02 Aug 2018 14 Comments
in Eating Out, Food, On the Road Tags: Brooklyn, Halal Guys, High Line, Ivan Ramen, Korilla, Nathan's Coney Island, New York, Park Slope, Patsy's Pizzeria, Urbanspace
“Wait,” said my friend Scott a couple years back when I mentioned I’d never been to New York, “YOU have never been to New York??”
It was as if I had told him that I’d never seen a sunset or walked on a beach.
He was astonished that I — being the avid traveler and food and art lover that I am — had never been to the food and art capital of America.
“I’ve never had much interest in New York,” I said, which elicited a further jaw-dropped gape of astonishment. More
18 Apr 2014 16 Comments
in Humor, Observations Tags: food, Haruki Murakami, humor, Ivan Ramen, Mariana Trench, Mark Kurlansky, salt, What I Talk to Myself About Running When I Run
It was with a great deal of amusement and some wonder at the irony of things that I noticed, for the first time really, that the two books on my bed stand were called “Salt” and “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.”
Both were given to me by friends. “Salt” (full title: “Salt: A World History”) came from my friend Brian, he of 90/60 blood pressure about whom I previously wrote, who also brought me a small container of Japanese salt from the depths of the Mariana Trench — the deepest spot in the Pacific Ocean. (Brian’s doctor actually told him he needs to eat more salt and more fat. More
10 Jan 2014 6 Comments
in Pork, Recipes Tags: David Chang, Father's Office, food, Ivan Orkin, Ivan Ramen, Japanese cooking, ramen, tokyo, Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle, Umami Burger
My pal Greg, who has expanded my cookbook horizon in the past, got me an interesting book for Christmas. It’s called “Ivan Ramen.”
So this Jewish guy Ivan from Long Island moves to Tokyo, it seems, and decides to open a ramen shop. (Sounds like the set-up for a bad joke.)
Ivan
Ramen is an interesting food. To most of us, it’s something that comes in a brick in a package to be added to hot water. In Japan, it’s essentially a fast food, but is treated with an amount of reverence not afforded our chicken nuggets or fajita wraps. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 