Chin-Ma-Ya is Little Tokyo’s newest ramen shop, specializing in an authentic Sichuan-style tan tan men that will have peppercorns oozing through your pores. Capsaicin as a health food? According to ancient Chinese wisdom, and savvy Japanese marketing. The folks upstairs at Orochon must be 
Curry is a staple, if relatively underrated dish in the pantheon of Japanese cuisine, and Nissin Cup Noodle’s variation on the theme is right up there in terms of popularity as an quick instant ramen fix. It’s not the sort of thing that rameniac eats every day, but when you’re hungry, it’s best not to ask too many questions and just 
mitsuwa umaimono food festival
by rameniac | 19 May 2007
Mitsuwa's Umaimono food festival is underway this weekend with representatives from all walks of Japanese cuisine, gourmet pudding, Kukuru, a venerable takoyaki octopus ball stand, and yes, even ramen in the form of Chibaki-ya! Chef Chiba-san is visiting from Tokyo just for the occasion. Famed as the innovator of the hanjuku soft boiled egg in ramen, his delicate sappari chicken and pork bone shoyu chukasoba is a taste of Tokyo in Torrance, California. For one glorious weekend at least.
