I was off to meet Keizo for some mid week noodles, but I took the wrong train. The shop we were meeting at was on the Seibu Ikebukuro line, and I took the Seibu Shinjuku line. These lines always confuse me, since neither of them are taken from Ikebukuro or Shinjuku. No worries, I had…
キャンプのラーメン No shop on this adventure. Yakushima is a small, wild island south of Kyushu in Japan. It’s well known for it’s old cedar trees, some over 7000 years old. It was this natural beauty that inspired Hayao Miyazaki to create the animated movie, Princess Mononoke. After hiking for the entire day, I was treated…
西尾 Went to the always excellent Nishio the other day. You can read my account of the shop here. Today I was slurping it up with Jackson, the man behind the San Francisco ramen truck Shirohige. He was in town, living like a true ramen nerd, eating bowl after bowl of the stuff. From the…
I should explain the paypal link over on the right —-> Living and working in Tokyo has been an interesting adventure. Although bowls of amazing ramen are accessible day and night, one thing hasn’t been so easy to come by. Cash. I work various part time jobs, and was able to achieve a nice balance.…
Why is Keizo so happy? That’s why! The NY Times article was translated into Japanese for the uber popular COURRiER Japon magazine. This magazine was described to me as the Japanese Newsweek. Except it’s monthly. Spread the love people, spread the noodly love. What better way to celebrate than with a bowl of Green Curry…
Welcome New York Times readers! Nope, that’s not me in the above photo, but none other than the Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross. Matt emailed me sometime last year about lending him a hand with an article he was writing, and I jumped at the chance. If there’s one thing I love as much as eating…
The 海老名 (Ebina) expressway rest area, or any expressway rest area for that matter, will be overflowing with boxes of omiyage for you to take home. Giving a gift from your recent trip is standard custom in Japan. Why not make it a cook-at-home box of ramen from a top shop in Tokyo? Sorry, no…
I didn’t actually eat 5 bowls. I guess I ate 3.5 bowls. Still it was a lot. Ikaruga was first up. No, this isn’t a normal day of ramen eating for me. A bowl at Gogyo was next. Actually, I was touring someone around to some top Tokyo ramen shops. The ramen at Nagi in…
May all your ramen dreams come true.
大つけ麺博 A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had been given the chance to help out at a tsukemen festival near Hibiya park. Ivan Orkin, owner of Ivan Ramen, gave me, Nate, and Keizo this opportunity. We were happy to accept. Not just happy, ecstatic. This could be my biggest ramen adventure to date!…