Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

I could write a substantial 5-star review on the merits, but many others have already done so. I will mention the most noteworthy qualities to me, and then move on to addressing the criticisms found in the 1-and-2-star reviews, because when I read reviews I start with the bad ones...First, my TLDR: If you've ever had your life changed by a bowl of ramen and thought "I have to know how to do this!", this is your book. It won't have the exact recipe for the exact bowl you enjoyed, but it will give you a week-long recipe for one particular amazing bowl that will shift your world a second (or Nth) time.More than that, it will give you many techniques and sensibilities that are so essential to making other amazing bowls. Meaning, if you found a ramen recipe elsewhere that looked great but turned out meh, you might go back and make it again with much more success after reading this book.And the story is essential to really "getting" how this ramen recipe came about and fits into the larger ramen culture. It's a starting point for a journey into great joy and appreciation for yet another wonderful thing this world has on offer.OK. Now the responses to the critics... The biggest complaints of the 1-star reviews are: Language, and Scarcity.Language: This book has F-bombs. If that bothers you, move along. I think there were 4 F-bombs total - I can easily craft 4 into a single very useful sentence, so clearly I don't care about this criticism.Scarcity: There is one recipe for ramen. But to fixate on that is to miss the point: this book teaches you how to make amazing ramen, with techniques, considerations, and sensibilities that apply to infinitely many more recipes. You could find a book with many ramen recipes which are all underwhelming. Or you could start with this book and learn how to make something wonderful, and then move on to that other book with many recipes and make all of those fantastic, too. I would rather learn how to be amazing, than be told exactly how to do many disappointing things.Also, the "1-recipe" reviews are just BS on the face of it. There is 1 recipe for a single bowl of ramen, which is actually a dozen recipes for various parts spread over 36 pages, which can be modified and recombined in myriad ways. PLUS another dozen recipes for other wonderful and unique accompaniments which can be served with and without ramen. Again, the techniques and sensibilities alone are worth more than a full book of specific recipes.If you can't imagine ever being inspired to create something of your own, and use your learnings to push your craft beyond the recipe, this book might not be for you. If you are turned off by endeavors that may take days of work (and months of practice) to yield their full results, this book is definitely not for you. If you think Anthony Bourdain was pretentious, I just don't know what to say, but for some reason his "pretentiousness" was mentioned in multiple bad reviews, so... You can go join the other haters of life and communion and skip this book.Bottom line: If you don't mind an occasional f-bomb in a personal memoir, and you think effort is the start of character and quality, and you have ever had a religious experience while eating, and you are looking to grow your own cooking craft more than stockpile random recipes, then you can safely disregard 90% of the 1- and 2-star reviews.

Muy bueno

He is one responsible of the Ramen trend in the las decade, a true lover of Japanese food and got to fusion this dish with western world and elevate Ramen to another stage . he is one of the Chefs who had influenced the most, thx to people like him food become more appealing and affordable to anyone and no need to go to 3 star Michelin restaurant, probably those chefs will go to his restaurant for a Ramen instead

Se vc quiser comer só um tipo de Ramen, mas maestral, esse é seu livro. Ele explica tudo passo a passo, em todas as idiossincrasias do autor. Com esse livro você realmente entende que fazer ramen é uma arte. Comparar de longe isso com miojo é um absurdo horrendo. Esse é o verdadeiro Ramen. Você aprende desde a massa, a forma correta de preparar cada mistura do caldo, enfim, é incrível! Recomendo!

awesome book and in perfect conditions