the ramen blog & other goodies!

Who’s seen Tampopo, raise your hand? How about the Ramen Girl? And who’s heard of Udon, the movie?

“Udon,” which came out in Japan several years ago but somehow never made it to the States, will be premiering at the L.A. Film Festival on June 19. It may not be about ramen, but this sumptuously filmed movie about the next best thing will have you craving a bowl of noodles. See why award winning food critic Jonathan Gold chose this as the food-themed movie to present.

For details and tickets, go to the Los Angeles Film Festival web site, or call 1-866-FilmFest (1-866.345.6337).

L.A. hipsters rejoice. The 3rd St location of BreadBar is turning into a ramen popup restaurant. From June 8 to July 24, 5-10pm (except Sundays), BreadBar will be offering a ramen yatai (food stall) menu, featuring standard shio, shoyu, and miso ramen as well as specialty ramen such as ox tail and foie gras ramen. More details at Thrillist and BreadBar.

Yatai @ BreadBar
8718 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310 205 0124

via Neko Ramen Facebook page (yes, I got ramen news from a comic book character).

For those of you who’ve been complaining about the cost of some of Mizuki’s ramen dishes, this article is dedicated to you.

Shoichi Fujimaki, the owner/chef of Tokyo’s Fujimaki Gekijyo is planning to open a restaurant in L.A. by this August. The star of the restaurant? His “Five-Taste Imperial Blend,” a 10,000 yen bowl of ramen (appx $110 American dollars…or more like about 150 bucks come August, the way the yen’s been appreciating). The ramen has over 20 ingredients and takes over 3 days to prepare.

The Reuters article quotes one customer: “It’s certainly expensive, however, I think that it is sometimes better to come here and spend ten thousand yen than to go to another place and spend a thousand, ten times,” said Hideko Furusawa, a 49-year-old diner.

Since you put it that way…um…yeah…I totally agree…

I’m not sure if it’s the same ramen pictured here, but wow…that’s a small bowl.

Better start saving up, boys and girls!

via stick a fork in it

3/16: Grainy photo and video added. Even though the video is in English (horrible horrible sound quality though) and appears to be from Indian tv, they didn’t bother translating any of the Japanese. Go figure.

New York Times travel writer Matt Gross slurps his way through Tokyo “One Noodle at a Time.” Find out more about Tokyo’s ramen culture, and learn about the hottest Tokyo ramenyas in and Tokyo ramen blogs!

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.

I’m sick so I’m literally copying-n-pasting this from Mitsuwa’s web site. Sorry for plagiarizing. And remember to wash your hands, kids! Cough…cough…thud…

First of all, an in dispensable master of our event, “Shina Soba” of “Chibakiya Ramen”.
The secret of soup “light yet rich” is a blend of chicken, pork bone, and seafood. The thin curly noodle topped with a soft-boiled egg, and other all ingredients are chef-d’oeuvre of his 20 years career. It is definitely authentic and excellent.
10/22(Thu) – 25(Sun) Torrance Store
10/29(Thu) – 11/1(Sun) New Jersey Store

Secondly, “Tan Tan Men”, “Sung Hon Men”, “Shoyu Ramen” of “Gomaichi Ramen” will make their first appearance for this event.
Gomaichi is a fine Japanese noodle shop in Honolulu founded in 1995. Gomaichi’s symphony of savory flavors will delight the locals’ and visitors’ palates. Specializing in authentic Japanese and Szechwan style noodles, Tantan Men. It has great sesame flavor. Tender char siu is simmered in soup for 12 hours. Healthy sesame seeds are imported from Japan and roasted everyday!
10/22(Thu) – 25(Sun) Costa Mesa Store

Also, an instant version of Chibakiya’s ramen will be available at the Torrance and Costa Mesa store this weekend. Have fun!