“Man assaulted after refusing to eat ramen noodles.” Now kids…be good and eat your ramen! Michelin starred instant ramen…complete with egg?!? Lucky Peach keeps cranking out the ramen recipes. If you’ve got the time and skills, these look delicious. New ramen shops are always exciting, especially when they don’t specialize in tonkotsu for once. Chicken…
simply ramen
There really aren’t that many English cookbooks for “real” ramen. I mean, there’re cookbooks on how to how to make instant ramen more exciting, like this, but if you’re looking for cookbooks on authentic ramen, there’re very few choices. Along comes Amy Kimoto-Kahn, who’s been offering ramen recipes on her easypeasyjapaneasey blog. Amy’s been doing…
chicken ramen soup
It’s not exactly an easy recipe, but if you’re curious about what goes into making a ramen soup from scratch, here’s ramen chef Keizo Shimamoto’s take on a chicken-based ramen broth. Actual ingredients and step by step recipe here!
ramen. pot. pie.
…And I just happened to have a beef pot pie for dinner tonight. It’s a sign! Head on over to Foodbeast for the full recipe!
start the new year right, with ramen!
Itching to buy stuff with your Holiday money? Yeah, us too! Fake Food Hatanaka has some really interesting and cool food jewelry and accessories, including various ramen straps and even…naruto patches?!? Or maybe you’d rather have a ramen ring or keychain? How about a great cookbook by Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen fame (it’s actually…
the romulan/prison ramen cookbook?
Actor Cliffton Collins, who played the Romulan Ayel from the 1st J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot, is working on a ramen cookbook called “101 Ways To Cook Ramen – Prison Style.” From his interview with startrek.com, he says: It’s really a book for anybody that’s had a “Ramen Phase” in their life, so to speak.…
ramen burger preview
The Ramen Burger, invented by blogger and chef Keizo Shimamoto, has taken the East Coast food world by storm. Those of us on the left coast, though, have to settle for either making our own, or settling for pale imitations. …or do we…stay tuned…
ramen rating: ramen yamadaya – costa mesa, ca
“The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here!” That was my reaction when I found out that Ramen Yamadaya finally opened in Costa Mesa. The renowned ramen shop opened its first store in Torrance almost a year and a half ago and is already on its 4th location, finally, in Orange County. Set…
sunday evening links, ramen world domination
See what the chefs at Chuko in Brooklyn (they used to work at Morimoto!) make with a pack of instant noodles. More choices for ramen in Brooklyn, including a Ramen pop-up. Hybrid ramen, anyone? Ramen in Wheaton, MD. Ajisen Ramen opens in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. Visit Hapa Ramen in SF, leave with a…
there’s an app for that!
The New York Times has reported that David Chang, noted chef and owner of the highly touted Momofuku ramen/noodle bar in New York, will be releasing an iPad app featuring an “interactive bowl of ramen.” The app, named Lucky Peach, is part of a series of apps that will also be released alongside a print…
ramen rating: nidaime tsujita ramen – costa mesa, ca
Yawn…(stretch). What a nice day. Cool, fall weather…lazy, big, puffy clouds floating across the sky. It’s a perfect day for ramen! Mitsuwa is having another food fair, and I’m in the mood for tsukemen (dipping noodles). The down side of lunch at Mitsuwa is the crowd, and boy, not only was it crowded today, but…
ramen rating: ramen mottainai – gardena, ca
One fine Saturday morning, as we discussed our plans for the weekend, my wife suddenly declared that “today’s ramen day! You’re going to eat nothing but ramen today!” Wait, what? Did I win the lotto? Am I dreaming? I guess all my recent whining about wanting to try some new ramen shops paid off. Of…