Lucky Chow

Ramen Mania

Season 1 Episode 101 | 28m  | Video has closed captioning.

Ivan Orkin, the renegade New Yorker-turned-Japanese-ramen-chef, discusses ramen culture in New York versus Tokyo. Chef Nakamura from Sun Noodles explains what makes a great bowl of ramen. Later, seafood purveyor-turned-ramen-chef Yuji Haraguchi creates a New York deli-style version of his broth-less ramen dish, mazemen, using sustainable and typically discarded seafood from a nearby supermarket.

Aired: 05/16/15

Expired: 05/15/23

Rating: TV-G

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