The latest video in the New Yorker's Annals of Obsession tracks the transformation of ramen from a cheapo dorm room food to current culinary obsession showing no signs of abating. I ate the cheap ramen in college, dined at David Chang's Momofuku Noodle Bar early on, and might pick ramen as my death-bed food,1 so I guess this video was pretty much made for me. Honestly the toughest part about where I live right now is the 2-hour roundtrip drive to eat ramen.
(Via kottke.org)
An evergreen topic for me for sure as living in Tokyo means I can swing a dead cat and hit a dozen noodle shops.
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