhood as Burp Kitchen & Bar and Refuel Cafe.

While the Kelantan Lane outlet is dedicated to their homemade buckwheat soba noodles, their newest outpost at Bedok Reservoir sees a wider variety of items served for dinner — think items such as Oyakodon, Sushi, and Sashimi; they also do a homemade Takasaki Honey Umeshu during our visit. Opting for the very same item we have had during our first visit at Kelantan Lane, I am glad to say that the Reiwa Chicken Soba remained pretty consistent here — served chilled, I really enjoyed how their gluten-free buckwheat noodles are of the thin sort here; carries a slight chewiness whilst being slurpy. For the chicken variant, the chunks of chicken are included in their signature dipping sauce that features chili-oil, leek, and a chicken, fish and seaweed dashi) — the dipping sauce being absolutely savoury with a slight fragrance from the chili oil almost akin to that of Sichuan peppers used in Mala without the numbness. Even some attention has been placed in the chicken chunks used here, which is hormone-free — juicy and succulent. Vaguely recall that the dipping sauce seemingly carried a slight hint of Yuzu that gave the sauce a bright zing when they had first started business at Kelantan Lane; something which I kinda miss from this one I have had at Bedok Reservoir, though it’s also not mentioned in the description either.

It’s pretty heartening to see how Reiwa Soba had come to in the last half a year — despite making its appearance to the local F&B scene only after the Circuit Breaker, the humble stall at Kelantan Lane has attracted a following over time for their stellar soba noodles and their innovative take on the sauce that has now become their signature.

Given how Reiwa Soba is all about serving up their Japanese fare with a lot of heart and passion for the craft with almost everything from scratch, they are pretty much a spot that deserves the visit — they have already won our hearts despite not being soba lovers ourselves. Here’s congratulating them for the opening of their new space at Bedok Reservoir, and wishing them all the best for everything that is to come!