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Mu Ramen

12/14/2015

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The day before Thanksgiving, my school had a half day so my dad and I decided to go to the city to get ramen from a place in Queens called Mu Ramen.  At Mu Ramen they have a special ramen named Mu Ramen, after the restaurant.  This ramen is Jewish deli based, so it has corned beef, pickles, menma, and cabbage. The broth is special because they boil oxtail and bone marrow down for two days to give it that nice flavor.

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Before we went to Mu Ramen we went to the winter market in Bryant Park.  Usually at a winter market, stores set up little stations with food, gadgets, and jewelry.  My dad and I walked around and found Max Brenner’s stand set up, so of course we had to get their delicious Italian hot chocolate.  When we got it, I took a nice long sip because I was so thirsty. I have to give it to them they make the best hot chocolate.  It is so rich and creamy that it is almost not explainable.   As we were drinking our hot chocolates we came upon a mac & cheese stand.  I know mac & cheese is a common american food but this mac & cheese was different.  It was different because they had this topping that you could put on it that consisted of panko bread crumbs, bacon, and onions.  My dad and I got a large to share and we opted to put the topping on it.  I’m glad we decided to put the topping on it.  The topping made the mac & cheese crunchy, with a little spicy kick and a nice flavor.  After it was all gone I wish they would’ve had the size XXL.

Then we headed over to Mu Ramen.  When we got there we were early, so we waited a little until it was time to go in ( it opens at 5:30 ).  My dad and I decided to sit at the bar to watch them cook.  We decided to split an appetizer and get two ramens to share. The final decision was to get the black edamame and that my dad was getting the Mu Ramen and I was getting their special Thanksgiving ramen.  So, let's talk about the edamame.  The edamame is black because they char the edamame until it is black and charred on the outside.  Then they squeeze yuzu juice onto the edamame and then season it with yuzu salt.  A yuzu is sort of like a lemon, but with a little more citrus flavor.  Trust me it is so much better than regular edamame.  It is a little spicy and a little sour from the yuzu juice, and has a nice char taste.  It was the best edamame ever.

Now, let's talk about the actual ramen.  Just like what I said before, my dad got the Mu ramen, and I got the Thanksgiving ramen.  I have to admit I was a little hesitant on getting the Thanksgiving ramen, but when I did get my food I was very glad that I had gotten it.  It had a savory taste, and I thought it was a nice thin soup even though other people thought it was creamy.  The noodles were nice and thin amd that is personally what I like in noodles.  To be honest I didn’t really taste the brussel sprouts in the soup but I liked the turkey confit.  Now for my dad’s ramen.  I thought the broth was cloudy, but it had a meatier taste, because they boiled down the oxtail, and the bone marrow.  The corn beef was, so good it was nice, and fatty it was the bomb.  Let’s talk about the pickle I know what you are thinking.  “A pickle in a soup!”  Well it was actually very good it was warm, and still sour like a regular pickle.  I thought it was very good overall, and really enjoyed our soups there, and will be glad to go again.
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Breakfast Ramen

10/30/2015

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Some of you may know the event Comic Con. If you don’t, it’s an event where vendors sell cool superhero stuff.  My family usually goes every year. This year we went to lunch a few blocks away to a restaurant called Ivan Ramen Slurp Shop. That weekend, they had a discount because of Comic Con.  At Ivan Ramen, they had a special ramen called Breakfast Ramen. In the breakfast ramen, the broth is made of dashi mixed in with cheese fondue. The soup had Taylor ham in it instead of the regular ham, and instead of egg there were strips of scallion omelet in it.  As we were ordered the ramen, they told us that they ran out of the taylor ham, but they said they had chinese sausage.  So, we agreed. With the breakfast ramen  I got an Ivan Palmer which was like an Arnold Palmer but the lemonade and iced tea were different.  It used yuzu lemonade and barley tea. When we got our food, I tasted the broth. It was interesting. It was very thick and creamy unlike other broths that are thin.  The chinese sausage was good. It was a thin patty that was interesting, but I think I would’ve liked the regular pork better.  The noodles were long and thicker than usual and were cheesy like mac & cheese.  The soup was good it’s just not for everybody. I liked it, but I like the shoyu ramen better. I thought it wasn’t for me, but you may want to try it if you stop in New York.   My little brother Jackson got the shoyu ramen and thought it was okay.  So, I asked him if we could switch he agreed and liked the breakfast ramen a lot better than the shoyu, and I liked the shoyu better than the breakfast ramen.  So, maybe my brother can write you guys a blog post also.  As for the Ivan Palmer, it was very tasty, but had a more sour tang to it which was refreshing.  

After lunch, we went back to Comic Con again and we saw a cookie stand called Einhorn’s Epic Cookies.  They were cookies that come with comic books, and had all different flavors. They had:
  • Houston:  chocolate chip, and potato chip.
  • Cadiz: birthday cake, crisped rice, and rainbow sprinkles.
  • Romsey: peanut butter, bacon, and chocolate chip.
  • Broxburn: oatmeal, chocolate chip, and maple.

​These cookies were very unique instead of your regular cookie.  The cookies are named after the unicorns in the comic books. Houston is the head unicorn, and they have to fight back at the evil king.  My favorite cookies were Broxburn and Cadiz.      
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A Trip to Smorgasburg

7/29/2015

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The Ramen Burger at Smorgasburg!
For my dad’s birthday, we decided to go to Smorgasburg.  Smorgasburg is a bunch of food stands in Brooklyn (go figure that my dad wanted to go here).  The first stand we went to was a ramen burger stand.  The bun was made of ramen noodles with a sweet sauce in it so when you bit into it, the sauce came pouring into your mouth.  The burger was really just a burger, but with a different bun.  I know it was just a burger, but it was so good when you took a bite. The ramen bun turned into ramen noodles and the burger was so juicy and the sauce was so sweet.  It all came together to be ramen + burger = delicious.

The next stand we went to was a stand that was called Brooklyn Soda Works.  When we were looking at the menu something caught our eye. It was an Arnold Palmer soda.  An Arnold Palmer is a mix of iced tea and lemonade.  It is really refreshing especially on a hot day, and that day was probably the hottest day of the year.  So since we love Arnold Palmers so much, we decided to get it (obviously).  It was  a little bit different because it had that sparkling taste to it.  Besides that it was delicious.

The next place we went to was sort of like a bakery, but we didn’t get any bakery treats because it was so hot.  So, we decided to get a thai iced tea fudgesicle.  It tasted really sweet because of the iced tea and there was a slight taste of fudgesicle in there.  I would’ve liked a tiny bit more fudgesicle in there, and a tiny bit less thai iced tea in it.

Then we started just walking around until, we came to a place that sold olives and olive oil from California.  First, I tried an olive from the Mediterranean sea.  The olive was really good, but then became super duper salty.  Then the nice women who ran the stand let us try some of the olive oil and it was the best olive oil that I have ever tasted.  Me, my mom, and my dad loved it so much we decided to get a bottle of it.  

The next stand we went to was the stand right nextdoor it was called Ish. They sold  a way better horseradish.  The Ish came in many different varieties from regular horseradish to citrus horseradish and ginger horseradish.  It was the best horseradish ever, and to be completely honest I hate horseradish, but this isn’t horseradish. This is ish.

After that, we needed to sit down so we went over to some tables and sat down.  Then, we noticed that there was a place that sold sticky rice.  So, me and my dad went over and got some mango sticky rice.  The sticky rice had a nice amount of sweetness and the mango was refreshing since it was a hot day, but it went nice with the rice and the black sesame seeds. After that we got a little shade, and then started out again.

While my mom and my brother got ice cream, me and my dad went to Bon Chovie.  At Bon Chovie they are famous for their anchovies (again obviously).  Me and my dad went over and got a couple of fried anchovies with their heads on!  When I tried it I didn’t really like the anchovy because it was soft. I personally don’t love that soft texture.  If you like your anchovies soft then that’s the place to go.

The last place we went to was a place that sold maple lemonade it had a nice maple taste and it was refreshing.  We liked it so much we kept on going back to get another one in the end we got like five of them.  After we got our last maple lemonade we started to head out.  If I had to go back I would get this mango on a stick where you got to put spices and stuff on it, I’d also get the roasted corn with cheese on it.  I’d really like to come back soon.
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Escaping the cold at Roc-N-Ramen

2/20/2015

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After being to the other side of the world, I’m really into ramen now so my dad took me to a place called Roc-N-Ramen in New Rochelle.  When you walk into a Japanese restaurant you usually see a lot of cultural stuff.  Not in this restaurant. In this restaurant, it was just like an empty room, but with a lot of people in it.  Man, that place is busy!  There were a few tables, but my dad I wanted to sit at the bar.  A few minutes later, the waiter came by to take our order.  I ordered a Shoyu ramen and my dad got a Tonkotsu ramen, which has a pork bone broth.  Here's the deal for the pork broth one. They take pork bones put them in broth and cook it all night.  About 5 minutes later, our food came.  The pork in it was char-grilled and they cooked the egg so it was nice and runny.  It was the best ramen I’ve ever had.  When you bit into the pork it wasn’t as fatty as it would be in different places, and when you put the egg in your mouth it just melts.  The noodles in the soup are thinner than spaghetti, but they stick together and they are heavy.  The noodles here were really good , but it had the same traits as the rest of the normal ramen noodles.  When I finished the soup a few minutes later I wanted more of that soup because it was so good.  So I totally recommend you go there. It is so good and it’s a great place to go to warm you up in the winter.
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RameNesque

1/24/2014

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On Saturday, January 18th, my family thought it would be a good idea to drive up to Peekskill for some ramen at RameNesque. Ramen is a big bowl of soup. It has noodles, meat, scallions, corn, fish cake, and a soy sauce egg. Before we got our ramen, we ordered veggie dumplings and beef sushi. I didn't even think beef sushi was a real thing. It tasted like crunchy, soft beef with avocado and cucumber. My little brother doesn't like sushi but he loved trying the beef sushi. When we got our ramen, I was really hungry. The flavors in the ramen were intense. The broth was nice and salty, the chicken was tender, and it just went well together. The noodles were squiggly and grainy. I was surprised that one big bowl of soup can fill me up. I asked the waiter if the noodles were homemade. She said everything was handmade except the noodles because it is hard to make. She said the noodle machine was too expensive. RameNesque is a good restaurant that you should definitely check out.

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