If you know me in real life (IRL) you may know that yesterday was my 40th birthday. Birthdays for me have always been a mixed bag. I have a fantastic set of friends who love nothing better than to systematically torture and revive me on my birthday. In recent years March 8th has always been…
Tag: ramen
Ramen Heads movie
I can’t wait for this movie. The featured ramen chef was a disciple of Yamagishi and shares his obsessive drive to create the perfect ramen. I have long wondered what lurked below the surface of a bowl of dipping broth from Taishoken. Now we get to see the next evolution. Just take a look at…
Googly eyed ramen
I shoulda known better
The big stink
Pressure and time. That’s all it takes. I followed u/ramen_lord‘s Pressure Cooker Tonkotsu recipe posted in the r/Ramen subreddit sidebar. It went pretty well. Here’s the rough rundown: Added 2 pigs feet and 4lb neck bones to pot Boiled for 10 minutes and skimmed Discarded water. washed bones. washed pot Added clean bones to clean…
Tsukemen is tso (so) frustrating
I’ve come so far and learned so little
Rapid Ramen
Not instant but RAPID
Great Googly Moogly
I didn’t go as far as buying a questionable pasta machine from Alibaba like Alex the French Cooking Guy but I did get some tools to help my noodle craft. I am never going back. Making the flour do its dance with just the right amount of water was the tricky part. It was…
Holy Cow! My favorite ramen is at my supermarket! Does it hold up?
Living in landlocked central Texas I have long given up hope of finding delicate seafood flavors in just about anything freeze dried on the shelf. I have bought packs upon packs of Nissin Raoh from Amazon and some websites ending in ‘.jp’. Nissin Raoh is the stuff. It was the first instant to blow…
The solid bet at Ramen Sora, Las Vegas
My wife and I had the chance to have an early dinner at Ramen Sora, an incredibly highly rated and recommmended ramen- ya here in Las Vegas. The few times we had passed by previously there were long queues around the building as there are only about 30 seats inside. I was in the mood…
The Uncommon Ramen Channel 