大つけ麺博 2017 Week 3 of the Grand Tsukemen Fest (@daitsukemenhaku) in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Managed to crush all 9 with the help of @theramenculture and the usual lot of ramen nerds who come to these events. It’s still on for a few more weeks. This time, each bowl is just 500 yen, and the portions are smaller.…

新横浜ラーメン博物館 Have you been to the Ramen Museum in Yokohama? If you have traveled to Japan and have an interest in ramen, you most likely have. Attendance is up in a major way over the last few years, evident by the tour buses that line up outside (pro tip, show up when they open to…

ラーメンJAPAN in びんGO Another week, another random, middle-of-nowhere ramen festival! Actually, I generally avoid these events, unless people personally invite me and it won’t take much time out of my day. This one, in a town you’ve probably never heard of, Bingo-Honjo, satisfied neither of those criteria. But it was held in an event hall,…

蔦 と 鳴龍 Congratulations to the two ramen shops that received Michelin stars for 2017. Above is Nakiryu, which came out of nowhere. Fantastic shop, and looking back on my review, somewhere that is deserving, but I don’t think any of the Tokyo-based ramen nerds expected that. The fact that Nakiryu and Tsuta are both just a…

Marvel x Ippudo Are you Team Captain? Or Team Stark? Let the battle begin. I was lucky enough to make it to the limited Marvel x Ippudo collaboration event with the relase of Captain America: Civil War. What does a six item, limited menu look like? How do you represent each side and all of…