But from everything I've seen about it, I definitely want to get to Akahoshi Ramen soon. And actually, I have family visiting for New Year's, so that could be the ideal time for a walk-in attempt.
I thought the "we Koreans call it ramyeon" line was to bait white guys like me to go "Um, actually" so you could cancel me... but then I looked it up! Now I wish the rest of the world differentiated between fresh and packaged like that.
I love that they encourage the rice dump. I know it's popular in Korean hot pot places (I'm sure they're called something else; did I mention I'm super white) to make some fried rice for "dessert" to use up whatever's leftover, and I've always wanted to do that.
I wrote a couple of posts on ramen in the area (https://www.satoruinoue.com/p/the-state-of-ramen-in-chicagoland, https://www.satoruinoue.com/p/update-to-the-state-of-ramen-in-chicagoland), and I specifically wrote in the 2nd post about the difficulty of going to a dinner-only ramen place, like Akahoshi, when you have a toddler.
But from everything I've seen about it, I definitely want to get to Akahoshi Ramen soon. And actually, I have family visiting for New Year's, so that could be the ideal time for a walk-in attempt.
I think I’m required to accompany you on every visit.
I thought the "we Koreans call it ramyeon" line was to bait white guys like me to go "Um, actually" so you could cancel me... but then I looked it up! Now I wish the rest of the world differentiated between fresh and packaged like that.
I love that they encourage the rice dump. I know it's popular in Korean hot pot places (I'm sure they're called something else; did I mention I'm super white) to make some fried rice for "dessert" to use up whatever's leftover, and I've always wanted to do that.