Old gentleman: First comtemplate the ramen. Carefully observe the entire bowl while savoring the aroma. The jewels of fat twinkling on the surface, the men shoots glistening with fat, the nori darkening with moisture, the scallions floating on top. Above all, the stars of the show: three sl...
“The Perfect Bowl” is unadulterated foodie bait, with Japanese and American ramen vendors rhapsodizing about their initial exposure to the film and how it influenced their food philosophies. Zhou and Ramos’s video essay cribs its definition of the amateur from author Michael Chabon, applies it ...
although it helps. You can easily watch it half asleep or stoned if you want to, chilling and enjoying the gags and the dialogue. Tampopo’s quest is a familiarkung fumovie staple, and her efforts to prove herself worthy of being calleda ramen masterare hilariously ...