Soba Totto

This sultry, black-tiled offshoot of the popular Yakitori Totto invites lingering over soba (buckwheat) noodles and premium sake. A light hand prevails in the rich soba soup with tender slices of duck breast and a single halved shiitake. The restaurant offers a menu primer on the many uses of buckwheat; along with noodles, there are both sweet and savory dumplings (the sweet ones arrive floating in a delicious bean soup). They even use the toasted grains as a nutty topping for ice cream.