want to be on japanese tv?

Posted by rameniac at 07:03 PM | 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

happy valentine’s day…

Posted by rameniac at 12:33 AM | 15 Feb 2007

...or drown your lonely namida in kotteri tonkotsu!!

unidentified floating objects in the nevada desert

Posted by rameniac at 01:58 PM | 16 Jan 2007

A friend just sent me this picture of a fourteen dollar bowl of ramen she slurped down in Vegas at the MGM Hotel’s Grand Wok & Sushi Bar during CES last week. If a top flight Japanese ramen shop were to open in L.A., heck I’d pay $40 for a bowl. But fourteen bucks for this? I’ll stick to the buffets and 99 cent shrimp cocktails next time I’m out in the desert. At least “the egg was yummy,” she testified.

love spreads like butter in hokkaido miso

Posted by rameniac at 03:33 PM | 10 Jan 2007

Big big ups to edjusted at the ramen blog for flowing me some awesome ramen lapel pins once rameniac hit his radar!! These gilt-edged beauties are available exclusively through his site for less than the price of a bowl of Goota. Be sure to check them out! Ramen army rendezvous!

rameniac t-shirts… coming soon?!

Posted by rameniac at 09:32 AM | 27 Dec 2006

Are rameniac t-shirts on the horizon? Well, for now I made a few prototypes (regular and uh, limited edition “extra noodle” variant) and gave them out as holiday gifts. Hand-screened for that gritty feel and one-of-a-kindness. Nothing beats DIY! This doesn’t apply to ramen of course, because the old guy with the cart will always make it better than you.