Trendy ramen comes of age in L.A. at BREADBAR (apparently, they don’t believe in lower case letters). Bakery and…well, “bread bar” by day, BREADBAR turns into a pop-up ramen yatai (food stand) serving “gourmet street food” by night and features guest chef Kazuo Shimamura from Ironnori Concepts. Their ramen selection ranges from the classics (shio,…
pei wei’s “ramen revolution”
Pei Wei Asian Diner, the “pan-Asian cuisine” chain owned by P.F. Chang’s has been heavily pushing ramen for the past few weeks. They’re on a “mission to redeem Ramen’s good name as a noodle dish” and want to “upgrade” your ramen with their Japanese Chile Beef Ramen “hot from our wok.” They had a “Great…
Momozono Robot Ramen
Momozono Robot Ramen isn’t just another ramenya in Japan. Shop owner Yoshihara Uchida had a dream, and 20 million yen and 7 years later, he’s got…a robot…that cooks ramen! The noodles are still cooked by a human, but the robot blends the customized soup (customers can choose from about 40 million different combinations of soy…
ramen challenge links
Join the quest for the best ramen in Vancouver. There must be something in the water–I mean ramen at Foo Foo Tei…Exile Kiss joins in the 31 day ramen challenge. inspired by Iron Chef Morimoto’s NYC ramen challenge, NYU Local visits the East Village ramenyas. Take the Menya Ramen Godzilla Challenge: eat a 2+kg bowl…
links for a lazy sunday
Feeling a bit hungry after that bowl of instant ramen? Maybe it’s because there’s a bit less ramen in that bowl. Even gourmet chefs like ramen. Here’s a gourmet ramen recipe from 20 year veteran chef chefRob. If sumo champions recommend a ramenya, it’s gotta be good, right? Sumo great Konishiki and yokozuna (grand champion)…
ramen ramen ramen links
Recently, it seems like a new ramen house opens in New York City every freaking day! Time Out NY calls it a Ramen War. “Ramen war”?! I’d settle for a ramen…um…”disagreement”. I’m not bitter, just jealous… Ramen, for breakfast? Why the hell not! In other ramen news: Grilled ramen, and other crazy ramen recipes! Looks…
ramen lovers of America, TV Tokyo wants your story!
I received an e-mail from Ms. Mariko Daicho of TV Tokyo. Let’s help Ms. Daicho out! Hello. I am a producer at TV Tokyo, a Japanese television network. We are producing a special program about ramen in America, and I am searching for things that show how deeply ramen has penetrated into American life. In…