(more…)

i decided to split my ramen blog into a personal blog, since i’ve been posting so many non-ramen related stuff to ramenramenramen.net. actually, i’m also curious to see if i can attract people to my humble ramen blog. a few weeks ago, my cutie wife forgot the url to my ramen blog so she yahoo’d “ramen blog” and guess what! the top 5 sites were ALL pointing to ME!!! i have no idea how that happened…i just checked now and i’m on page 5. ah well.

Ok, now i can live in space!
????

…yet i’m speechless…

yes you too can teach your kids the realities of real life

…made of paper!!! oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow! first of all, howl’s moving castle is a must see. it’s not miyazaki’s best movie…but just the moving castle itself is a hell of a spectacle. the castle, both outside and inside, is just a huge chaotic mess that somehow still fits together, if only by sheer force of will. and i really loved the idea of the magic door. you’ll know what i mean when you see it.

mmmmm…double soup! there was an article recently in the times uk that has it all…revenge…betrayal…greed…and…ramen?!?

cutie’s review: 3 cute guys and a cute girl. i like the way the fire guy flies around. good movie!

my review:… (more…)

a guy in japan makes a *working* jet pack from soda bottles! video link here (via hackaday)

i want my front lawn back! can i “mow” someone’s lawn?!

we decided to go to albertsons late tonight…i’ve never seen such a pristine display of bananas!

drove all the way up to little tokyo for this. our first choice was daikokuya, which got rave reviews on assorted web sites, but unfortunately it’s closed temporarily on sundays. we ordered the shoyu ramen with a half order of chahan (fried rice), and an order of gyoza. the atmosphere was ok…nothing really special. the ramen was not bad, but not great. not as good as ebisu in huntington beach, that’s for sure. the noodles were decent and chewy, but the soup was flat. not bland, just very one-dimensional. the fried rice was pretty yummy, with tiny pieces of meat. the gyoza was very boring.
the ramen gets a 6. fried rice gets an 8. the gyoza gets a 5.