Substantial and pretty economical, Hokkaido Izakaya’s compact lunch menu offers up a comforting selection of buckwheat noodles with FREE flow of onsen eggs, fried tempura batter and seaweed. Furthermore, you can upsize your soba with a choice of 100g, 200g, or 300g at no additional cost. Such a great deal! Having tried the Kakiage Tempura Soba (S$12) and Wagyu Beef Shabu Shabu Soba ($15), my favourite would definitely be the latter as the former does get a bit gelak after awhile.

Both set also came with onigiri which was a bit of an overkill on carbs but I managed to finish mine after soaking it in the broth. The generous slab of crisp mixed vegetables tempura perched on the bowl adds a nice texture though it does little to enhance the flavours to the dish whereas the thinly sliced beef complemented the warm savoury-sweet broth. The noodles of course, were pretty well done as well. Decent lunch option to satisfy any soba craving - TBH, they got me at free-flow soft boil eggs as each was perfectly done and super shiok when slurping with the soba.

[A word of advice would be to stick to 100g first so as to avoid a food induced coma, as tested by my lunch companions.]