Man of Honour
Nice. Is it local only or online? Was the concentrated broth a commercial product of some kind?
Anyone know how to make "proper" Ramen
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https://www.souschef.co.uk/tonkotsu-flavour-ramen-soup-base.html
It's not true pork bone but it is full of flavour, not the artificial one that you get from a packet powder.
Man of Honour
Ah, the stuff from souschef is generally decent so I'm not surprised that it's good 
Ah, the stuff from souschef is generally decent so I'm not surprised that it's good
1L is actually quite a lot, it recommends 35ml per 315ml of water.
I did about 50ml for 300ml of water as I prefer a richer taste and it was perhaps a touch too strong. Might try 45ml next time. With that ratio, it's enough for almost 25 servings so that's ramen everyday for a month. Not to mention it says once open, use within 30days.
Man of Honour
I'd imagine you could get away with freezing it into portions if you want to spread out your ramen habit.
Good idea, I think I will split them, as much as I love the stuff, everyday for a month is too much.
I feel you, I had serious Ramen cravings when I got back from Tokyo. I still have them, nearly a year later.
I've made some 'easy' stuff in the slow cooker but it was never the same, albiet quite tasty. I've tried a few restaurants. Nothing, nothing comes close. I swear I'll be back in Tokyo soon, mostly for some delicious Ramen.
I shall now be ordering some of that soup base.
I've made some 'easy' stuff in the slow cooker but it was never the same, albiet quite tasty. I've tried a few restaurants. Nothing, nothing comes close. I swear I'll be back in Tokyo soon, mostly for some delicious Ramen.
I shall now be ordering some of that soup base.
I have had it again tonight, slightly less strong and I think about 40-45ml to 300ml of water is the right proportion. If I had to knock it, it may be a touch salty but perhaps I am using 45ml instead of 35ml as instructed. The flavour is not the tonkotsu of the ones in Fukuoka or Ichiran Ramen as it has a slight shoyu taste to it.
Again, totally satisfied and i am 100% certain it is streets ahead of Wagamama, as close as I can get from a packet I think and I would say if I were served this in Japan, I would be perfectly happy. That is saying something I think….below is my noodle adventure in Japan and this is what I am comparing it to.
*So compare to all that below, if the bowl in Mutekyia is a 10 (it is rank 1 out of over 3,000 restaurant afterall), and most of the other ramen here are 8 or 9. I think mine can easily be a 8 provided you have good ramen, pork belly and manage to get all the good toppings that they usually do in Japan to complete the experience.
First stop.
Tonkotsu in Fukuoka, Ramen Stadium
Second was a Shoyu ramen in Kyoto
Then some Soba noodles also in Kyoto
Then I went to Ichiran Ramen, also in Kyoto, but ichiran is a chain, specialises in tonkotsu ramen, it originally started in Fukuoka.
Then I had my first Tsukemen at the food court in Odiba. This is amazing. It looks so simple. Noodles on the side of a bowl of broth (the meat sinks underneath). but it because the idea that the broth is thick so it clings onto the noodles, you get this intense flavour from the broth. What you do at the end of the meal is that if there are broth left, you can ask for some hot water or weak soup to dilute it and then you can drink it.
This is a popular combination, Soba with some Tampura
2nd Tsukemen, this bowl was even better than the first one would you believe, from a random store that had queues outside in a shopping mall near Tokyo Skytree. Tskemen always comes with the egg on the side, uncut, noodles are also thicker and bouncier too than normal ramen.
On the last day I found an udon place, breakfast!
Finally was the Mutekyia one which is a predominately a tonkotsu broth but with a touch of shoyu added i recall. The meat here is also the best of the lot.
Can't see pictures (on work pc). But I remember suggesting to you just to join random queues
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...aiichiasahi-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html
Is the first Ramen I tried in Kyoto, waited outside for about 20 minutes. If I didn't feel bad there was such a long queue outside I would've ate another two bowls. It set my love up for Ramen
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...aiichiasahi-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html
Is the first Ramen I tried in Kyoto, waited outside for about 20 minutes. If I didn't feel bad there was such a long queue outside I would've ate another two bowls. It set my love up for Ramen
Can't see pictures (on work pc). But I remember suggesting to you just to join random queues
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...aiichiasahi-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html
Is the first Ramen I tried in Kyoto, waited outside for about 20 minutes. If I didn't feel bad there was such a long queue outside I would've ate another two bowls. It set my love up for Ramen
The last bowl was partly like that. I went to Ikebukuro for the last day to see the area, and determine to get a bowl of ramen for lunch. Actually 1st choice (from an article in Time Out) was no where to be seen where it was supposed to be according to Google Maps so I went to the next spot on the article and the queue was round the corner. I am normally not a person for queues, I find them a waste of time, but perhaps at that point I have been in Japan for almost 2 weeks and it seems that's what people do, so I decided to join it instead to look for another place and it was amazing.
The Tsukemen near Skytree was where I just joined it randomly. I had not intended to eat there, just been to Skytree and was just leaving but saw it so I queue up just like everyone else.
Yeah after our random queue in Kyoto, we pretty much joined queues randomly from there on in. Which I was hesitant about and wanted to leave. It was my friend, who told me just to patient - "There's a queue for a reason". Didn't regret it once. We should've kept a log of where we ate, but we probably had to many lunch time beers for that to happen
Buying some of that soup base tomorrow, will update how I get on when it arrives.
Soldato
Whilst I love a good bowl of tonkotsu ramen (every time I've been in Fukuoka it's the first thing I go for) but the thing I really pine for is Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki ...
Had that too, in Hiroshima, then I had Osaka's version in Osaka.
Sorry, but I prefer the Osaka one, even though the Hiroshima style looks more impressive.
Man of Honour
Okonomiyaki is delicious. I'm not sure which 'styles' I've had however.
That will be my next dish to try to make, it can't be that hard. Just need the okonomiyaki flour, the special brown sauce and the special mayo. The rest is just seafood that you like, ramen noodles and beansprouts.
Man of Honour
Yeah, it's not hard to make at all. Good recipe on Serious Eats for an introduction to it
I presume you've got easy access to Chinese supermarkets so getting hold of okonomiyaki sauce and kewpie mayo should be pretty simple. Home made is better of course.
edit: oh, and bonito of course
Yeah, it's not hard to make at all. Good recipe on Serious Eats for an introduction to it
I presume you've got easy access to Chinese supermarkets so getting hold of okonomiyaki sauce and kewpie mayo should be pretty simple. Home made is better of course.
Well, I did, but I don't work in Birmingham anymore so I am getting everything online these days. It cost about £30 by the time petrol and parking kicked in so just cheaper to buy online.
Like this.
Soldato
Last one I had in Hiroshima used udon noodles not ramen ones ... 
Last one I had in Hiroshima used udon noodles not ramen ones ...
I was not in Hiroshima or Osaka long enough really to have time to try all the food, or enough meals. There is only so much I can eat and they are quite filling. In fact, in Hiroshima I started talking to the people sat next to me who are musicians on tour and I ended up sharing some of mine with them.