In spite of the word “soba” in the name of the dish, which means “buckwheat noodles”, yakisoba is a dish made of wheat noodles with a special sauce. In fact, making yakisoba mainly means making the sauce. This is the most difficult part as the sauce requires a high level of skill from the cook. Yakisoba sauce is usually made based on soy sauce with the addition of some oyster extract and the famous fish broth. It also contains rice vinegar, traditional for Japanese food and chili pepper. Sesame seeds in the sauce make the dish look very palatable.