I will make ramen post.

Ramen seems to be getting popular rapidly in the world. I can find really nice blogs and sites, and also many ramen shops in restaurant guides of other countries. I am not a big ramen fan, but as an "persistent" otaku, the Ramen world looks very interestingly deep. What is ramen? Why are so many guys addicted to ramen so much? Where is a nice ramen shop in Tokyo? I will write about ramen a bit at a time. Then I will update it all into my food theme page. (I have not written for a long time)

When you talk about Ramen, the type of soup and noodle is the most important information. Actually, many ramen sites categorize ramen by them. Today I will write about this very basic part.

What kind of soup?
Each shop has its own soup recipe, but basically we can categorize it like this.
Shoyu (Soy sauce)
Miso (Beans paste)
Tonkotsu (Pork Bone)
Shio (Salt)
Tonkotus & Shoyu (Pork Bone and Soy sauce)
Tukemen (Depp type)
Goma (sesami)
Others.

What kind of noodle?
There are main two types, straight and crispation.
And also we can break down its size: very thick, thick, regular, thin, or very thin.

Anyway, I found many English Ramen recipes on the web. When I eat ramen at home, it's instant ramen. I have never cooked regular Ramen at home, and I think most Japanese do the same. I will say Ramen is the dish we eat at shops.

I will pick some of "my favorite ramen shops" when I update ramen post. Today's one is this.
Nakano Aoba : Soy Sauce /Tonkotsu base, straight noodle. Usually there is a line in front of the shop. Aoba ramen has very sophisticated soup so that I won't be tired. Ippudo : Tonkotsu Soup, straight noodle. Their Tonkotsu is not too oily for me. I ate in Kyushu first but they have a branch in Tokyo area. I will try it again soon.

Related links: Nice Ramen site
the official ramen home page
Ramen Blog
the world ramen net
Ramen Museum.

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[Minty]

Tampopo in SF's J-town is good. I love their Kyushu ramen.

[nichol]

There's a decent place in Vancouver on Denman. I think it's called Kintarou.
In Japan I usually go to Daruma (maybe this is a Tohoku chain?) and it has delicious karashimiso. Kourakuen is okay and cheap but just that.

[liling]

I love the cold ramen. Gomukou ramen is my favourite. The sauce on the cold ramen is so delicious with vegetables and slices of meat.

[abraxis]

I concur with Todd's comment. I too am trapped in the "diverse" city of san francisco that boasts a grand total of FIVE ramen shops for the entire city!!

There was once a place near UCSF called "Katana-Ya" that made grrrreat ramen. Lots of nihon-jin ate there (which showed its legitimacy as a good ramen shop). Then one day, poof, they closed...

The only decent ramen shop around the area is Santa Ramen in San Mateo. Get there early so you can avoid the queue and get the stewed pork ramen.

mmmmmmm.

[Todd]

Even in the San Francisco area with many Japanese people living around here it is difficult to find a good Ramen shop. There was pretty good ramen in Singapore at a chain restaurant called Ajisen. They said they had many locations in Japan, but the ramen was from Kagoshima. The soup was made from boiled pork bones. Oishikatta...

I wanted to bring Ajisen to America when we moved back to California, but we were not able to find the right person to talk to about it.

Someone open a good ramen shop around San Francisco! Onegai shimasu!

[Joe]

The best ramen I've ever had in america was in denver, CO. Can't really remember the name of the shop, but I think it's house or ramen. The owner moved from Japan and opened his shop there. Anyways.. tonkotsu ramen, some gyozas and coors light.. bliss.. ^^