Comments on: G-Men Ramen on Sexsmith Road, Richmond

By: Chow Times » New Asia Deli on Cambie and Sexsmith in Richmond

Chow Times » New Asia Deli on Cambie and Sexsmith in Richmond — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:41:32 +0000

[...] Mall. This is the same mall where there are a number of our favourite restaurants such as G-Men Ramen, Pearl Castle, Taiwanese Cuisine, and Lam Chu Kee to name a few. They describe themselves as [...]

By: Maktaaq

Maktaaq — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:12:15 +0000

Like everyone else commented before me, yes, slurping is polite. When I lived in Japan, I stayed in a house that had an udon restaurant attached and I helped make the udon for two years. Within a few weeks of eating with my family there, they finally broke down and asked why I wasn’t slurping, was the food bad and what-not.

Now I can’t get slurping out of my system, but I am careful to do it only at Japanese restaurants and to explain to my non-Japanese fellow diners.

By: Chow Times » Kintaro Tonkotsu Ramen on Denman, Vancouver

Chow Times » Kintaro Tonkotsu Ramen on Denman, Vancouver — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:01:48 +0000

[...] melt-in-your-mouth type. It was way better than the rather comparatively pitiful ones we had at G-Men — no comparison [...]

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:27:07 +0000

OMG when I went with my friend at 7pm once they ran out of literally everything on the menu! There were only 2 or 3 choices left -___-

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:08:03 +0000

That was funny. Never heard of Tampopo before. Next time I am in a ramen place, I’ll see if anyone eats it like that!
Ben

By: Paul N.

Paul N. — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:45:26 +0000

Hi Ben,

Slurping your noodles/soup based dishes have a dual purpose:

1) As Jenn said up there, to “show your appreciation to the chef.” In traditional Japanese families, not slurping meant you didn’t enjoy the soup, and it comes off as disrespectful to your mother who meticulously prepared it.

2) By slurping, you are also sucking lots of air that cool down the hot noodles. Experienced ramen or Pho eaters have no problem slurp-eating their first few bites & not burn their tongues the moment it is served.

I say you start making your own @ home~

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:49:55 +0000

Haha, YouTube actually has clips of Tampopo ! This is a great scene, showing the reverence to the mighty bowl of ramen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XyoAZFREnY

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:42:45 +0000

Ben, in Japan the louder you slurp your ramen the more you are showing appreciation to the chef for the quality of the noodle dish you are enjoying.

Foodies will fondly remember this foodie movie (Tampopo) all about the quest to create, and enjoy, the perfect bowl of ramen:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampopo

Call it the Japanese version of “Noodle Western”, lol !

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:26:05 +0000

The eggs are soft boiled in boiling water about 3 minutes ,then take out immediately into icy water.
Then the whites will be firm, but the yolk runny.

By: K.

K. — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:14:40 +0000

Ajitama:
1) Boil water to full
2) Place eggs in water right out of a fridge
3) Boil for 6 minutes and 30 seconds for running yolk, 7 minutes for soft yolk
4) Immediately cool the eggs with cold water
Now you can enjoy yummy boiled eggs.
*The time may vary by size and the number of eggs so please try a few times

However, if you want to give some color & taste like Ajitama,
5) Sauce – Mix equal part of soy sauce, water, sake or Mirin
6) Put eggs & sauce in a freezer bag
7) Vacuum the bag with your mouth (Dont’t choke)
8) Leave it in a fridge for an hour (shake the bag occasionally to avoid white spots on eggs)
*Sauce is actually more complicated “special homemade” thus it varies so this is a very basic one.

Spoon:
Japanese call it RENGE (ren-gay, meaning lotus flower). It is used to drink soup or hold toppings such as egg. Some people drink the soup directly from bowl and it is also perfectly OK. But they never use it to drink miso soup. Actually RENGE is associated with Chinese dishes and rarely used in Japanese dishes. Additionally they use it to eat fried rice. It is very rate to see a person eating fried rice with chopsticks in Japan.

Slurping:
Sorry we make annoying noise. It said to be a way to maximize the flavor of soup and taste of noodles and also not to get your tongue burnt at the same time. Wow. But if you are uncomfortable making noise, you don’t have to.