Ramen NOM. Chestnut has a buncha Americaney places but not that many Asian places, have you noticed? I’m not counting sushi because sushi isn’t a drop-in and eat kinda food. That leaves Pacific Catch (BTW, THRILLED to be living one block from that place!) and Noodle Theory (BTW squared -cutest website evar), which has been on my radar for some time, mostly because every time I see it is when I am shakily weaving my way home from too many roundhouse kicks at Crunch every day, starving and freezing in my tiny gym clothes in the SF fog and rain.
So, when my sister requested to follow our Japanese X-day extravaganza with more AZN food, it was the natural choice. They had a nice new take on edamame with this sweet soy glaze stuffaroo on top. Not as splendid as Roy’s take on edamame, but an appreciated touch.
Also appreciated was the plasma TV set to Food Network, which is a brilliant move akshully since seeing the food on Best of Iron Chef made our stomachs roar. We decided to buck ordering taboos and both got the kim-chi ramen with pulled pork and poached egg.
Do you remember that scene in Julie & Julia – Julia’s first meal in Paris, when she is struck speechless after her first bite and can only say, while gesturing at her plate, “I mean…?” That’s how I felt, before I had eaten any of it, just from the way the poached egg burst under my chopsticks and I watched the yolk slide down into the hot broth and ooze into a cloudy curdle.
And when I actually ate it – slurpin’ unabashedly like the Japanese ojisan that I am – I felt like I was getting filled from the toes on up with warm and soul-satisfying MMMMMMM.
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