SobaSunday-April 3, 2005-@*@*@*Soba noodles finished dish@*@* Soba chef Ted Iizuka makes the delicat [Getty Images]

SobaSunday-April 3, 2005-@*@*@*Soba noodles finished dish@*@* Soba chef Ted Iizuka makes the delicate Japanese buckwheat noodles for us as part of a food cover on this traditional Japanese dish. The buckwheat comes from Manitoba - the best in the world, says Iizuka. He'll make noodles by hand for us and also have finished dish to photograph. shot Sunday April 3, 2005. (TANNIS TOOHEY/TORONTO STAR) (Photo by Tannis Toohey/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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