12/29 Year's End Good Luck Soba + Tempura Workshop

Workshop Details:

Join us for a special IN-PERSON cooking class hosted by Sonoko Sakai in the Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood. The workshop will take place in Sonoko’s kitchen-studio. In Japan, soba is traditionally eaten at the very close of the year, the last thing you eat before the new year begins. The noodles themselves represent a bridge between the years. Their length symbolize longevity and long life. The cutting of the dough signifies the cutting away of the bad or pain of the past year. And their simplicity of this noodle (minimally processed, stone-milled, and rich in fiber), provides a cleansing, purifying transition out of one year and into the next. Soba is the perfect food to carry us through this transitional time.

For this class we will be working with freshly milled buckwheat flour, imported specially for me directly from my favorite soba miller in Japan.

During class, we’ll work together to make fresh soba noodles from scratch, entirely by hand. Everything from blending and kneading, to rolling out an evenly thin, blemish-free dough, to hand-cutting into thin noodles, using the knife design expressly for it, a Soba Bocho.

***Following sign-up, our team will email you with a PDF file. This file includes the additional workshop details, including event address, parking instructions, a “what to bring” list, and more. Contact us here if you have any lingering questions about this workshop.

COVID SAFETY: To ensure optimal safety for students within 5 days of the event date, if you experience COVID-like symptoms or come in contact with someone known to be carrying or exposed to COVID-19, please contact us immediately.

Workshop Date: Sunday, December 29th, 2024

Time: 10:00AM to 01:30PM PST

Location: IN-PERSON @ Sonoko’s Kitchen Studio in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA 90042 (address provided upon completion of sign-up)

Fee: $180 per guest (*includes instruction, recipes, all ingredients, light refreshments, and a complete meal)

What to bring:

1. Comfortable, closed-toe shoes

2. Apron

3. Sunhat/Sunglasses/Sunblock/Sweater (October in LA can be unpredictable!)

4. Beverage (Optional. Complimentary tea and water will be provided)

5. Kitchen Towel

*Images courtesy of Rick Poon and Knopf Doubleday