What Owning a Ramen Restaurant in Japan is Like

manual for hakuna matata not ensure cleaning all of this have you ever dreamed of opening up your own ramen shop while most ramen young kitchens are wide open to see you may be surprised at all the work that goes into owning a ramen store yourself while ramen is Japanese fast-food it's not a fast process to make it takes time dedication hard work and knowledge while it does buy his fresh noodles from anemia that means noodle store most everything he makes is from scratch what kind of hours does he work 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. six days a week and this is not the I'm out of the house from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. so I'm working all that time even though I have breaks this is nonstop hard work from when he enters the shop until when he leaves if you had it all up and I did that's an 80 hour work week moto moto serum na na mere pukin oh that's arrested Amiata they work mostly - dude I know karate stuff de Marana habit anymore as a vegan I could tell em they can do tests and they woke up with a photo detector sorry human taking stock territory your distance could be upon you it enacted the small agency other city kini the placed on the winded scope terminal and objects investing a galvanometer state ID the enforceability of Palestine AdMob De Aza Hodges in a high chair the manager second on all subjects chronicles the second a circuit screen allowed Tom Awards for me stay so the katomina a marathon day only no it's dr. Anna Mae I'm sassy so funny on all day i'ma stay Sugamo hotter ah spits ha ha ha they're kinda day the meanders ginger contain tea this okra he met a young man huh see your stick and the adductors kurimoto restaurant has 4 main dishes of course they all contain ramen noodles but they're actually not all the same thickness nor are they prepared the same way this is regular ramen each restaurant will have their own take on the dish Cooney Moto's version has a flavorful broth with fatty pork this is shio ramen and sheíll stands for salt it has a light broth and lean pork the noodles used are thinner than the regular comments this is no Cola ramen this one has a thick broth and you can really taste the fish it also comes with plenty of onions this last dish is to come in the broth and noodles are separated in two different bowls its flavor is most similar to the regular ramen but it's broth is richer the noodles are cooled down and the water squeezed out while the noodles are served cold the broth is hot Angie ha ha go to my dear chat oh yes indeed yeah soon minute animal sympathetically sorry meaty do you say oh this super data quite here study icky cocoon cutest on my forehead the jiggling glaze Cugini right oh no caja de santa marta santacruz the story nah even mr. philosopher oh yes honey want more science is that what they're smarter than the hunky denier postage at all before they go what is not there to my Atacama regimental data contained in a yet chateau de música Senado que teníamos hace es de Cervantes savato Stata an accommodation midnight Madoka to stay attuned Godot scared were taught a tasty I didn't mean no more your mother is named as I go to cover the pan because unless you're even know what missing I'm they start the update organ in the more damning doctoral more when I'm there what I saw opens of the game on tonight so totally shinya-san school you know co-editors us after knee take out on the hidden a gamma yes I know naina day Jana photo daddy must occur until you played by entertain any but scooter the cocoa racketeering the fellow to the many the I'm arrived in there no no anybody how can you do it you okay that I need a particular kagiri given radicular I neither psych 101 so that's its male today or city together this is when you think about being an owner you think you're the boss of everyone and sure you are kinda but what you may not know is that the shop owns you and instead of one boss you have all your customers who you need please if you think you'll get away from having to do the dirty tasks you may be sad to realize that you still may find yourself doing all of them from cleaning dishes to washing walls to scrubbing floors I asked him if he had another owner like employee would he be able to not work so much I can't believe his answer which was that he would have the mentee open up a second restaurant Kunie molto saw is the first person in and last person out so kids this is what it's like to own a ramen restaurant oh hey you're still watching if your kumamoto song and thank you so much for letting me invade your restaurant for a couple days I would say keep up the hard work but you don't need me telling you that a special thanks to all those on patreon who supports these little documentaries of mine it means a lot to me and thanks to my wife who helped translate and work with me to chop down five hours of footage into these 10 minutes piece

Channel: Life Where I'm From

Views: 12,663,425

Rating: 4.943296 out of 5

Keywords: Japan, ramen, tokyo, shokunin, owner, day in the life, documentary, interview, restaurant, shop, yt:cc=on

Id: gmIwxqdwgrI

Length: 10min 57sec (657 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 18 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/ChronosSolar]

Works hard, loves his work, hates nothing about it?

I'm really happy for this guy. I hope it gets even better for him.

[u/Milanocookies56]

Shop info:

https://ramendb.supleks.jp/s/53428.html

Shop he used to work for:

https://ramendb.supleks.jp/s/83.html

[u/XabbusArmy9]

He reminds me of a Japanese James Franco.

[u/Timmers86]

What it's really like...

[u/IdBetterNotAsk]

Can anybody tell me why he scratches those hard boiled eggs at the side of the bowl @3:20?

[u/reallyzen]

On this topic, a must watch : Tampopo

[u/Spanglers_Army]

I went to Japan a couple years ago, more for Ramen than for Sushi. People stateside were almost offended to hear that I was getting cheap noodles over Sushi, but I know the truth; Ramen is the best.

My favorite was probably Fuuji - incredible flavor but unbelievably rich. Also the green onions were some sort of species particular to Japan (at least according to the local talking to me in broken English). Also got some great cheap Ramen near Shinjuku - Hakata Tenjin.

Also, they make some incredible Tofu in Japan, I'd need to do some research, but I went to a high end Tofu restaurant in Kyoto that changed my whole perspective on Tofu.

If you are in Kyoto also visit Toriiwaro, awesome Oyako Donburi for lunch!

[u/Phob0]

I felt so sad when he would say something that was tough for him and smile and laugh to cope with it, like when he mentioned that he couldn't find staff or that he doesn't expect to train people as hard as he trains himself.

[u/Stompedyourhousewith]

i always find ramen being labeled as fast food to be weird. its not fast to eat, and when you involve everything that goes into it, its not fast to make. and theres so much more skill and artistry in ramen vs a hamburger. i find it almost insulting.