Mike Satinover (a.k.a Ramen Lord) Shares His Passion for Ramen
Japan Eats!
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How to Optimize the Seasoning in Japanese Cooking
Japanese cooking fixes a lot on umami in part because for a long time, Japanese cooking was very vegetarian and it needed incredible seasoning to be palatable. So there's this long history of figuring out how to optimize the seasoning in Japanese cooking, and this is extremely relevant in ramen. You have to know what those ingredients are and why Japanese people like them to understand why they work in the dish. The classic story is uh you know in the 50s where Miso Ramen was invented, the some guy asked for noodles in his toen ji-doo,. His pork miso soup basically, and the cook happened to have some chukasobas, some Chinese noodles
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