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Sake tasting with the owners of Kenbishi. 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Japan is an amazing filter of foreign culture. Here, the input is Sherlock Holmes. The output is Detective Butt. Also, should we be surprised that of the two translations currently on the market, one is French? The other is Korean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1466879038074-637ZV9NT3IP1XUZMV2GH/image-asset.png Blog - Weird Japan Interlude: The Curious Case of Detective Butt Makes Complete Sense. Two Butt Detectives, Japan (L) and America (R). The one on the right is what you find if you search "Detective Butt" on Google. If you want the one on the left, try searching "Oshiri Tantei." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1466879964270-5L4VD7Z3D0K9QU3WZSEP/image-asset.png Blog - Weird Japan Interlude: The Curious Case of Detective Butt Scenes from Detective Butt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1466880777862-FHZ7NXKP7TFXMI2MPA1F/image-asset.png Blog - Weird Japan Interlude: The Curious Case of Detective Butt Google Translate! While searching, I found this Japanese bookstore page announcing a Detective Butt event. Clicked translate, and voila, this! http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2016/4/25/shiba-inu monthly 0.5 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1464540835615-BVIIQFT17RZNRS35WSRZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - It's a Fox, It's a Cat, It's a Shiba Inu Shibas in the Garden. 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Image from http://obaka.atja.jp/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1464457197049-F0GTP5RK4XWHRIGAUU4Y/image-asset.png Blog - It's a Fox, It's a Cat, It's a Shiba Inu Modern Shiba. After WWII reduced the Shiba to near-extinction, the survivors of the three regional sub-breeds were combined to give us the Shiba we know today. Image from My First Shiba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1464536844223-RV392HAGDL8Q78B555VH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - It's a Fox, It's a Cat, It's a Shiba Inu Four Flavors of Shiba. Black & Tan, Red, Cream, and Sesame (L to R). 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Great logo inspiration. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2016/5/7/lawsuit-part-ii monthly 0.5 2016-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1463942097105-9NZZ6UF1ZI9JKQDR3Y9E/image-asset.png Blog - The Ramen Lawsuit II: The Elements of Negligence Ralph Nader's Tort Museum. Apparently a real thing. Byrne v. Boadle installation, left. Holy Shit, That's a Crazy Picture. The fellow who taught me that case is Lawrence Lessig (next to Ben Carson, bow tie), fairly odd guy and briefly single-issue Presidential candidate this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1463853371346-48WSXWKUE2Z3VWMQLVBC/image-asset.png Blog - The Ramen Lawsuit II: The Elements of Negligence Small Claims Complaint. In small claims court, this is all the space you get to describe your case. 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Sink at lower left now located under dishwasher 33. Sink in middle located under pasta cooker 22. The sinks were away from the equipment in the original drawings, but were under the equipment in the construction drawings. That was the problem. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/8/27/tipping-the-headsman monthly 0.5 2016-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1461163880151-I19BQ0OTO54NCIPA06NS/image-asset.png Blog - Tipping the Headsman: Government Agencies and the Startup Business Duke of Monmouth. Head on (L), head (nearly) off (R). I assume this won't be your fate if you forget to file your fictitious business statement, but you probably don't want to test my assumption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1461217419762-7PHIV9LZN1NT0IWC7YKZ/image-asset.png Blog - Tipping the Headsman: Government Agencies and the Startup Business Corporate Status. We are incorporated in California. 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I don't actually come here very much. Gravitational forces keep me pulled toward the home office, pretty much all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1456726737455-UY0FOPWCOKIMN0ILE4KQ/image-asset.png Blog - Having My Cake and Eating None of It: My Life as a Ramen Baron At Least We Can Still Enjoy Physics! A trip to one of our favorite places, the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, while mom was at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1456727214839-9E6NRXQSS5HM6TPUBRAA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Having My Cake and Eating None of It: My Life as a Ramen Baron Action. 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Emeryville Public Market. There's the future Shiba Ramen right there in the middle. The space seems modest, but the price tag isn't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1442632812409-G0PB2SGO9TD8IBEPP4FY/Screen+Shot+2015-09-18+at+8.03.30+PM.png Blog - Bay Area Restaurant Construction; or, Farewell to Money! Building Boom. November 2013 San Francisco Magazine described dozens of new high rise projects (left). Recent view from the temporary Transbay Terminal (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1442633243663-269G0O1C0FFT3ACJ2KDV/IMG_1989.jpg Blog - Bay Area Restaurant Construction; or, Farewell to Money! This Week in Shiba Ramen! Plumbing is serious and in full swing. 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Or Someone You Know. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/8/16/written-japanese-shiba-logo monthly 0.5 2015-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1439749417402-TSWZKUUQ4ISASTOWPZRB/image-asset.png Blog - Don’t Forget the Font! The Complexity of Written Japanese and the Shiba Ramen Logo Shiba Ramen Logo, Cast-Iron Brand. We use a single Chinese character (kanji) saying only "shiba." The text font and the logo itself evoke a traditional Japanese hanko stamp (see below). Here with our Shiba Scream ice cream prototype (minus the ice cream). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1439746175189-U06CY1B2L1D14Q8OWS01/image-asset.png Blog - Don’t Forget the Font! 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Remembering the old Uniqlo soy sauce t-shirt in my closet (left) led us to our logo font. This shirt was done in the style of a hanko stamp (right). http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/8/1/space-design-putting-the-pieces-in-place monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1438538609788-S6AJKCZB8WCR7N0S02XH/Screen+Shot+2015-07-26+at+8.30.14+AM.png Blog - Space Design: Putting the Pieces in Place Shiba Ramen. More or less. We've had to cut the bar seating due to obscure regulatory requirements. The storefront elevation diagram below shows the change. This image does not reflect what the tile will actually look like. For a more accurate view, see the image below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1438537847424-7ZM64SIUQP3AT8HWJJNX/image-asset.png Blog - Space Design: Putting the Pieces in Place Storefront Elevation Diagram. Everything to scale. 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Foscarini's "Chouchin" collection at left. We're using the smaller orange pendant. Japanese chouchin lamps at right. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/7/16/tile-japanese-geometries monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437367349182-1R5R8IR8FQB8VILT78X7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries Cement Tile. Toro sunbathes in the sunroom, on our "Bayahibe" tiles that we bought from Avente Tile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437354955317-JZJQXW4DYU1PK4MJULP0/image-asset.png Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries Traditional Japanse Patterns. You've probably seen some of these before, especially the seigaiha pattern at lower left. Images taken from Patterns and Layering: Japanese Spatial Culture, Nature and Architecture. You can download a pdf of the first chapters here. I'm waiting for Amazon to get the whole book in stock so I can get a hard copy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437537513821-CN2AWEJ6TZ7CHVUXP9QZ/20130127_4e3ec1.JPG Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437356748538-W9PXIM5M6T409TID9Q63/d4cf32afe047b19a971d7d754ea4d3dc.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437357099109-NNXQQXEJREZB3DFSLHRJ/97r54f.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - The White Surcoat, Kitagawa Utamaro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437356736155-86F70IRHIUORPN4TC2IX/917a362eb9f5e6a5f609ecfe788820b8.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - A Battledore (Hagoita) with a Portrait of Actor Segawa Kikunojô III http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-battledore-hagoita-with-a-portrait-of-actor-segawa-kikunojô-iii-207442 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437542300095-A9A18LOEISI333I3D02N/79594_350647.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437541062668-RIKPHAKBGCB9GKUFD194/tumblr_m6hkwnpuWG1qbn3ato1_500.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437359022632-VAVC62MOJZ2K7QX32F4O/6b66d9efafec094d41314392310470e2.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Train Station Sign, Japan Asanoha is used to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. Tokugawa hollyhock mon at left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437357632688-PHR52TP3PPZS7XIDVLCV/0b16406eff6dbf4831f857635e388a66.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Japanese Patterns on Display Traditional Japanese patterns are a natural fit at an exhibit at the ultra-modern Tokyo Sky Tree. Asanoha is the bottom panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437539212075-8QRH2W70V76V4TRL7X44/911de474c37c5a2484503e196c45b384.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Tokyo Station Ramen Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437357699071-MH7AQ0HVWKU5BW6WXIBF/melrose-panel.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Even CB2 is in on the act. CB2's new "Melrose" curtains feature the asanoha pattern. The totally un-Japanese name falls flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437365656858-X8MLU0MV7BOUWI5505MU/pd-exploded-starburst-oystermilkpimento-1.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Asanoha cement tile Popham Design's "Starburst" tile. www.pophamdesign.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437364579799-30QHK8AVMOPOT5BT7QGV/00_159774.jpg Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries - Uniqlo did a kabuki-inspired series of t-shirts this year. www.uniqlo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1437450875101-LE827K8HQ5T2R2XWB3Z2/image-asset.png Blog - On the Hunt for Tile, a Visit to Edo Japan: Japanese Geometries Asanoha Tile. This is what we're using above the counter at Shiba Ramen. A mosaic of "hoshi" tile from L.A.-based tile vendor Soli. This image from the web is what caught our attention. We're doing a fade from sky blue to white, with gray intermediating the transition. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/7/7/space-design monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1436761930980-1SJ1D972S9M1KJ93EPJM/image-asset.png Blog - Space Design: Getting Our Act Together Shiba Ramen Signage Diagram. Let's design a restaurant to go with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1436722598716-N0V1F7WZX5SOUKESN2JJ/image-asset.png Blog - Space Design: Getting Our Act Together Public Market Finishes. The Public Market mandates these finishes in our area of the food hall. Other areas employ a similar neutral color palette, but materials include reclaimed wood and glass tile. We will use a dual-height bar, but without any seating. Thanks, regulators! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1436739627163-ZPAAC3JNZG6TX6GB03JF/Screen+Shot+2015-07-12+at+3.19.23+PM.png Blog - Space Design: Getting Our Act Together Wood and Geometry. These wooden structural elements and geometric patterns influenced our thinking, as you'll see in the next post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1436724083851-JQCOL4G31CCWFE4UIH3K/image-asset.png Blog - Space Design: Getting Our Act Together Pendant Light Runners-Up. Here are some lamps that we seriously considered, but in the end decided against. Click for links to the products: left, middle, right. Allmodern.com and ylighting.com are great places to shop for cool lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1436742287477-FZFYJQP3VVJFRM6SHBXB/image-asset.png Blog - Space Design: Getting Our Act Together I Love Tile. The availability of colors, patterns, and shapes is nearly limitless. The one on the left from Popham Design (which sells truly stunning cement tiles, by the way) uses a traditional Japanese "asanoha" pattern. As I'll explain in a future post, we are using an asanoha tile mosaic in Shiba Ramen, although with a different tile. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/6/27/most-dangerous-garden monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516450478-3HLT9MGDJZC4D5T66XGK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden Shibas. In the garden, taken earlier this morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516654371-CS7T6F0ER2I6I0THQZ58/6321479078_cfddfef371_b.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden Oakland criminal defense attorney Dan Roth surveys the scene of this crime against good taste. Fall 2011, the day after our offer on the house was accepted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516539546-LD3XDPSH9ZJHXK0RZXDW/7540853618_f7b4c7c47e_h.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516533666-3Q3Z5P0XHYF98XBPYEDV/7484789164_0e398004a0_k.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516601633-IK84A91B8PSP4UTF8VMN/7540866280_1f6d809b60_h.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden Oakland Pastoral. With shibas. Summer 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516831881-OPS2ASDWNLTREGSM06D6/7540848430_c286d92962_h.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516846042-0F8FDHNVSEQBZ4R6H4PQ/IMG_0137.jpg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1435516905925-EZ1DGIGRSSSA9FMQ6354/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Space Design Back Story: Oakland's Most Dangerous Garden Three Years In. Our garden today, getting greener every year. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/6/17/kitchen-design monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434861171559-D44VRSO42QRVRZZ066RP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Design For Function: Building a Ramen Kitchen We Can't Forget About You! Draught beer is an essential part of the ramen experience, and must be in our kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434862501536-LS2YW7KNNAN0CZZO61A8/image-asset.png Blog - Design For Function: Building a Ramen Kitchen 17-Seat Ramen Restaurant. Floor plan for the entirety of a small typical Japanese ramen shop.　Link here: http://r-mugendou.com/syohin/tyubo/if/ramen.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434815841637-OXBFHLN9SOQZBZPEJQBB/image-asset.png Blog - Design For Function: Building a Ramen Kitchen A First Cut. This is the preliminary layout assembled by our kitchen designer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434816432653-71RMTFCYH57B1N3E63XU/image-asset.png Blog - Design For Function: Building a Ramen Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434816515207-HD4OK1ZYV5W7L7EOMLK1/image-asset.png Blog - Design For Function: Building a Ramen Kitchen Preliminary (Top) and Final (Bottom). You can see what changed from the preliminary design. Among other things, we reduced the number of gas ranges from 6 to 2, shrunk the size of the griddle and rice cooker, and reoriented the process flow by moving the two stockpot ranges off to the side and out of the live prep area. Bottom center is where the ramen action happens. The soup and noodles are assembled on the prep surface in between the noodle cooker (22) and the broth-containing heating wells (11). The partially assembled bowl is passed over a short "pony wall." to a finishing station across from the bar/point of sale. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/6/3/brick-and-mortar-constructing-a-restaurant-space monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434206294605-CZXTL5F8SCFH3DFBMEYM/IMG_1334.jpg Blog - Brick and Mortar: Constructing a Restaurant Space Coming Soon! Status of our space, May 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434211157219-YQ2VYKQJ6TFQELAYX8RG/image-asset.png Blog - Brick and Mortar: Constructing a Restaurant Space Emeryville Public Market. Shiba Ramen, Kiosk 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434211777107-L3R5L7H66XJV6ZLUUSG8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Brick and Mortar: Constructing a Restaurant Space Kiosk 10. Our first view of the space, back in January 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1434211312851-CFVKAYA3OF2YV8WDXKBH/image-asset.png Blog - Brick and Mortar: Constructing a Restaurant Space Floor Plan. Inside Kiosk 10. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/5/26/t-helps-to-have-a-good-lawyer-or-be-one-starting-a-corporation monthly 0.5 2016-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1433047507444-WPN2VESEOCLKXDXILMXM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Who Said I Can Do Anything With My Law Degree? I Did. Sandy Cohen seemed to have a satisfying career with a law degree. But do you really need to chase clients or even show up to work when you're independently wealthy? Shit, I'd put up with Caleb Nichol as a father-in-law for that kind of freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1433046903211-GRRHAA03LFW3T7AJGPZD/image-asset.png Blog - Who Said I Can Do Anything With My Law Degree? I Did. You Really Can Do Anything With a Law Degree! California Pizza Kitchen founders with miscellaneous notables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1433089011171-JNVN58QK08YOEY6PY6LJ/Screen+Shot+2015-05-30+at+9.58.44+PM.png Blog - Who Said I Can Do Anything With My Law Degree? I Did. Legal Stuff. 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Machida serves up ramen in Toronto. Image www.torontolife.com. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/5/9/japan-ramen-tour-tokyo-ramen monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1431146675612-9BN2RY1E4XKPBU48ALN0/image-asset.png Blog - Japan Ramen Tour: Tokyo Ramen Tokyo Subway Map. Figure this out and you can tour ramen in Tokyo. 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We considered a lot of concepts, but only pursued the three in the middle row and the one at lower left. We asked Misa to try to hit a middle ground between the two mon concepts for the next round. The others we didn't pursue for either being too suggestive of ramen, dogs, or traditional Japanese style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1428469293321-U1EOPKX8WH3SNA5XGVQX/image-asset.png Blog - Logo Design: Concept to Execution Refinements. Plus one standout new concept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1428469627294-3EO7I56JUNFRMASFS909/image-asset.png Blog - Logo Design: Concept to Execution Finalists. Mon (right) is struck first. Then shiba/bowl goes, doomed perhaps by being too catlike. Silhouette in the center strikes the right balance. 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Mitsubishi uses an actual family crest (center). Berkeley Bowl uses a mon made of carrots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1428248427345-461SZHG2EUPVEY57ET5Y/image-asset.png Blog - Branding Step Two: A Face for Shiba Ramen Can Somebody Help With This? Our rough first draft modified the swirls of the mitsudomoe mon to represent the shiba's curly tail and pointy ears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1428252969393-1YKTPL4SB17UNRYH42OR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Branding Step Two: A Face for Shiba Ramen Pointy Ears, Curly Tail. Can someone please turn this into a sleek and effective logo? Toro in Mountain View, CA. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/3/25/japan-so-weird-so-awesome-episode-1-love-hotels monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427645514787-XCCGWKB3ACAD9VBKM7P0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Hotel Queen Elizabeth. I'm sure Her Majesty is honored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427643833882-CTE85WGS27EHBWU9D16P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Will It Be a "Stay" or a "Rest"? Rate chart for a love hotel. A "stay" is overnight, and a "rest" is a few hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427655636791-BN9802GXK5GJD4CE8OI6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Cloak-and-Dagger. Love hotel parking lot. http://thejapans.org/tag/hotels/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427645223254-RNTC4CX7LI51KANNT3D4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Love Hotel Menu. Just pick your room, press the button, and you're set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427641698442-4MYP9DVSJDXDU1MOS3BL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Good Old Hotel Seeds. This is a pretty common image in Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427644766408-9IHOUDKUVHCFQ3T50I5F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Hello Kitty. I didn't expect to see you here. And certainly not in handcuffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427641149375-CEU48Z1QRQ570WOSB281/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Japan: So Weird, So Awesome (Episode 1, Love Hotels) Please Pay Here. Pneumatic tube facilitates the anonymity of the Japanese love hotel. Photo credit: Karl Baron. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/3/21/the-name-shiba-ramen monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427315916530-NDN2Y1U0ENKNLCYM058M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Branding Step One: Choosing the Right Name Muses. Our shibas, Momo (white) and Toro (red) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427317188333-8GRG6UTYYPR965EBJIRQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Branding Step One: Choosing the Right Name Hamamatsu Ramen? Naming our business after Hiroko's hometown (for example) just wouldn't have the same impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427317611163-96H44MH57DTXOUGBFFED/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Branding Step One: Choosing the Right Name Wrong Shiba. But maybe the Queen of Sheba makes our name easier to remember. The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Circle of Juan de la Corte (Belgian), early 17th Century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427319522377-3HUV9B7010L71Y4FZHYE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Branding Step One: Choosing the Right Name Dogchildren. Toro and Momo in 2013 http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/3/14/japanese-food-american-business monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427042249459-8XALWB5PVHI80H0CL7QZ/image-asset.png Blog - Creating a Brand: Japanese Food, American Business Shiba Ramen Logo. In an upcoming post, I'll explain how we got here by taking readers through our inspirations and creative process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1427042430726-MXE1I5QXX21BKYBZS8ZV/image-asset.png Blog - Creating a Brand: Japanese Food, American Business A Face I'd Recognize Anywhere. Chances are, so would most people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1426985570063-ADI78JP8T6MY41AU96LT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Creating a Brand: Japanese Food, American Business Unforgettable Name. I've seen only one of these places in my life-Iowa City, 2003-but the name was permanently imprinted in my memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1426999422408-FUV0CS9NBX5HZY7USRQJ/Screen+Shot+2015-03-21+at+9.42.18+PM.png Blog - Creating a Brand: Japanese Food, American Business LA Area Ramen Restaurants. Jinya Ramen Bar's approach is similar to ours. It's name and logo are much easier to remember than the others. Apparently that was the intent. We're going a step further by using a more English-friendly name and animal imagery in our logo. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/3/2/umami-science-part-iv-inside-the-venus-flytrap monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425614721658-2IBU7XM2IZU76XBE1OP4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part IV: Inside the Venus Flytrap Venus Flytraps. Well, not this kind of venus flytrap. Conservatory of Flowers, GG Park. Photo: Ramen Chemistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425763300563-8YKUMTCEM9QQ62D88OO9/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part IV: Inside the Venus Flytrap Taste Signaling. Those things marked "T1R2, T1R3" are the venus flytrap receptor proteins that recognize sweet chemicals, setting off a chain of chemical events inside the taste cell, ultimately causing the brain to perceive sweetness. Umami works the same way. Image www.qiagen.com (full link here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425878189548-EU3PA1K8Q47OLO7CSZUW/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part IV: Inside the Venus Flytrap Tangential Relationship. Ramen from Ramen Kyouka, Hiroko's ramen school teacher's restaurant in Tokyo (left). Venus flytrap (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425785780829-NPBYZXIBC0QA6OGSH9N2/image-asset.gif Blog - Umami Science Part IV: Inside the Venus Flytrap Umami Signal Cascade. When the VFT closes around glutamate, it causes a shape distortion in another part of the umami receptor, triggering a series of molecular events resulting in umami taste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425787286033-QZGMSE4MWS0K8XHC2NKQ/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part IV: Inside the Venus Flytrap Synergy Happens in the Flytrap. Glutamate (yellow) up against the VFT's hinge. IMP (green) sits next door, at the mouth of the flytrap. The contacting amino acids in the VFT surround. This 2008 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, entitled "Molecular mechanism for the umami taste synergism" showed the molecular basis for umami synergy: http://www.pnas.org/content/105/52/20930.full http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/2/18/umami-science-part-iii-umami-synergy monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425191723557-BI9UGIRGAL43896FWGM4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy Umami Synergy. Please stop by the soy sauce on the way into my mouth. Thx. REUTERS/Issei Kato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425190332247-WCR9IBMJ7MA7K93NO91Z/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy Umami Synergy. This is a new way to think about beef stew. Umami Information Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425187828982-872Y71PDUUQ2XVHU6DHY/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy Amino Acids and Proteins. Structures of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids, called as such because they possess an "amine" (NH2) group and a carboxylic acid (COOH) group. Glutamate at lower right (left). Proteins are chains of amino acids that fold themselves into highly complex three-dimensional structures (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425190843705-N7US02HE2OH66XXH6V1V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy Recipe for "chicken stock with umami synergy" at http://umami2u.blogspot.com/2012/12/chicken-stock-with-umami-synergy.html. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425188790975-G8FYXCP8HZZ8Y13N5NO3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy Nucleotides. Phosphate connected to sugar connected to base. Nucleotides are responsible for umami synergy. http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios100/lectures/dna.htm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1425141296902-7DYL6JHAL4NEXZDWDFFV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part III - Umami Synergy ATP Breakdown = Umami. Well, for a while. ATP content is high in animal muscle, because it is needed to power contraction. ATP stops being produced after an animal is slaughtered, and immediately begins to degrade. Inosinate (IMP) is produced within 24 hours, but degrades further in subsequent days. Increasing amounts of inosine and hypoxanthine indicate decreasing freshness. http://www.novocib.com/Freshness_Assay_Kits.html. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/2/20/interlude-on-tipping-or-wtf-america monthly 0.5 2015-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1424495776886-R6SEPAXWH4YGEWOYJLYS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Interlude: On Tipping; or, WTF America? Can we please have the check? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1424495154155-EPRCZ2YAV3B6OC7SBAFH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Interlude: On Tipping; or, WTF America? Tipping. Remind me why we do it this way? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1424497573760-W7M54O21R3WCQH3DP6VD/Screen+Shot+2015-02-20+at+9.45.24+PM.png Blog - Interlude: On Tipping; or, WTF America? Awaiting the Idaho Burger. Left: A Japanese restaurant where tips are not required. Right: A Japanese restaurant where tips are not required. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/2/7/umami-science-part-ii-umami-discovered monthly 0.5 2015-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423892860783-AUSKCA5GZT5IKZV2EEBD/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami Original MSG. The first Ajinomoto product (left) and Professor Ikeda's lab notebook (right). Photo Ajinomoto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423893959856-NIRHJL6ABHWO315C2WNY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami Tongue. Up close with a scanning electron microscope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423893355929-0UI6CUFZIN4A3UPZWCQO/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami Signaling Pathways. The basic tastes and their associated cellular protein receptors (left). The mechanisms by which the five basic tastes operate in taste cells (right). Excellent and detailed explanations of both figures here: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/190/3/285.full. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423894152719-M8D8KMFW38A39L6JUO9M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami An Acquired Taste. Bitter melon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423933670987-HP722QHUN045LBKJ1NMP/Screen+Shot+2015-02-14+at+9.06.49+AM.png Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami How Times Have Changed. Ikeda probably worked in a lab like this one at MIT (top). His task would be a lot easier today with techniques like LC-MS (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry) (bottom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423892307403-3YFKH3N3V3MI2TJLGOCU/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part II - Taste Phenomena and the Discovery of Umami Ikeda and Ajimoto. http://www.ajinomoto.com/en/aboutus/principles/ http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/2/1/umami-science monthly 0.5 2015-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423114560685-N56UP5UMKIPPKYXHFJ4C/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part I - How to Think About Umami MSG. Monosodium glutamate. This unnecessarily controversial compound is naturally abundant in many foods we eat every day (see below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423187094415-NN1AYTAUAO5CMWSDVCEA/image-asset.png Blog - Umami Science Part I - How to Think About Umami Umami Foods. Left image shows amounts of glutamate, inosinate, and guanylate in everyday foods. Right image shows umami-rich foods worldwide. These images were taken from this very informative article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423117093596-XU8Q4X8HI7ASQEJNE8YW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part I - How to Think About Umami Garum Amphora. Floor mosaic from garum shop in Pompeii. The favored condiment in ancient Rome was an umami-heavy paste made of fermented fish guts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1423116630615-EHPNEO2EWM2V5EFDGKYG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Umami Science Part I - How to Think About Umami Umami Burger. Parmesan frisco, shiitake mushrooms, roasted tomato, caramelized onions, umami house ketchup. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/26/ramen-1014-everything-else-noodles-oils-and-toppings monthly 0.5 2015-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422686324500-1HOW7J2JXQIEYHZU1N3Q/Screen+Shot+2015-01-30+at+10.36.51+PM.png Blog - Ramen 101.4: Everything Else! Noodles, Oils, and Toppings. Good old potassium carbonate. You and I spent a lot of time together during the last Bush Administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422734739942-96UV5SK94X94WZ6S6JR4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.4: Everything Else! Noodles, Oils, and Toppings. Creating Noodle Elasticity. As the Royal Society of Chemistry explains, "as mechanical work stretches the dough, more hydrogen bonds (black) can form between chains of gluten subunits (orange)." Great article on the chemistry here: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2009/October/Ontherise.asp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422250826801-6ZCQ2EOXQVQVXE0RILF2/image-asset.png Blog - Ramen 101.4: Everything Else! Noodles, Oils, and Toppings. Noodle Varieties. Sun Noodle's product line. http://sunnoodle.com/our-noodles/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422731863111-PTJC9183O5ZM72NBYPYW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.4: Everything Else! Noodles, Oils, and Toppings. Noodle Machine Catalogue. http://www.yamatomfg.com/item/richmen/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422686750836-YG2ALL0IMJEF4URFQCAT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.4: Everything Else! Noodles, Oils, and Toppings. Chashu. This article has a great recipe and discussion: http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/03/the-food-lab-ramen-edition-how-to-make-chashu-pork-belly.html. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/23/ramen-1013-tare monthly 0.5 2015-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422118185996-FBOV3L1E8MPPZRROL48W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.3 - Tare Shoyu is a fermented soy bean product. There are tons of different kinds, with different flavor profiles. Here in the U.S., we can only get a snapshot of the shoyu variation found in Japan. Photo credit: http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/03/do-you-know-your-soy-sauces-japanese-chinese-indonesian-differences.html. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422123248148-ESCLMZB0YG6M325IOUN8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.3 - Tare Hipsters rejoice! In Japan, artisinal shoyu-making is a nationwide industry. Photo credit: http://www.yuasashoyu.com/eshop/item.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422118730943-XTFR0SHELRJBFLXQI9HX/image-asset.png Blog - Ramen 101.3 - Tare Miso is yet another fermented soybean product (how about that soybean, eh?). Like shoyu, there are many kinds of miso, and many distinct flavors. Photo credit: http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-674040/how-to-make-miso-soup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1422121448382-VBYEQO1NXP8X1NQGAFB0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.3 - Tare Tare book. In Japan, you can buy whole books on tare. We got this tare textbook in Japan (you can get it on Japanese Amazon here). http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/18/ramen-basics-dashi monthly 0.5 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421599722394-3TRNLG7VQLE1M9CCWPKW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.2(b). More Soup Basics—Dashi Is King! Dashi basics. Niboshi, kombu, katsuobushi, clockwise from upper left. Photo credit: http://www.japanesecooking101.com/dashi/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421602136332-LC88GLBRVY7WFCWJFJUO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.2(b). More Soup Basics—Dashi Is King! Agedashi tofu. Photo credit: http://japaneseizakaya.blogspot.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421608934156-5DSA4QLSR9RAPXE70HI4/image-asset.gif Blog - Ramen 101.2(b). More Soup Basics—Dashi Is King! Ramen School. Fish heads and tails being grilled for use in a guest chef's soup (left). Soaking niboshi to make dashi soup (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421602548451-I1ANQSPGB30NM5VJRZH4/image-asset.png Blog - Ramen 101.2(b). More Soup Basics—Dashi Is King! Dashi chintan, with mizuna microgreens and lime zest. Photo credit: me. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/14/where-does-a-guy-go-for-chicken-feet-anyway monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421216386761-50A8REZS4VNYJDFL8JDB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Where Does a Guy Go for Chicken Feet, Anyway? Among the Wonders of 99 Ranch. ITO En's Oi Ocha green tea products. I've had a long-running addiction to the one on the left. For me, it sits at the pinnacle of non-alcoholic drinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421344309664-MD7CQ3UNTLUJICYU8MLD/image-asset.png Blog - Where Does a Guy Go for Chicken Feet, Anyway? Double, double toil and trouble. Is making ramen always this spooky? http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/13/ramen-1012-soup-basicspork-and-chicken monthly 0.5 2016-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421202066110-2K1AGMMD42I7KC6N3JG6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ramen 101.2: Soup Basics—Pork and Chicken Back fat = #6. http://chestofbooks.com/food/science/Domestic-Science-School/Pork.html#.VLXSUouKfWU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421200745024-5RT04526LJBKEJPH4SSP/image-asset.gif Blog - Ramen 101.2: Soup Basics—Pork and Chicken Ramen School: Hiroko's tonkotsu paitan (left) and a guest chef's chintans (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421201836165-DXQZ90OKN0V4DS1OAR4D/Emulsion+Image.jpg Blog - Ramen 101.2: Soup Basics—Pork and Chicken Emulsion: Molecular Explanation. Fantastic image from http://blog.ioanacolor.com. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/11/ramen-1011 monthly 0.5 2016-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421008459343-56AEVV98UDA4168ANKUK/image-asset.png Blog - Ramen 101.1 – Let's Talk About Ramen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1421014367366-QSRBQS2T9X5HZO95TDMQ/IMG_1251.jpg Blog - Ramen 101.1 – Let's Talk About Ramen! It all begins here: a pot full of chicken and pork backbones. Ramen school, October 2014. http://www.ramenchemistry.com/blog/2015/1/4/a-brief-history-of-ramen-california-edition monthly 0.5 2015-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54603f2fe4b0719cb5b13cc2/1420413640347-94RFUM7MK2PZI15L7LP6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Brief History of Ramen, California Edition Sam's seared toro. 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