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Whew, it’s been a busy few weeks for ramen news… A new ramen called Soup for S****—what th–?! The Ramen Rater has hit his 500th review and he’s still going strong! L.A.’s Tsujita is finally open, but they’re not serving ramen yet. And Ikemen makes its Hollywood debut. via Huffington Post West Covina now has...
ramen rating: ramen kagetora – costa mesa, ca
Ramen Kagetora makes its debut appearance at Mitsuwa’s Hokkaido Fair this week with two types of miso ramen. Count me in! Kagetora’s miso is made with 3 kinds of miso paste, but wanting something stronger-flavored, I opted for the karamiso (spicy miso) ramen. The mildly spicy soup was tasty. The smooth and mildly sweet miso...
mitsuwa hokkaido fair
You know the drill, folks! Asameshi Maeda Honten is back with a shoyu ramen and a limited edition niku (ramen). Sounds interesting. Available at Mitsuwa Torrance this Thursday through Sunday 9/15 to 9/18. Chicago’s next the following week Thursday through Sunday 9/22 to 9/25. Ramen Kagetora makes their debut appearance with a miso ramen and...
happy birthday cup noodles!
I’m sure it needs no introduction: Cup Noodles celebrates its 40th birthday next week, and to celebrate, a Cup Noodles Museum will open in Yokohama, Japan. The original Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka has been around for over 20 years, and Tokyo-ites should be delighted that they finally have their own shrine to...
tsk tsk ajisen ramen
Thanks to a recent scandal in China, Ajisen Ramen’s stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has been steadily dropping. The scandal? Ajisen’s advertising and marketing materials claim that their soup is cooked with pork bones for 20 hours, making it rich in calcium. The truth? They’ve been using “concentrated liquid not pork bones,” diluted...
blogger fined and jailed over a…noodle review?! uh oh…
Ok, so it happened in Taiwan, but… “The Taichung branch of Taiwan High Court on Tuesday sentenced a blogger who wrote that a restaurant’s beef noodles were too salty to 30 days in detention and two years of probation and ordered her to pay NT$200,000 (roughly US$7k) in compensation to the restaurant.” Apparently, the blogger...
ramen pops up at the breadbar again
The BREADBAR is doing it again! Chef Noriyuki Sugie, one of the chefs responsible for the first ramen pop-up at L.A.’s BREADBAR, is back with Ramen Bull. This time, all the gourmet ramen are 100% beef-based and MSG-free. On the menu are: Short Rib Ramen $14 Oxtail Ramen $16 Beef Tongue Ramen $14 Spicy Ramen...
ramen is…racist?
Hey! We’ve been linked on HuffPo! On an article…called…ramen…is…racist?? Those of you in the know have probably heard the terms shina soba, which predates “ramen.” “Shina” came to be regarded as a slur against China. “…to eat shina soba in those years was to symbolically gobble up China itself. As China represented the empire’s biggest...
ramen review: ranchan ramen – orange county, ca
Specialty food trucks are all the rage, and finally there’s a ramen truck in OC. Billing themselves as “The first Ramen on wheels in OC,” Ranchan Ramen has been on the road for just under 2 months. It’s hard to miss their big pink truck with their ramen-slurping pig. I trotted up to the truck...
ramenya opening: washington DC
Toki Underground is now open for ramen and more. (Actually, I got their e-mail over a month ago. My fault for being so late.) The ironically named (they’re upstairs above what looks like a pub) specializes in tonkotsu ramen, and they also have a vegetarian option. The design and layout of the place (not to...
mitsuwa gourmet fair
Time for another food fair at Mitsuwa! Tatsunoya makes a return to Mitsuwa’s Costa Mesa (5/26-29) and New Jersey (6/2-6/5) stores. Tonkotsu ramen lovers, get excited. This one’s worth it. Kitahama Shoten brings their white miso ramen and tokusen hakodate shio ramen in their deput appearance. Torrance Mitsuwa: 5/26-29 Chicago Mitsuwa: 6/2-5 You can even...
how to *really* make ramen…
…lots and LOTS of ramen. If anyone wants to start their own instant ramen factory, you can start by ordering this ramen-making machine featured in the video. via Gizmodo, thanks to Len.
ramen review: hakata tonkotsu ramen – shanghai, china
You would think that good, authentic ramen, in a big city like Shanghai, would be a cinch to find. You might think that, and you’d be right…sort of. There’s a plethora of choices, from this, to this highly recommended shop, to this popular ramenya, or in a pinch, even this to choose from. My head...
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