the 2007 king of the bowl: the top 10 ramen shops in los angeles
by rameniac | 28 Dec 2007
Time flies when tacos fry. This website has been running for a little over a year now (well, ok, a year and a half, really), but for all practical purposes, I'm just going to say it's our one year anniversary and leave it at that. And so with 2008 on the brain, it's high time we joined the "list" making fad (blah) and churn out our own Southern California Top 10 "King of the Bowl" ramen list! Sorry, rest of the world. Until I move to Japan (a definitely possibility in the coming months) I don't feel up to compiling any more "best of" lists for ramen shops elsewhere. So, lowered expectations for now. Meh. Here you go... and Happy New Year!
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10. Orochon Ramen (in the bowl rating: 15.5)
Ahh, Orochon. Loved by some and loathed by others, usually for doing irreparable harm to the intestinal tract of diners brave enough to attempt their "Special 2 Challenge." Spices or not, the fact remains that Orochon's shio ramen soup is a delicate blend of flavors that is uncommonly good for the L.A. ramen scene. For that reason alone, I keep coming back here, and one of these days I just might actually take a gallon of milk along and try to get my face on that "wall of bravery"... |
careful… your bowl may be bugged!
by rameniac | 24 Oct 2008
So I just arrived in Tokyo, and what do I find? Bug repellent in everybody’s favorite Nissin Foods brand Cup Noodle! Apparently, 500,000 packages of instant ramen have been recalled due to paradichlorobenzene contamination as of today. And there I was, standing at Lawson’s Station, contemplating which newfound flavor to buy (Manhattan or New England Clam Chowder Cup Noodle, anyone?) Looks like I may have to take a rain check on those. But it doesn’t end there. Myojo has announced a recall of its own. Does that mean that these rival instant noodle makers source the same dried stuff? I’m sure that’s the real question on peoples’ minds in light of all this. Momofuku Ando can’t be the only doing backflips in his grave right about now.
source: I’m lazy and it was just on the Yahoo! main
pleased to meet me? ooh yeeah!
by rameniac | 16 Sep 2008
aw, c’mon. indulge me. this is as close as i’m ever gonna get to having peter saville design my album cover…
Ever wanted to meet the “rameniac”? Well, um… now you can?! 
In a desperate attempt to ride my fifteen minutes of fame into the sixteenth minute, yours truly will be appearing at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday the 28th of this month. I’ll be guesting on a panel entitled “Feed Your Muse: Food, Creativity, and Writing,” alongside Marilyn Friedman, Jonathan Gold (yes, that one), and Laraine Newman and moderated by KCRW’s Evan Kleiman in conjunction with Writing Pad.
Apparently, there will be a signing as well, and since I don’t exactly have a book out (yet!), feel free to bring your empty ramen packages, love letters, record contracts, or exposed body parts and I’ll be more than thrilled to sharpie ‘em all up. Heck, I’ll sign anything, even that sandpaper first edition The Return of the Durutti Column vinyl LP you’ve got laying around. You know, the one, hand-glued by the members of Joy Division, that brings the party to a grinding halt. Actually, if you gave that to me to sign, I’d just run off with it. The food fight starts at noon in the Writer’s Pavilion. Yeayurh.
