The translation note on soba I think was incomplete. The reason she's saying it "must be" soba is that they were neighbors (yes, soba each other) so the first food in their new place is hikkoshi soba which is, I move in to a new place and I make soba for my new neighbors. Then again, maybe the translator figured people knew about that and wanted to point out the allusion to togetherness in wordplay with soba. But at any rate, hikkoshi soba is for sure the main thing referenced.
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