東京ラーメンショー2019 The 2019 Tokyo Ramen Show, held around the first week of November, featured some collabs, some out of town shops, and some souvenir swag. Same as every year. I only went twice to try a couple interesting collabs. Nakamura and Setagaya did a spicy fishy ramen. And Kikanbo teamed up with Nagi for a…
大つけ麺博2019 Remember 2019? I do. I didn’t go as hard on the annual Grand Tsukemen Fest as I normally do, as I was traveling a bit in the month of October. It was unfortunate, as this year’s lineup was insane. Usually, we have five weeks with nine shops each week for a total of 45…
Mugiane x Little Pearl Popup in Washington, D.C. For the second time, I helped bring a ramen shop from Japan overseas for a popup event. This time was with Muginae, one of Japan’s most famous and celebrated shops in recent years. Two hour waits every day, number one on Tabelog, Michelin status, I was actually…
Tabelog Awards 2019 Tabelog is Japan’s internet portal to the vast number of restaurants across the country. The site serves up general information, like addresses and hours, but the most popular feature of the site is the user reviews. Shops are given a ranking, with five being the highest. Shops with a ranking above four…
ラーメン女子博 These events seem to be a dime a dozen these days, but they are still fun none-the-less. The Ramen Girl’s Fest pops up all over Japan, so when it had a debut in Nakano, just a few minutes from my home, I was in. When people ask me which one was the best…
東京ラーメンショー 2017 We tried all 18 bowls at the 2nd week of the Tokyo Ramen Show. On till Sunday! The lighter soups were the winners this time. #crushedit A post shared by Ramen Adventures (@ramenadventures) on Nov 3, 2017 at 1:34am PDT I’m not going to report on the event, as it is long over,…
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…
最強ラーメンFes. Thanks for subscribing to my YouTube channel! Anyways, the Grand Tsukemen Fest is now the Grand Ramen Fest, I suppose. A bowl of garlic-spiked tonkotsu ramen by any other name would be just as sweet. This time, the festival was over six weeks. Each week has ten shops. That’s 60 bowls to try! Not…
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,…