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Experiment: Making Fancy Gourmet Ramen

Today I watched “Mind Of A Chef,” a PBS show (here’s a link so you can watch it – it’s amazing!) . It has David Chang, who is really great to listen to and watch cook – and ramen is something he definitely has a passion for. Feeling kindred in this respect, I decided to use some of the things I saw in the show to make myself some dinner. I had some leftover frozen Yamachan ramen noodles. I thought these would be a good start, then I used the following. ...see full post

#776: Sarimi Isi 2 Rasa Kari Spesial

Here’s one of the new varieties sent by a friend in Jakarta, Indonesia – thank you! After trying so many Indonesian instant noodles, it looks like the flavors are almost backwards – Rasa means flavor, kari means curry and spesial means, well, special. Flavor curry special? Special curry flavor! It’s also a big pack and looks like it’s a soup. Well, let’s give it a try. ...see full post

The Ramen Rater: The Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls Of All Time

I received an email recently from someone asking if I could do a Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls list as they found the bowls to be more convenient. I figured why not as soon as some immediately came to mind. I spent some time thinking and the list was complete. So now we have the Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls – In The World – according to The Ramen Rater. ...see full post

Back from the deadness…

Over 7 years have passed since the inception of ramenrater.com. For much of the past few years though, I haven’t really done much with it due to other interests. I’m happy to say I’ve decided to spend more time with ramenrater.com again and update it. Above, you can see the A-M and N-Z links – they do as the old site did. Reviews will be done in blog format from here on out, and henceforward will be searchable by brand and flavor, etcetera. ...see full post