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陣家 ramen jinya: studio city blockbuster

by rameniac | 14 Jul 2010

Had Ramen Jinya opened a year or two earlier, I might have been one happy slurper. As a former employee of a major Hollywood studio (yes, I was in “the industry”), I spent a good number of lunch hours bemoaning the fact that there was simply no good ramen -actually, no ramen at all, to be had in the Studio City/North Hollywood area. Sure, there were plenty of sushi shops along Ventura Blvd’s “sushi row”, but when it came to noodles, even the nearest pho joint was miles away.

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slurp, actually

by rameniac | 19 Apr 2010

As one of the world’s greatest cities, London, England can boast its fair share of everything, including an assortment of ramen shops located primarily along the chic streets of Soho north of Piccadilly Circus. Joints like Taro and Ten Ten Tei specialize in no-nonsense noodling, while the incongruously named eat TOKYO and Ramen Seto do their best to hide their not-quite-Japanese state of ownership. Perhaps no ramen shop has ever been more obvious about co-opting another’s gimmick as Osatsuma, which has admittedly got the Wagamama sense of modernist decor down to a science. All told, Ryo may serve the most authentically Japanese bowl of shoyu ramen this side of the North Sea; at least in vibe, the modest izakaya is as ex-pat as they come.

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site tweaks: pardon our dust!

by rameniac | 25 Apr 2007

As rameniac is still in beta, you've probably noticed we've been tweaking things here and there - new sections are being added and worked on, the resource/review database is being restructured, and the forum is coming soon!. For the moment, empty your browser cache and check out our new slideshow mods!

want to be on japanese tv?

by rameniac | 27 Feb 2007

Mariko Daicho is a producer at TV Tokyo. Apparently they want to film college students in the tri-state area eating instant noodles for a program on ramen in the United States. I doubt anyone from that area is really reading the site since I haven’t made my way over there yet, but I suppose i should put the word out!

This is what she said in the email:

Since instant ramen is very popular among college students, I would like to film and interivew some college students who eat instant ramen all the time. I would prefer to film in New York City. Do you know any college students in New York who would be willing to let us film at their house or college dorm eating ramen? Could you possibly post on your blog my request for a ramen loving college student in the NYC area (NY-NJ-CT)?
My time frame is tight. I’d need to complete filming by Friday, March 9th.
I appreciate any help.
Mariko Daicho
Producer
TV Tokyo
212-261-6481
daicho (at) tv-tokyo-america.com