Christine DuBoisSidney Mintz

Ingredients

• 1 lb dried soba noodles
• 1 lb (450 g) ground pork
• 1-inch piece of ginger root, chopped fine
• 1 or 2 green onions (green parts only), sliced thin
• 1 tsp. cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tsps. water
• 2 tsps. vegetable oil for stir-frying meat
• 2 Tbsps. sake
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. mirin
• 3 1/2 Tbsps soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tsps. ginger juice (grate ginger root and squeeze out juice using your fingers)
• 2-3 Tbsps. prepared wasabi
• fine strips of rind from 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup grated ginger