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Ha, you got to talk to musicians .... I tend to get people like cleaners on their lunch breaks!
Anyone know how to make "proper" Ramen
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Can confirm. Also likely to get some Chinese and Korean dishes thrown in for free.
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I cheated, found a place that sells concentrated tonkotsu broth, it was £20 for a 1L portion, very expensive but as it turns out, incredibly good!!!! I mean it is light years ahead of Wagamama and almost on Japan level, if the bowl above is 10/10, this is easily an 8, may be even a 9 once I work out the ratio to my liking.
It even has fat on the broth, I am satisfied and I can say this will do nicely as a substitute, vs slogging away for hours.
Necro thread but with a pressure cooker and a good butcher making a broth from scratch that will **** all over that sous chef stuff is dead easy. Not a slog at all.
Also, if you're making at home with concentrated base, make sure you spend a bit of time making a half decent tare and make a batch of mayu too. Really makes a big difference.
Also, always sous vide your char siu!
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I already sous vide my meat, it's the easiest way.
Don't have a pressure cooker...I am trying to stop myself collecting cooking gadgets that only use once a year. I know how to make the broth from scratch but I am never at home for that long at a time so it is difficult to fit it in.
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Problem with wagamama is it can be hit and miss.
Went in April and the Korean Beef Ramen was very good, went back in May and it was tasteless.
I was recommended a Japanese place in Stoke called MISO....it was shocking!
Went in April and the Korean Beef Ramen was very good, went back in May and it was tasteless.
I was recommended a Japanese place in Stoke called MISO....it was shocking!
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The ramen can be very hit or miss I agree. Things like the katsu curry or noodle dishes are generally pretty consistent.
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Wagamana ramen is utter trash. BD and Tonkotsu are okay but Wagamama is so so so far behind.
Good! Yeah, that was the problem for me. And with a full sous vide machine not even a smaller immersion version, space is at a premium. But the pressure cooker is definitely worth it. You can cut ramen stock down from 18 hours to just a couple (and you don't need to babysit it). Same with pho stock. Instead of a day it's just a few mins and ready a few hours later. Normal soups and bisques are simple. Braises are great and I have one that will cold smoke too.
Just looked at that sous chef ramen stock. Has it changed? I can't see how it's close to being useable. It doesn't have any meat in it at all?!
The taste though, it is REALLY good, better than a few ramen places I've had here in the UK, only bettered than the ones I had in Japan. I may be clouded by my memory but I am going back in a few months so will compare again.
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Have you done a stock from scratch at home yet? I'd be interested to hear a side by side comparison.
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Got a decent butcher near you? A couple of ham hocks plus a couple of chicken carcasses, all pressure cooked with a basic mirepoix for 90-120 minutes will give you a very rich gelatinous broth.
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You really do need the trotters.
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Great for gelatine, but honestly I don't rate feet for adding flavour to a stock. I boiled several kilograms of chicken feet I got from an Asian supermarket once; the stock turned out very thick but tasted of very little. I'll stick to whole carcasses or at least wings in the future!