the ramen blog & other goodies!

Ladies and gentlemen…I am a moron. Thanks to a brilliantly snafu’d server setting, I made it impossible for anyone who emailed me directly over the past few months to actually reach me. The Contact Form actually worked fine, so some of you may be scratching your head, thinking “but you did reply to me.” Well guess what? If you replied to my reply, I didn’t get it…until now.

So I offer my sincerest apologies to anyone who thought I was being even less responsive than my usual too-busy self. I think I’ve recovered all the emails, and I’ll reply to them ASAP. If you’ve emailed me in the past few months and you want to make extra sure I got it, please feel free to try again via the Contact Form for now. I should have this straightened out within a few days at most.

Instant ramen…creating jobs in America! Let’s hear it for Maruchan!

If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you might’ve noticed that fans of the now unavailable Maruchan tomato ramen are a fanatical bunch. And now, they’re organized! Join them on the Facebook group: Bring Back Maruchan Tomato Ramen!

Join Anarchic Ramen on his quest to create his own ramen…from scratch!

Not only does the latest issue of Maxim feature an entire article on ramen, fellow ramen blogger Go Ramen! gets a shout out (in the dead-tree version of the article only).

The most popular Japanese fast food chain in China is…Ajisen Ramen!

The wife and I were driving around, doing some last minute shopping, when we heard some stunning news on the radio: Brittany Murphy passed away this morning. “What?!? Did we hear right? The Ramen Girl?” While no one on the radio, and probably no one in the news will ever mention the Ramen Girl as one of the movies Brittany starred in, that’s how she’ll be remembered in this household. Thank you for bringing ramen into the American consciousness and thank you for the hours of entertainment you’ve provided in all your movies. Rest in peace.

Ok, while this is not specifically ramen-related, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is generously providing a pair of free personalized luggage tags. All you gotta do is upload the image you want printed on your tags, and fill out your address, which is printed on the back side. I got my luggage tags in about 2 weeks and hopefully, my ramen-themed tags will let me easily pick out my boring black luggage from the throngs of other boring black luggage out there. I don’t know how long this offer lasts, so act now!

Now you can enjoy Ajisen Ramen at home! The globe-spanning Ajisen Ramen chain now has their very own kumamoto nama ramen! I don’t usually mention price in my reviews, but it bears noting that Ajisen’s nama ramen is the most expensive nama ramen I’ve seen, at just under $7 for a pack of 2. Another interesting thing about this nama ramen is that the 2 noodle servings are not individually packaged as every other brand’s nama ramen is: you’re going to need to eat both servings relatively soon after you open the package. Read the rest of this entry →

…my wife! Now, now…settle down! Ramen comes second! Imagine my surprise when I came home from work and saw what my wife bought for me. Thanks, sweetie!