I’ve talked about Neko Ramen before. It’s a fun manga and a fun animated series, but how’s the live action movie? I watched the movie today…and… …I didn’t know there was a shoyu ramen song(?!)… …it was kind of predictable. But then again, I didn’t watch this looking for some sophisticated plot… …it made me…
dogs in space! and ramen! via io9
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
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
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
I’m a bit creeped out by this video…yet somewhat intrigued. Ramen Noodle chocolate bar! via the Village Voice
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…
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…
Tantanmen flavored potato chips! (Though a bit pricy at $3.48. Yow!)
Gyoza flavored potato chips!
…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.
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.