Ramen in Japan

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.

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 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

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

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWQCQa6qNZJbNQuP6

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.

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.

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.

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