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: もりそば
It's cold today, so let's have warm soba noodles for dipping.
The warm soba at this shop is delicious with its piping hot dipping sauce.
Standard spelling with そば in kana.
Kanji spelling for そば; less common but seen in restaurant menus.
Abbreviated spelling omitting り; occasionally used in signage.
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.