そば湯ゆ

noun

soba cooking water; water from boiling soba

The starchy water left after boiling soba noodles. Often served as a drink at the end of a soba meal, sometimes mixed with dipping sauce.

• そば屋やで、食しょく後ごにそば湯ゆを飲のむのが好すきだ。

  At soba restaurants, I like to drink the soba cooking water after the meal.

• そば湯ゆに、残のこったつゆを少すこし入いれて飲のむと美味おいしい。

  It's delicious to add a little leftover dipping sauce to the soba water and drink it.