Ivan Ramen
Subtitle: love, obsession, and recipes from Tokyo's most unlikely noodle joint
By: Ivan Orkin with Chris Ying
Contributors: Ying, Chris, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781607744467; 9781607744474
Subjects: Cooks; Restaurateurs; Americans; Japanese Cooking; Ivan Ramen (Restaurant); Noodles; Biography
Description: "The end-all-be-all guide to ramen from Ivan Orkin, the iconoclastic New York-born owner of Tokyo's top ramen shop. While scores of people line up outside American ramen powerhouses like Momofuku Noodle Bar, chefs and food writers in the know revere Ivan Orkin's traditional Japanese take on ramen. Ivan Ramen chronicles Orkin's journey from dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to the chef and owner of one of Japan's most-loved ramen restaurants, Ivan Ramen. His passion for ramen is contagious, his story fascinating, and his recipes to-die-for, including master recipes for the fundamental types of ramen, and variations on each. Likely the only chef in the world with the knowledge and access to convey such a candid look at Japanese cuisine to a Western audience, Orkin is perfectly positioned to author what will be the ultimate English-language overview on ramen and all of its components"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: First encounters; title: A cook's life; title: The obsession; title: So?; title: The shop; title: The absurdity; title: Epilogue; title: Ivan Ramen's shio ramen; title: Now what?; title: Variations on a noodle; title: Sides and sweets.