I'll admit, this isn't authentic zaru soba. For one, I don't have the zaru, or bamboo lined tray. And the dipping sauce I made was just soy sauce, wasabi, and scallions, not tsuyu (which usually has bonito flakes). But I did put some shredded nori on top of my chilled noodles, so I figured it was close enough.

The way you eat this can get a bit messy, so I wouldn't recommend wearing your summer whites - you pick up a few noddles with chopsticks, dunk them in the sauce, then slurp them up. I obviously ended up with soy sauce everywhere. :)

Along with that I heated up some edamame. Frozen edamame is so great to have around - toss a handful in a pot of boiling water for a couple of minutes and you have a nearly instant snack.