From Front: Ben Lu (Rice), Shiv Gaglani (Harvard), Nicholas Bernasconi (U of AL), Tiffany Kuo (Rice), Tolu Ogunbekun (Mt. Holyoke. Photo submitted by NJ 2008 participant Amal El-Ghazay from Carnegie Mellon University who conducted research at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
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I cooked chicken ramen for tea tonight, a refreshing meal indeed. Although it's supposedly "fast food", that only applies if your a restaurant sending out a lot of meals! Cooking from scratch, including going out and buying what you need, is anything but fast. It is, however, ridiculously simple to put together: (serves 2) * 2 skinless chicken breasts - free range! * 2 pak choi * spring onion * tinned bamboo shoots * 1 liter chicken stock - NOT the powdered instant stuff. You can buy it in tins, or tubs, or if your very adventurous and have hours on your hands, make it from scratch * 300g noodles You can do all the cooking in stages if you want, and put it all together at the end. The most important thing is that the chicken stock is hot. Boil the noodles for a few minutes, then drain and run under cold water. Divide the noodles up between two bowls. Chop up the pak choi and place on top of the noodles in the bowls Chop up the spring onion and set aside Wash the canned bamboo shoots in cold water and set aside a handful, put the rest in a fridge Lightly oil the chicken breasts and season well with salt and pepper Grill or griddle them for about 5 minutes on each side - you want to make sure the chicken is cooked all the way through Set aside for about 5 minutes till they cool - this makes them easier to slice When cooled, with a sharp carving knife, slice lengthways diagonally - this is a little tricky! Get your chicken stock boiled up Ladle the boiling chicken stock over your bowls of noodles and pak choi Carefully and artistically (heh) lay the chicken pieces on top. Sprinkle the bamboo shoots and spring onion on top of the chicken. Serve!
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More ramen... but this one was special. (haha, who am I kiddin? They're all special) I ordered the zen-iri - everything in! It's like a ramen free-for-all fest in that bowl. Noodles, pork, more pork, nori, scallion, ume, cod eggs, and lots of other stuff I don't even remember. Quite a lunch.
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Better than any bowl of ramen I've had in the City of San Francisco --- this is "soft pork bone lai mein", the chewy, hand-pulled Chinese noodles that inspired Japanese ramen, $7.99. King Won Ton & Noodle, San Francisco
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At the Japanese market near my house, I was delighted to find some ramen that is actually vegan!! But plain ramen can get boring, so sometimes I add greens and veggies - it is more exciting and healthy! (Well as healthy as ramen gets anyway...) This time I sliced up two carrots thinly (then thinner you slice them the faster they will cook - and the easier they will be to chew if you like to leave them crispy) and a green onion. I added half of the carrots to the water before it can to a boil, and the other half when I added the noodles. (I wasn't sure how fast/well they would cook so this was my little test). I added half of the green onion just a bit before it was done, and the other half I save to garnish the top of my soup. The carrots I put in the water first were a bit over done for my tastes, but still good; the ones I added with the noodle were just right, softer, but still crispy.
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百麺 太麺四種トッピング Rate: * どろどろ脂系。年寄りには辛い感じ。前はかなり混んでたんだけど今は余裕。トッピングとスープに一体感が無いんだよね。前はいけてると思ったんだけど。酷くはないけど、他に選択肢あるし、多分、もう行かないと思う。
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ラーメン「陸」。ラーメン Rate: **** 二郎上野毛店で助手してた人がやってるそうな。二郎本店で食べたのが超昔で、良く覚えてないので、比較出来ないんだけど、一般人でも驚かずに（量はともかく）食べられる味。これで650円はコストパフォーマンスいいす。麺270g。
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Regular Size Ramen (No toppings, no taste mod options), Rate: **** ラーメン「陸」。ラーメン(オプション類一切なし。ド・ノーマル） 二郎上野毛店で助手してた人がやってるそうな。二郎本店で食べたのが超昔で、良く覚えてないので、比較出来ないんだけど、一般人でも驚かずに（量はともかく）食べられる味。これで650円はコストパフォーマンスいいす。麺270g。
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ここのラーメンはかなりレベル高い。 初心者は太麺お薦め書いてあるがとにかく俺はここの黒小麦の細麺好き。（ちなみに冷やしは細麺しかない） 今日は焼肉単品つまみにビール２本飲んでからこれ。 超ラーメンナビのクーポン（玉子or大盛無料）使って大盛にしてみたが多すぎた...こんなに増えるとは。うまいんだけどね。
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This ramen shop is open 24 hours 365 days! So, today, I attemped to eat a ramen as a breakfast. See oficial WEB site (english verison) www.ichiran.co.jp/pc/hp/english/index.html
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