Ramen in Japan

Episode 29 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Rei Saito, who runs the KonichiValue Japan website and YouTube channel, where he shares deep knowledge about Japanese stocks, the economy and potential interesting investments in Japan. Today's discussion is a quite unique discussion about the topic of Japanese ramen companies, which are listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. He did an analysis of two interesting ramen corporations, namely Gift Holdings and Hiday Hidaka. I give my insights from the food side of things, he shares his financial analysis insights and together we figure out, if any of them would be a sound investment. Check out Rei's Website and Substack full of Japanese investment information: https://www.konichivalue.com/ Also check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@konichivalue

Episode 28 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Jake Vo, who runs the Yume Wo Katare ramen shop in Boston. We have an extraordinarily interesting discussion about his way of traveling without planning too far ahead, about his experience of eating at Ramen Jiro Mita and Ramen Jiro Meguro, as well as both of our opinions about how Jiro stacks up against the Jiro style ramen chain Butayama. We also get into the Yume Wo Katare summit in Japan he visited and the things he learned from his Japanese colleagues. Check out the Instagram of Yume Wo Katare: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/yume_wo_katare/

Episode 27 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Preston Landers, who has had a very colorful career in the culinary world, all the way from making ramen at home, creating new ways to make garum, all the way to Michelin Star restaurants. In this episode we talk about his approach to ramen, his clam shio ramen recipe, how he became the world leading authority on garum and his new venture called NAOMI, which is a high end hand soap made for serious home cooks. Go and get yourself 1 or 5 bottles of his hand soap NAOMI right here on https://trynaomi.com/ Check out his his fantastic blog Culinary Crush, where he shares fantastic recipes, secret pro cooking techniques and tons of valuable culinary insights: https://www.culinarycrush.biz/

Episode 26 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Frank aka ⁠5 AM Ramen⁠. We talk about the latest ramen bowls that we had in Japan and the current summer special ramen that are all over Japan at the moment, including some quite unique things like cold ramen at Denny's. Make sure to check out Frank's website ⁠www.5amramen.com⁠. Todays covered shops are: Menya Mikan https://maps.app.goo.gl/g2s1jBU5AKNuzaQE6⁠ Mendokoro Wakamusha Asakusa Fukushima Noodle Style https://maps.app.goo.gl/fdubsn55eGQ2vtdw6 Senrigan https://maps.app.goo.gl/cThKHH9siBVrEk8N8 This podcast is produced by Nama Japan. Check out our ramen website ⁠Namajapan.tv⁠ and our ⁠ramen YouTube channel Nama Japan⁠.

Episode 25 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Mike Harrison, owner of the ramen restaurants Hana Ramenbar (Park City) and Ramen Ichizu (Salt Lake City). We talk a lot of about his time at the "Rajuku" ramen school in Tokyo and his experience and insights of opening and running his ramen shops in the US. Of course we also talk some great bowls he and I had in Japan recently. In this episode, we talked about the following shops: Ramen Ichizu (Salt Lake City, US) https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ry9a6VfLEWPBNMZB8 Ramen Feel https://maps.app.goo.gl/PZFLFGZp5GuBaMuS6 Ramen Jiro Meguro ⁠https://maps.app.goo.gl/QTmD1xKJNmVgyCyo6 Gonokami Seisakujo ⁠https://maps.app.goo.gl/kXnmXVrJoYgwpZNu9 Chukasoba Mitaka ⁠https://maps.app.goo.gl/N6LpKhpaS1TNj7SS8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 24 of the Ramen in Japan podcast is all about looking back into the ramen year 2023 with recurring podcast guest Cody Mizuno, also known as Ramenguidejapan. He is the prime source for English language ramen reviews in Japan and ramen tour guide for your future ramen tour in Tokyo. In this episode, we highlight all the top shops we have eaten in 2023 and also some of the disappointing shops, which have left us scratching our heads.. Top shops of Cody in 2023: Ramen Rikido https://maps.app.goo.gl/ULHHjMxRoihGbzaP7 Ramen Matsui https://maps.app.goo.gl/ThDiWsinKtiHFKnj7 Sakurajosui Funakoshi https://maps.app.goo.gl/5fC8FLkPXBEJPawCA Top shops of Sebastian in 2023 Ramen Feel https://maps.app.goo.gl/SVnrsPZDaqk789nx9 Ramen Bros https://maps.app.goo.gl/GZp7gZd4bKWeuGd19 Niboshimania https://maps.app.goo.gl/WYfbJbi4taV4Riwk6 If you would like to know more about other mentioned shops, just message me on Instagram @namajapantv --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 23 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Hans Lienesch, who is also known as the Ramen Rater. At the time of publishing this podcast, he has reviewed nearly 5000 instant ramen varieties. He and his family are currently going through some rough times, so if you could find it in your heart to help him out for all the work he does for the instant ramen world, you can find his donation site over here: https://gofund.me/76eef59a Check out his instant ramen review website: https://www.theramenrater.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 22 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Jake Vo, who runs the Yume Wo Katare ramen shop in Boston. We talk about his dreams and philosophies surrounding ramen and his ramen shop. Get ready for a slightly different episode of Ramen in Japan. Check out the Instagram of Yume Wo Katare: https://www.instagram.com/yume_wo_katare/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 21 of the Ramen in Japan podcast, this time recorded live and in person with Lindsay Steigerwald and Jesse Pryor, the co-owners of Neighborhood Ramen in Philadelphia. This is the first episode I have ever recorded LIVE, which was so much fun, we could barely stop ourselves and went to almost 3 hours of non-stop ramen talk! We start with the history and background of Neighborhood Ramen and then transition into Lindsay and Jesse's ramen adventure in Japan, which included a ton of great ramen shops in and outside of Tokyo. You can find the most important ramen shops we talked about below: Toy Box https://maps.app.goo.gl/WpHtrDgcsqB8Pu3c9 Nukaji https://maps.app.goo.gl/BcEdRANh9Wx9qVaG8 Ramen Jiro Matsudo https://maps.app.goo.gl/ppF3hNKpKj7F3Pyx5 Senrigan https://maps.app.goo.gl/YWRjNnufVTE6gmAc9 Hayashi https://maps.app.goo.gl/PWtbd3Hwi9xQkCfv6 Kissou https://maps.app.goo.gl/464RRg9rZduieRC8A Maruboshi https://maps.app.goo.gl/jnqUhfEXcDAhRVWf8 Maruko Ramen Center https://maps.app.goo.gl/xZPAYFm5nEwkK5nDA Uzu to Kaminari https://maps.app.goo.gl/8QZCEh4BEFQq25bt7 Bario https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWQCQa6qNZJbNQuP6 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 20 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Madoka aka Backyardramen, serial ramen pop-up chef and regularly viral with her ramen creations which you can check out on ⁠@backyardramen on Instagram. In this episode, we talked about the following shops: Mugi to Mensuke https://goo.gl/maps/X2GQWpRqC5GLjey68 Sennotori https://goo.gl/maps/Q1fNCis97qaGzj2T7 Hanauta https://goo.gl/maps/3yqsm4u7SJbHwQeW7 Suehiroya https://goo.gl/maps/NizGFt28xh2XcHaY7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 19 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Drew Huckey, home ramen engineer and known as @darth.ramen.wednesday on Instagram. We talk about how he found his way to ramen, his recreation of the bowl I had at Maikagura in Tokyo, as well as the Neighborhood Ramen Pop-Up at Menya Nukaji in Shibuya and his latest bowl he had in the US at Union Ramen Bar in New Orleans. In this episode, we talked about the following shops: Ramen Maikagura ⁠https://goo.gl/maps/Po51D66aiz5qjiLr8 Neighborhood Ramen ⁠https://goo.gl/maps/8AQmqcbgBY1KNHUE8 Menya Nukaji (麺屋ぬかじ) https://goo.gl/maps/U2pDfTL1XKX6jnFk8 Union Ramen Bar (New Orleans) ⁠https://goo.gl/maps/FKJZRYWDHxpemuLG9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 18 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Spencer Teiken, host and creator of the Teiken Ramen Channel. We talk about how he found his way to ramen, his ramen channel and his latest trip to Japan, which included a good number of interesting ramen bowls. In this episode, we talked about the following shops: Ramen Jiro Mita Honten (ラーメン二郎 三田本店) https://goo.gl/maps/pu3sRS4vyVmHq4Ka6?coh=178573&entry=tt Waka Tokyo (中華そば 和渦 TOKYO) https://goo.gl/maps/UbZ8NV8BpCqm9zSG9?coh=178573&entry=tt Ramen Kokuu (らーめん 穀雨) https://goo.gl/maps/2M4bW58jV8TEuNFEA?coh=178573&entry=tt Sakurajosui Funakoshi (桜上水 船越) https://goo.gl/maps/Z3ja2cz77Z2tefz39?coh=178573&entry=tt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 17 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Elvin Yung, a hoarder of ramen knowledge and well known for his reverse engineering of various legendary ramen styles such as the Higashi-Ikebukuro Taishoken style tsukemen or Jiro style ramen on his Secret Pro Techniques ramen blog. We talk about how he found his way to ramen and his latest trip to Japan, which included a good number of interesting ramen bowls. You can find Elvin on Instagram as @shikaku.ramen In this episode, we talked about the following shops: Tsukesoba Kanda Katsumoto (つけそば神田勝本) https://goo.gl/maps/3n54Doy4AuPfr3o98 Chukatei Bunten (中華亭 分店) https://goo.gl/maps/R5Y4y5KQkNdXygAdA Shinasoba Tantantei (支那そば たんたん亭) https://goo.gl/maps/QiuGppf1PprWBZEi8 Hasumi Shinmachi (蓮爾 新町一丁目店) https://goo.gl/maps/MFKRpCDSJxKqr1WN8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

Episode 15 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Erik Bentz, a gourmet chef turned ramen chef and co-owner of Cafe Mochiko in Cincinnati. We talk about his latest trip to Japan, his pop-up at Ramen Feel in Ome, his visit to Ida Shoten and many more ramen shops in Japan, we both enjoyed in the recent time. You can find Erik on Instagram ＠erik_bentz and his ramen restaurant Cafe Mochiko ＠mochikocincy Cafe Mochiko (Cincinatti) https://goo.gl/maps/z5fNChnregSHqpu86 Ida Shoten (らぁ麺 飯田商店) https://goo.gl/maps/MKxu8424P6H18Cpq7 Shonan Negiya (湘南ねぎ家) https://goo.gl/maps/ywZaNYm18isFmyZJ8 Hasumi (蓮爾 新町一丁目店) https://goo.gl/maps/Qr7MKaVuv6b2koCV9 Fukufukutei (自家製麺 支那そば 福々亭) https://goo.gl/maps/v4tqU4BvdqnmYnPi6 Yokohama Iekei Samurai Shibuya (横浜家系ラーメン 侍 渋谷本店) https://goo.gl/maps/oSLBviNZjxBLA2MU8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 15 of the Ramen in Japan podcast, this time going a bit beyond Japan, all the way to São Paulo, Brazil, with my very special guest Simoe Xirata, the owner of the ramen shops Jojo Ramen, Jojo Lab and Jojo Go in São Paulo, Brazil. She is also the vice president of the Brazilian Association for Japanese Gastronomy. We talk about her ramen shop, ramen in Brazil in general, as well as the ramen she has eaten during her recent visit to Japan. Make sure to follow her on Instagram: @simone.xirata Jojo Ramen Google Maps Link Ramen Nagi Google Maps Link Ramen Kenta Google Maps Link Kadoya Shokudo (中華そば カドヤ食堂 総本店) Google Maps Link Niboshimania Google Maps Link --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 14 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest John aka Kansuibae. We talk about the latest ramen bowls that we had in Japan and bowls or shops that impressed us in the recent time, as well as his path to ramen as a home chef and regular staff at Boston's Yume Wo Katare ramen shop. Today's covered ramen shops are: Odoya IEKEI TOKYO https://goo.gl/maps/qN5VBrcprxJYqKdP6 Narumen https://goo.gl/maps/JSRYSY1H98zPVdk3A Isono Kazuo https://goo.gl/maps/6cPvYgEmYmLSjSgZ9 Misen https://goo.gl/maps/h3AJcBwoa6o1cGQQA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 13 of the Ramen in Japan podcast is all about looking back into the ramen year 2022 with recurring podcast guest Cody Mizuno, also known as Ramenguidejapan. He is the prime source for English language ramen reviews in Japan and ramen tour guide for your future ramen tour in Tokyo. In this episode, we highlight all the top shops we have eaten in 2022 and also some of the disappointing shops, which have left us scratching our heads or even made us abandon our bowls of ramen. Top shops of Cody in 2022: Ramen Jiro Tochigi (ラーメン二郎 栃木街道店) https://goo.gl/maps/Uw54cxpbBWGPZSwB6 NIBOSHIMANIA https://goo.gl/maps/cp4W9ti7oB1mRxp5A Holland House (オランダ軒) https://goo.gl/maps/CpeBFKCQsf5ToCLD6 Mukan https://goo.gl/maps/LTPQBYL5C28z7FXh6 Top shops of Sebastian in 2022: Jouroku (麺屋 丈六) https://goo.gl/maps/4YvdrFESSAyWb1E17 Golden Tiger (ゴールデンタイガー) https://goo.gl/maps/SHvZYqQR38jQBeRH8 Ramen Break Beats https://goo.gl/maps/xz5tpDGPW5swgnxz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 12 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Pawel Dobierski aka @dragon_ramenhead, ramen chef and soon to be ramen shop owner from Warsaw in Poland. We talk about the latest ramen bowls that we had in Japan and bowls or shops that impressed us in the recent time, as well as his plan to open up his own ramen shop in Poland. Today's covered shops are: Ramen Jiro Mita Honten (https://goo.gl/maps/zdqyxjV6ZbXpw1Yt5) Men Kurai (https://goo.gl/maps/d24hrTaCpzPxHSYb7) Nishino (https://goo.gl/maps/htf1y44RCfknfnEv5) Tsukemen Kinryu (https://goo.gl/maps/sjXSxyPcHy7XN9m86) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 11 of the Ramen in Japan podcast, this time going beyond Japan, all the way to Portland, Oregon in the United States of America with my very special guest Ryan Callahan, the owner and chef of Menya Hokusei. We talk about his path to ramen, his previous ramen truck "Oni Yatai" and the opening of Menya Hokusei in 2022. We also talk the recent stabbing incident, which forced Menya Hokusei to close for several weeks and kicked off a GoFundMe to support Ryan and his business. You can find Menya Hokusei here on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/KWxS2aaSaK8Rf6Kq6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message

Episode 10 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Abram Plaut aka Ramen Beast. We talk about the latest ramen bowls that we had in Japan and bowls or shops that impressed us in the recent time, as well as his progress of opening a new ramen shop in the US for the Mensho group. Make sure to check out Abram's ramen review website ramenbeast.com. Today's covered shops are: Taishoken (Chitose-Karaysuyama) https://goo.gl/maps/MGDr1vUFpWxPBywp7 Gantetsu https://goo.gl/maps/8NqoPY5faZ3DwKr59 Old Ramen https://goo.gl/maps/KrrrFiZJJKfXn5w37 Kitaotsuka https://goo.gl/maps/j8EK1aUCmzBK6GVB6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rameninjapan/message