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A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan - Lucky Peach
This story comes from Lucky Peach #1: The Ramen Issue. For more great stuff like this, subscribe to the magazine! A bowl of ramen consists of four basic elements: the broth, the tare, the noodles, and the toppings. The broth is generally a mix of pork, chicken, seafood, and vegetables, with each shop crafting their own blend. Most mix various parts of pig and fowl, some add more complex elements, and some never reveal their secrets.
The 8th Fernet Branca Is the One You'll Love
I was sitting on a platform on the edge of rice fields next to an old Korean farmer with a total of six fingers. In front of us was a small table of makkolli, the local rice beer. He held out his cup. I poured. Then he reciprocated. We were about to drink when… The director brought things to a halt, again. We’d already tried this shot—a standard foodporn closeup—a few times, drinking the bad takes. And now we’d have to try it again.
Acquiring the Taste of Sri Lankan Bourbon
It was my last day in Luang Prabang and I was wallowing. I had been in town for six days, I had gazed at temples and gawked at monks and stared holes into the heads of overaggressive and underdressed tourists, but I had yet to find who I had come to Laos to see: Mr. Chang. The mission up the river and into the jungle left me feeling like a Marlow without a Kurtz, and my mood had curdled badly 24 hours earlier when my last effort to find Chang ended in another dead end.
Snake Liquor on the Mekong
It was my last day in Luang Prabang and I was wallowing. I had been in town for six days, I had gazed at temples and gawked at monks and stared holes into the heads of overaggressive and underdressed tourists, but I had yet to find who I had come to Laos to see: Mr. Chang. The mission up the river and into the jungle left me feeling like a Marlow without a Kurtz, and my mood had curdled badly 24 hours earlier when my last effort to find Chang ended in another dead end.
A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan
This story comes from Lucky Peach #1: The Ramen Issue. For more great stuff like this, subscribe to the magazine! A bowl of ramen consists of four basic elements: the broth, the tare, the noodles, and the toppings. The broth is generally a mix of pork, chicken, seafood, and vegetables, with each shop crafting their own blend. Most mix various parts of pig and fowl, some add more complex elements, and some never reveal their secrets.
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