Course Main Dishes, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian, Japanese
Keyword citrus noodles, cocktail grapefruit, cold dish, zaru soba variation
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 15 minutes minutes
If you can't find mandelos or they're out of season, an excellent variation uses a mixture of grapefruit and orange juice. Feel free to experiment with the citrus element, but try to make sure that you use something with a bitter/sour component (e.g. lemon or grapefruit). Purely sweet citrus fruits like oranges or mandarins will not balance the flavours of the tsuyu (dip) as well. If you have access to any of the rarer Japanese citrus varieties (e.g. yuzu or sudachi), you could also try using one of those in place of the mandelo.