We went to Toyko in January to do some ‘research’, which in our line of work means eating and drinking your way around Tokyo. Straight off the plane, we headed to our first ramen shop, Menya Musashi in Shinjuku, which appropriately, since it’s the city’s classic, serves a shoyu-based soup. Topped with a perfectly cooked, [...]
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Ramen Event Niban: Tonkotsu, 10th December 2011
Our second – and once again sell-out – ramen event was a celebration of Tonkotsu, the serious ramen-lover’s holy ramen grail. So, no pressure. This was the most exciting (and intimidating) ramen dish Ken and I have turned our hands to creating and it took several attempts to understand how to free the collagen from [...]
For what we are about to receive…Ramen
Our first ramen cooking day a couple of weeks ago at Ken’s house went pretty well. We spent most of the day boiling and skimming stock and invited a few friends over to try it. Since then we’ve tweaked the recipe and made it again in the kitchen at Tsuru Bishopsgate on Saturday for the [...]