I seriously have no clue what even happened here anymore.

You know, I don’t know what accent he thinks he’s doing, but between him, Charlie Cox, and  Martin Freeman they’re all talking in a way I wish we all sounded like

Mutual Trading is a wholesaler and have been the majority importer of Japanese goods to the U.S. for a bit. They don’t do direct consumer commercial sales here in LA.

Go to Ramen Shack over in LIC. Keizo’s doing god’s work there. Go for the weekly iekei and tsukemen specials, specifically.

Here in LA, those kits with the pre-made sauces are the primary source for Sun Noodles. I usually just chuck them or use them for stir-fry. You can try their new line of noodles at Mitsuwas if you’re near either the SGV or South Bay locations.

I’m pretty sure all of us in the ramen home cook community who have been doing this for a lot shorter than Mike are still making fairly mediocre bowls. It’s about more than the soup, which is part of the point about people here not having a strong education about what makes ramen... ramen. The internet is also still…

Secret lizard-person here: it is terrible but we can’t stop eating it for some reason.

I don’t know where your notion of Tokyo being without a regional style comes from, but it classically has always been shoyu ramen with a chicken-based stock (speaking to Tokyo’s historic tendency towards more delicate flavors). Additionally, tsukemen came from Taishoken’s morisoba, and Tokyo is also where tonkotsu…

Yeah, definitely this. It also speaks to the carnal issue of TWD, in that it’s intentionally written... not to really have an endpoint in mind.

My biggest worry with this season is that it’s going to go the same route as The Walking Dead and ended up creating terrible, recursive character arcs couched in writing more concerned with the plot outcomes and shock value than... good TV. They have a more open conceptual playground and the pacing is still good,…

I can understand why The Collector would have him as part of his collection. There are, after all, only dozens of them.

Back half of season 2 is where the show gets really good, so you just missed the cutoff. It’s widely considered the best one, with (most of) Season 3 as a close contender. Season 4 had its stumbles but I found the breakneck pacing and bold storytelling to be a powerful refinement of what made this standout TV in the…

The quality of Hickman’s writing is debatable, but the only thing more unassailable than his plotting is his penchant for good-ass character names.

Soy sauce AND butter together in a tomato sauce is a killer combo.

I’ll argue that Din Tai Fung is actually good, just cost prohibitive with ridiculously small portions. Mama Lu’s is great but I actually prefer eating other things there. Appreciate the shout out to Dean Sin, though. Maybe throw in a recc for Shangai Dumpling?

The eastside is so deeply maligned by the rest of LA for no good reason. Everything east of the river and south of the 10 might as well not exist to the vast majority of yuppiedom until Jonathan Gold tells them to eat there while they clutch their purses.

I think you’re thinking of the wrong “valley” bud

I hate that none of the links for ticket sales are working!!! AHHHH

I’m almost 100% sure you were supposed to add the skins, not the breasts. Plus, KFC? Come on dude, Popeye’s, please. I call for a second round of testing!!

If you can’t handle a little balls, you’re never gonna get the tits you deserve? Is this how analogies work? I don’t even know anymore.