http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/27/slurping-loudly-is-one-of-japanese-soups-great-pleasures/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:09 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/27/slurping-loudly-is-one-of-japanese-soups-great-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-84545 the loosh Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:42:44 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13586#comment-84545 "My own daughter finds it almost impossible to eat noodles properly, having been trained in an English boarding school." This line is almost too pretentious for me to comment on, but it's Friday, so I can summon the energy for it. Does she wear jodhpurs and a tweed jacket when she eats her noodles? Get over yourself. Passing along information is one thing, but mentioning stuff like this make me wanna throw up the delicious, once a month special ramen from Taro that I just ate. Did I just name drop? Whoops. "My own daughter finds it almost impossible to eat noodles properly, having been trained in an English boarding school." This line is almost too pretentious for me to comment on, but it's Friday, so I can summon the energy for it. Does she wear jodhpurs and a tweed jacket when she eats her noodles? Get over yourself. Passing along information is one thing, but mentioning stuff like this make me wanna throw up the delicious, once a month special ramen from Taro that I just ate. Did I just name drop? Whoops.

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/27/slurping-loudly-is-one-of-japanese-soups-great-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-12322 The ‘Right Way’ to Eat Ramen, According to ‘Tampopo’ - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:14:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13586#comment-12322 [...] Besides, Okochi adds, if you don’t eat your noodles quickly, they absorb too much broth and become soggy. No self-respecting Japanese wants to eat soggy noodles, so they suck them down insanely fast, with a loud and lusty slurping sound. [...] [...] Besides, Okochi adds, if you don’t eat your noodles quickly, they absorb too much broth and become soggy. No self-respecting Japanese wants to eat soggy noodles, so they suck them down insanely fast, with a loud and lusty slurping sound. [...]

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