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Here Comes Ramen, the Slurp Heard Round the World |
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Wednesday, 10 November 2004 |
Here Comes  ramen, the Slurp Heard Round the World
As a Tokyo-based jazz musician, Shigeto Kamada used to book gigs for his band in remote towns in Hokkaido (the Japanese equivalent of, say, northern Wisconsin), just so he could taste the ramen there. "I would hear of a place with a special broth or a new topping, and I just had to taste it," Mr. Kamada said.
"Ramen?" you ask. "That plastic-wrapped block of dry noodles and powdered soup?" But freshly made ramen is another thing altogether. In Japanese ramenyas (ramen shops) a bowl of ramen holds a house-made soup, springy noodles, the chef's own tare (a mix of soy sauce, sugar and rice wine to flavor the soup) and exactly six traditional toppings. The wait at top Tokyo ramenyas can be up to three hours. Read Full Article.
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Very entertaining.
Just the right touch of zaniness in an otherwise psychotic world.