January 15, 2010
Shirohige Ramen Truck (SF)
Two words: RAMEN TRUCK.
Is this not the raddest thing you’ve ever heard? Cause it should be. I know, I know, the food
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December 4, 2009
Postcards from Japan, VIII: Push My Ramen Button
Will it be shoyu? Miso? Tonkotsu?
大もり= Oomori = Super Size Me?
Side of fried rice? Gyoza? An extra egg? Extra slices of roast pork?
Choose button carefully– there’s no turning back! Drop your yen into the machine and the ticket will print with your order. Take ticket to
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June 14, 2009
Ricky Review: Zenya Shio Ramen
Ueno in Tokyo is like Chinatown in NYC, everything is sold at suspiciously low prices. You can buy everything there from selvage jeans, sneakers, Rolexes, Audigiers, to blocks of fresh tuna and candy.
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June 4, 2009
Eat Out Thursday: Santa Ramen (San Mateo, CA)
If there is anything in this world I have authority on, it’s ramen. I know ramen- it’s in my bones. I’ve been eating the instant stuff once a week since I was five (should I be bragging about that?), and my fondest life memories somehow include ramen. Ramen
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March 9, 2009
Tachigui: Eating Whilst Standing
Eating while walking, talking, driving, computing and making love. Most Americans have done many or all of these things. Hopefully not simultaneously. Eating while standing in one place, however, is something that Americans don’t do
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March 4, 2009
UM Recession: $1 (100 yen) Ramen
photo Yomiuri OnlineThe global economic crisis has brought on haken-giri, an onslaught of job cuts for haken workers in Japanese companies. Haken workers are part-timers and day-laborers who work on a
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January 8, 2009
UM Secret: Ramen After Hours (NYC)
Here’s a little late-night NYC noodle secret: Tsukushi, a tiny, retro-era izakaya-type Japanese joint in Midtown East serves up ramen starting around 10pm.
Tsukushi is extremely unique- it’s sort of an omakase izakaya, where you don’t
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December 21, 2008
One More!
Missed this in yesterday’s post, from Tokyo- miso ramen with scallions marinated in spicy-as-hell chilly sauce. So intense.
December 19, 2008
RAMENRAMENRAMEN
My goal in Japan was to eat ramen everyday. With everything else that there was to eat, I sadly couldn’t fulfill the goal, but I did have my fair share. Here is my top 3:
A place near my aunt’s house in Yokohama, called Tora. Lots of chain ramen joints everywhere now, which was a bit disconcerting.
December 1, 2008
Stand Up for Ramen
After an exhausting couple of days, I’m finally overcoming my jetlag and trying to get back into blogging life. Umami Mart, how I have missed you!
Up first from my Japan files: noodles on the train
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