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:
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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:
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:
Top shops of Sebastian in 2023
If you would like to know more about other mentioned shops, just message me on Instagram @namajapantv
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/
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/
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
Episode 16 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
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
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:
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:
Top shops of Sebastian in 2022:
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:
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
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: