Add the water, soy sauce, dashi stock and mirin into a sauce pan and bring to boil to create the broth.

Boil the soba noodles in hot water for approximately 5 minutes or according to the packet instructions.

Once the noodles have cooked, drain well and add to a bowl.

You can now add the hot soup to your soba noodles as well as the and other ingredients such as smoked kamaboko, sansai mountain vegetables or wakame on the top.

Finally, garnish the dish with chopped spring onion or chives, tenkasu tempura flakes and add some shichimi togarashi if you like it spicy!