Europe

Ramen-ya Hiro Barcelona

Ramen-ya Hiro BarcelonaSo once again I was in Barcelona. This time I decided to try one of the originator of Ramen boom in Barcelona. I wanted to visit Ramen Hiro around 7PM but they were closed till 2030, in Spanish late dinner style. So I killed some time at a cafe then I arrived there on the... Read More »

Naritake Paris

Naritake ParisI visited Naritake on this hot sunny Sunday in July. France was in the finals of Euro 2016 football championship and the city was in high energy getting ready for the match. I had few hours before catching the Eurostar back to London so I visited Nariatake, which is rumoured to be one of the... Read More »

Ramen Break Porto

Ramen Break Porto Above – “Gentleman gazing in” With the current trends of Ramen taking over the world by storm, a Ramen joint has also arrived in a city of Porto in Portugal. Rumour was that this restaurant was opened by by some people from Spain and I was fortunate enough to try this newly opened restaurant on its... Read More »

Paris Ramen

Paris RamenI was in Paris for the weekend and I went to check out qualities of Ramen that Paris offers. Historically many Japanese have been coming to Paris to be part of the culinary industry or to learn to cook French cuisine.. And of course Paris is the capital of good food, so you can expect good... Read More »

Makoto Berlin – Shoyu Ramen

Makoto Berlin – Shoyu RamenI go to Berlin few times a year and whenever I am in Berlin, I go to Makoto. Makoto is conveniently located in fashionable Mitte (nowadays it’s changing so fast), next to very good Italian restaurant Madchen Italiana (reservation necessary) on Alte Schonhauser Strasse. There are two main Ramen joints in close proximity, this Makoto and Cocolo (not to... Read More »

Art Basel Ramen

Art Basel RamenSo here am at Art Basel 2013. This is the biggest art fair in the world where all the best galleries in the world come to trade. You see some of the wealthiest of the world running around in this place with their botoxed face buying and selling all sorts of art. But it’s not... Read More »