noun
warm soba noodles for dipping
A style of soba where boiled noodles are served warm, often after being cooled and then reheated, typically with a dipping sauce. Contrasts with 盛りそば (cold soba) and かけそば (soba in hot broth).
See also: 盛り蕎麦
今日は寒いから、熱盛りそばにしよう。
It's cold today, so let's have warm soba noodles for dipping.
この店の熱盛りそばは、つゆが熱々で美味しい。
The warm soba at this shop is delicious with its piping hot dipping sauce.
Compound of 熱 (atsu, 'hot') + 盛り (mori, 'serving') + そば (soba, 'buckwheat noodles'). The term likely arose in soba restaurants to distinguish warm dipping noodles from the standard cold 盛りそば.