A huge, piping hot bowl of RAMEN with gyoza (fried dumplings) and white rice on the side. Like, a real bowl of ramen with 醤油 (shoyu - soy sauce base), maybe some giant slabs of チャーシュー or 豚骨 (chashu or tonkotsu pork)...a half-cooked boiled egg cut in half, a heaping pile of 海苔(nori - seaweed). And ALL the rest of the fixin's!!! There are so many different ways to prepare it, and it never has to include a dry pack of 6-cent dried ramen blocks with chicken flavor packs.
The best thing in Japan is when they give you a ramen "set", which includes a glorious mound of white rice and 6 sizzling gyoza with the humongous bowl of ramen. I have never in my life finished all of that stuff in one sitting, but without the whole set in front of me, I never feel like it's complete.
In a lot of places around the world, ramen is known as the poor college kid's last resort - breakfast, lunch, dinner, study snack, etc. But in the culinary world, ramen has turned into a foodie's dream meal requiring several days' preparation!
I miss ramen a lot. And since misery loves company, I thought I'd share some of my favorite pictures I found on the internet so that you can all drool along with me. :)
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
This one looks hot and spicy!!!! MMmmmmm
Ramen meal with gyoza and white rice!!!!!!! AAAaaahh
And I couldn't resist putting in this pic of Thomas in a ramen restaurant in East Nashville!! Plus there was bubble tea in a mason jar. I'm so hip.
And with that, I'll sign off for the day! (And eat my sad bowl of oatmeal...)
TOODLES!!
RY
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