Ramen Expert's Quest: Biking Adventure For the Perfect Bowl!

hey you are you a Ramen lover well you've clicked on the Right video today because I'm going to be going on a Ramen adventure with a very special guest a Ramen expert if you will who's going to be taking me around the city to try some really Hardy Ramen and teaching me all about the ramen scene in Tokyo let's go she a Crossing wo yeah before we go don't forget to subscribe for more Japan Adventures [Music] I am in shimozawa in West Tokyo today where I'm going to be meeting my special guest and he should be here any minute oh hi yo what's up hello this is Brian everybody how you doing everybody I'm Brian Ramen Adventures I am a content creator blogger YouTuber tour guide I love ramen he's the ramen expert he knows pretty much everything there is to know about Ramen here in Tokyo and pretty much all over the world you've traveled all over the place so I'm really excited to see two of your favorite r trops that you recommend today you know Japan has all these different styles of ramen but Tokyo it's the Melting Pot you've got everything represented here all right well I can't wait to see what you recommend for me today yeah the first Shop's really close but I got to park my bicycle so let's go all right let's go park good and see you guys [Music] there perfect let's go let's go so shuk Taz is actually kind of known as a curry Town there's actually a few really good ramen shop there's even a really good curry ramen shop today I want to take you to a place it's a little bit lighter kind of easy to eat you know refreshing [Music] Ramen right here chicken noodle soup amazing that sounds super good when I bring friends to go to two shops I like to do something light and then something heavy but also this one's got a little special thing related to the two of us what right what could that be it's a surprise come on inside I'll show you all right I can't wait way before this YouTube channel back in 2016 yeah we did a TV show together you were the announcer and I was like the the ramen corner and check it [Music] out no way Tokyo extra 2016 oh my God so yeah kind of random but I thought you get kick out of that that's amazing thanks for featuring this place cuz I totally didn't realize this was the place that was shown on the show I can't wait to actually try the ramen this time cuz I was in the yeah so now it's my turn to try let's get it right here I know a lot of Americans really love it because it's you know it's what they grew up with the chicken soup but then it's Japanese so it's kicked up with Dashi it's got some Mami going on different ingredients and so actually here they have a lot of variety but let's go with their namesake s soah mhm and it's just a clear soup with some nice toppings salt is kind of the unsung hero of the ramen world and a lot of people say that a true Ramen Chef skill is shown in the the salt R right here upper left in the menu this is really unique here they actually put a bunch of different vegetables on it so really refreshing that looks really good let's give it a try yeah come on S want a Scot he [Music] s [Music] got oh looks good right oh my goodness that looks way better in person than I was even expecting it smells like chicken it's cool you know it's fancy but Ramen is just like comfort food yeah everything in here kind of special I think Ramen rules once it's in front of you you got to eat it got to eat it right away delicious looking chicken and there's a little bit of ground chicken meat is that what that is that's right M it's light but really flavorful the soup is actually fantastic it's it's a very comforting yep anyone who goes back home now they're throwing ramen noodles into their chicken soup I guarantee it yes you can totally do that let's try a piece to the chicken too yeah kind of roasted just inhaled it so good the skin is a little bit crisp on the outside but it since it's been charred it has this oily fattiness that brings more flavor and juiciness this is sweet potato right yeah also rare yep that looks so good m it's good it's surprising how well it matches the sweetness and kind of the texture soaks up some of the soup this is super unique sweet potato eggplant tomato uhhuh and green onion and the minma and minma they're kind of um marinated bamboo Sho yeah so it's dried and fermented and then they reconstitute it and add their own flavoring into it I think it works because the soup is so light and it doesn't have too much of an overpowering flavor great recommendation [Laughter] I haven't seen you in a really long time yep what's crazy is that was 2016 that was 8 years ago yeah you already had a reputation as the ramen guy it's my Monday to Friday hustle and I was wondering so now you've been to so many ramen shops all over Tokyo probably even around Japan every prefecture every prefecture of course oh my gosh and 20 countries this is why Ryan is the ramen expert it was back in 2008 and I was living in Japan uh I was an English teacher M there was a shop with a huge line that I never wanted to go to cuz I thought I'm not going to wait 1 hour for ramen one day had had some time I said let me try it out and it was like a revelation i' never had this kind of flavor before yeah and I went online and there was really no information in English at the time about ramen shops in Japan I started my blog Ramen Adventures I started going around then Ramen picked up overseas what an adventure what a Ramen Adventure Ramen Adventure you got it I even got a Ramen Adventure cycling Jersey right so this that's so cool cuz you love cycling so you bike Do You Ren that's how you stay fit all right well speaking of ramen let's finish our bowls of ramen and then we're going to go continue our ramen Adventure get some exercise yes all right see you guys at the next place so Brian you bike pretty much everywhere right yeah I got to burn off the calories from all the ramen I eat so it's bicycle every day I also need to burn a few calories sounds good I'm going to rent a bicycle and then we can bike to our next location together and do kind of ramen hopping but by bicycle Brian style let's do it Tokyo has a share system so you can just grab one here park it anywhere let's go find one so this is a popular bicycle and scooter sharing service now called Loop I've never actually used it before so I'm excited to give it a try all right let's go let's do it Li's R in [Applause] [Music] woo No Hands wow yay have you ever not crossed at shuya crossing right y here we go should be a [Applause] crossing yeah woohoo wow what is this y made this you made this you can you can go up like this you can go okay that is so cool like this what I'm GNA climb to the top here we go I did not expect this to happen today we're just hanging out in Che and on top of a what's going on hey guys how you doing a house on Wheels living here for 4 days right now but a living and I also do the gallery inside here going everywhere in Japan wow we took a little break up here on this rooftop but let's continue on biking and get our next Ramen we've done some good biking uhhuh I feel like burned some calories Y where exactly are we headed next well we're going to fill our calories replenish what we first we the pork back fat this is a Ramen Shop that is specializes in nigata style nigata prefecture has a few different styles of ramen and one of them suame style is with Globs of pork back fat silky smooth delicious pork back fat and I'm actually not that familiar with nigata style Ramen I'm kind of I'm quite excited to see what it's going to be like okay well I'm not going to lie we've done enough biking that I do feel kind of hungry for the next one so I can't wait let's go get our next [Music] Ramen we've arrived weed do you we ared the oh you're right there hi Roger copy that Myer Bri I'm pretty hungry I'm like no joke we did a lot of biking met some people along the way now it's time to eat so this is Gumm sh right yes this is gum sha and it's a nigata style people working hard in the rice fields they need big energy all right so if it's good for rice field workers I'm pretty sure it's good for us to replenish our energy so let's go inside and eat let's [Music] go so first we buy our tickets so it's pretty easy a lot of places upper left button is going to work usually the biggest pictures are the ones to go in upper left says this shop's recommended one and you were saying the the fat is where it's at right so I'm going to get one of those for sure okay let's get two of these here you go one all right let's also get an egg cuz I always love to get a Ramen egg good call aama is what it's called nice [Laughter] okay so you can choose the amount of fat yeah we have Choy abura just a little bit little bit FSU regular MH AB or da I don't know but like big and then Oni AB the devil so you know choose your own level futu is probably good for a first- timer okay for a first timer but you're going to go I'm going ABA on ABA wow that's Brave maybe next time we'll see I'm going to see what normal is like [Music] first I've never I don't think I've had anything with quite this much fat in it before although I've seen it before well it's specifically this area Tu sanjo in nigata but you do find this style scattered around the entire prefecture families love it you see kids going crazy on it it's uh yeah it's a style for sure nice all right well I can't wait to give it a try let's dig in wo that is really rich yeah M that's so good um you don't actually notice it doesn't feel like it's covered in fat it just feels really Umami Rich you know it's silky smooth too so you can just I mean you can eat a whole spoonful of it the fat adds so much flavor it just makes it creamy this raw onion as it sort of melts into the soup it gives a sweetness oh so it really counteracts but it really works well together yeah and the thick noodles are fantastic I love a thick chewy noodle it's almost like an udon just kind of Blends and gives different flavors M the crunch of the onion is really nice I can honestly say I've never had aen quite like this before like I could eat a couple of bowls of this if I don't get too full it's really good let me try a bite of this chachew pork that is yeah pork belly covered in back fat m a lot of Fad in this mhm sometimes you know it does mess with your digestion a little bit so oh they have this special shoga suit Ginger vinegar wow that sounds good if you add it in vinegar and ginger both really help with digestion warm you up and really like you can really eat a lot of this fat if you kick it up with this so I definitely recommend it already changes the smell of it yeah totally right [Music] M wow completely changes The Taste yeah makes it easier to eat too so I tell people eat about half the noodles and then start flavoring it up so they also have this this is the ramen's TT the tat is actually it's kind of the Shop's secret ingredient so a lot of shops they won't tell you what's in this this is so fun you can mix up the flavors ooh so many different levels of enjoying this Ramen and I think we forgot we got eggs look at these mhm here we go not too strongly flavored so you really just get that egg taste you can't stop eating it it's so good but this is the essence of ramen is is maximum Umami exactly in like the cheapest possible type of food you can have and that's you know historically that's the essence of ramen so this is fantastic and you do some Ramen tours do you also hit up these rest restaurants on your tour yeah so I do a couple different tours I do a Ramen Ramen tour okay where we go to two different ramen shops like we did today okay right something light something heavy sometimes vegan vegetarian so you know it's always a little bit uh little custom every time nice and I have a little bit of a question that might uh be controversial if you answer honestly but don't you ever get tired of L so far no you know it's like it's just this comfort food and you eat it quickly and you just have this moment of joy for that short time of course I do I don't only eat ramen in my life okay so but you know I'm fine with uh you know a couple bowls every other day that's awesome thank you so much for taking me to these incredible restaurants a pleasure this is such a good Ren both were such good piics totally different styles I love both of them I think it depends on the mood of the day and I think we burned off maybe the calories from the first shop yes so you know yes I think after this one I might need to continue bike riding uh just to burn off all of this fat this is actually the most unexpected Ramen Adventure I've ever been on like we rode all through Central Tokyo on bicycles you never know what to expect in Tokyo especially in shiya this was a lot of fun thank you for the great recommendations yeah right on such a fun tour today and if you guys want to join Brian's Ramen tour if you want to get the best ramen in Tokyo then you know who to hit up if you want to try it it's available on by food and the links will be down below so you can just click that and you can join and meet Brian you got all the best spots for everybody yeah thanks I'm looking forward to uh meeting any of you and check out my channels as well Ramen Adventures I have a Ramen related YouTube channel as well all your Ramen needs thank you so much it is such a fun day and if you guys enjoyed this video as much as I enjoyed this Ramen Adventure please make sure to give us a like comment which Ramen you guys are most interested and don't forget to subscribe to our Channel and we'll see you guys very soon in another video thank you so much again you're welcome all right see you guys by bye

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Length: 18min 15sec (1095 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 01 2024