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KValley
07-14-2001, 07:33 PM
First, a caveat: due to high risk of fire the city is currently under a burn ban and charcoal grill restriction, so I had to broil the vegetables. I used spelt spaghetti instead of soba.

This was a pretty intense dish- or dense, rather. The combination of the nutty pasta and potatoes was heavy. I loved the dressing for the pasta (green onions, soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil, ginger) and the vegetables were great, but it was a bit much together. I think the pasta would have been best with just grilled peppers, perhaps grilled mushrooms (oh, if I'd thought of that before!)

I served this with wilted greens and carmelized sweet onions, mixed with Myzithra cheese. Wilted greens and carmelized onions is now my new favorite "side"dish!

Wine was a Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz Southeast Australia A hearty red that matched bite for bite the nutty pasta and rich veggies.

Now for a long walk to work off those carbos!

This recipe gave me some good ideas- again, I loved the noodle dressing- I'd just choose a different selection of vegetables.

kwormann
07-14-2001, 10:00 PM
Let me applaud you on your use of both caramelized onions (one of our favs) and an Australian shiraz!

SusanL
07-15-2001, 03:50 AM
Thanks for the review, I am not fond of noodles and potatoes together, either! I have been looking for soba noodles, could they be at Trader Joes?

karen w
07-15-2001, 07:29 PM
My husband and I also enjoyed this quite a bit. The noodles and dressing were the best part. I substituted udon noodles for the soba because that is what I had in the pantry at the moment, and I cut the veggies into bite size pieces after grilling to make them easier to handle with the pasta. Overall a repeater for us.