Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint Author: Ivan Orkin | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CNQ9SFW | Format: PDF
Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint Description
The end-all-be-all guide to ramen from Ivan Orkin, the iconoclastic New York-born owner of Tokyo's top ramen shop. While scores of people line up outside American ramen powerhouses like Momofuku Noodle Bar, chefs and food writers in the know revere Ivan Orkin's traditional Japanese take on ramen.
Ivan Ramenchronicles Orkin's journey from dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to the chef and owner of one of Japan's most-loved ramen restaurants, Ivan Ramen. His passion for ramen is contagious, his story fascinating, and his recipes to-die-for, including master recipes for the fundamental types of ramen, and variations on each. Likely the only chef in the world with the knowledge and access to convey such a candid look at Japanese cuisine to a Western audience, Orkin is perfectly positioned to author what will be the ultimate English-language overview on ramen and all of its components.
- File Size: 23974 KB
- Print Length: 224 pages
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press (October 29, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CNQ9SFW
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I think that those who rated this book on the low side really didn't understand what it was all about.
Having had ramen-ya's in Osaka, I can understand the fanaticism surrounding this noodle. There is so much more to ramen than the instant packages you can get 10 for whatever...
For all home chefs, you remember the day you had your "AHA!" moment. I did with this cook book. His friend's comment on why no one was about to impart to Ivan the secrets of making ramen is that they only knew what they were taught and never actually THOUGHT about what made that bowl special or even contemplated on making something based on personal desire and taste.
I've always wanted to make ramen from scratch. And this book REALLY had me THINKING about what I really was contemplating on doing. Making my OWN signature bowl with the things I really LOVE about ramen all in one spot.
My whole outlook on home cuisine has changed dramatically.
I've been a biochemist for most of my adult life, only switching my focus on completely new pathways in the last five years. It's time to break out my bench notebook and start working on a new and exciting project, one I'll be working on for the rest of my unusual life.
Life is uncertain, as Ivan pointed out. Having been through some bad earthquakes myself and helping my friends dig their homes out after the Kobe Earthquake, well, a bowl of ramen really was more than a bowl of ramen back then. It's life-affirming.
So I really did get it. A lot more than I had anticipated, so I feel this book was worth every single cent and then some.
PS: Planning to host a Ivan Ramen Night.
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