2012 ramen papercraft calendar
You want this. You need this. Make your own papercraft ramen stand calendar. As a bonus, you get a yakuza figure. What a way to start the year! via Paperkraft.net
keep boiling japan
Found another video in the Cup Noodle boil Japan campaign. “Keep boiling Japan!” Err…or maybe that should be “Keep boiling, Japan!” See how important a comma can be, boys and girls? via Japan Probe
“boil japan”?!?
It’s bad enough that yoda is shilling for Cup Noodle, but “boil japan”? even for broken English, that’s a bit ominous, isn’t it? via stick a fork in it
ramen noodle chocolate bar
I’m a bit creeped out by this video…yet somewhat intrigued. Ramen Noodle chocolate bar! via the Village Voice
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 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...
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.
random ramen picture
Found this at a local bookstore when the wife brought it to my attention. I’m not sure what the bear is doing in the bowl, but it’s a cute set of dish towels.
how to recreate your favorite ramen
A maddeningly cut-off video on how ramen flavors can be replicated. Ever wish you could recreate your favorite ramen at home? It’s easy! Step 1: have perfect taste Step 2: uh…sorry, still working on step 1… (Hey, Keizo, did you notice the ramenya that this ramen was taken from?!) via Japan Probe
samurai soba
So it’s not a ramenya, but what a cool place. via japan talk
imitation noodles
I’m not quite sure what it is that makes them imitations (the ingredients are “wheat flour, water”)…or wait! I got it! Since noodle is singular, only ONE of the noodles is an imitation, and you just gotta find it. Good fun.
reader question: 80′s ramen
A reader from Autumn Heart writes: I’m doing a painting of a Ramen package (I picked Maruchan chicken flavor.) It looks pretty lonely sitting all by itself, however, so I’d like to surround it with rays extending from it like a sun, some related imagery. When I was a kid in the 80s, I remember...
ramen alert: ippudo in OC!
Ramen fans might’ve heard of Ippudo, Shigemi Kawahara’s (aka the “Ramen King“) famous hakata ramen chain in Japan. With one location in New York, West Coasters have been left out…until now. For 4 days only, Ippudo’s original Shiromaru Motoaji Ramen will be available at the Costa Mesa Mitsuwa supermarket during their Japanese Gourmet Foods Fair....
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