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Tantanmen
Tantanmen is a popular noodle dish inspired by dandanmian, itself a spicy noodle soup originating in Szechuan Province of southwestern China. The taste of sesame is predominant in both, but unlike...
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Kizami Udon
This dish is a particularly healthy combination of deep-fried tofu, udon noodles and green onion. There are two kinds of udon dishes that use deep-fried tofu as a garnish. One is kitsune udon – in...
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Recipe: Hiyashi soumen
With the arrival of summer, Japanese are increasingly looking towards light meals at lunchtime. A bowl of soumen (cold noodles) is one of the most popular ways to relieve the summer heat. Soumen is...
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Recipe: Japchae
Japchae is a popular Korean dish which mixes stir-fried cellophane noodles with beef and vegetables. In Japan, cellophane noodles are referred to as harusame (literally “spring rain.”) Made from either...
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Thai noodle salad
Again with the nampla! This week, a variation on the classic Thai glass-noodle salad (yum woon sen). This dish works well as a kind of otsumami (small dish to accompany alcohol) – the zest of the lemon...
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Recipe: Nibuta (braised pork shoulder)
The perfect addition to that bowl of homemade ramen Ever wondered how to prepare those succulent slices of pork that sit atop ramen? There are two basic approaches to preparing char siu (Chinese) or...
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Restaurant Review: Ivan Ramen (Rokakoen Station)
Christopher Pellegrini samples the noodles at Ivan Ramen You should definitely try Orkin's roasted tomatoes (Roast Tomato Meshi). Ramen is one of those dishes that people will travel considerable...
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Restaurant Review: Yama to ten (Shinjuku)
Soupless in Shinjuku Spicy abura soba Abura soba shops are popping up all over town these days. A lot of the shops that specialize in this soupless style of ramen serve abura soba and not a whole lot...
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Recipe: Suratanmen (hot and sour soup with noodles)
It’s spicy. It’s sour. It’s suratanmen. Also known as sanratanmen, this sweet and sour noodle dish is a popular Japanese adaptation of the Chinese classic. Much of its flavor derives from the black...
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Recipe: Tsukemen (dipping noodles)
Tsukemen may have started out as summer dish, but you can eat it all year round. Tsukemen is a dish featuring ramen-style noodles, a dipping sauce and usually some kind of garnish. Served separately,...
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