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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
it is what it promises, an indepth recap of all the pieces you'd need to make the components of your own exceptional ramen.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
I love ramen and graphic novels, but I don’t enjoy cooking. This book was beautifully illustrated and broke the process down into sections and simple steps, but I don’t see myself attempting to make noodles or broth from scratch. If anything, I now have a stronger appreciation for ramen chefs, and I got to learn some more history behind my favorite food.
In Let’s Make Ramen! Hugh Amano writes a comprehensive and compelling culinary history and guide to ramen, clearly and beautifully illustrated by Sarah Becan. Amano and Becan not only present a readable introduction to the topic of ramen, a relatively recent staple of Japanese cuisine with a variety of regional styles and specialties, but they provide instruction on how to cook each part of the deceptively simple comfort food. In addition, they bring in experts to expand on certain topics. The bulk of the comic is the recipes, though.
Full of charts, ingredient lists, and other helpful information, Let’s Make Ramen! gives you everything you need to know to make your own ramen. From the broth, or dashi, tare, or the sauces that give it is flavors, to the ramen noodles themselves, Amano and Becan provide step by step instructions on lovingly crafting each element to go into your ramen. Not exactly something you can just throw together, though, a good ramen requires time and effort to put together. More of an entire weekend endeavor, rather than a weekday dinner. I haven’t yet been able to tackle trying out any of the recipes, but I really enjoyed reading this comic.
I discuss this and other cooking comics at Harris' Tome Corner, Cooking with Comics.
Full of charts, ingredient lists, and other helpful information, Let’s Make Ramen! gives you everything you need to know to make your own ramen. From the broth, or dashi, tare, or the sauces that give it is flavors, to the ramen noodles themselves, Amano and Becan provide step by step instructions on lovingly crafting each element to go into your ramen. Not exactly something you can just throw together, though, a good ramen requires time and effort to put together. More of an entire weekend endeavor, rather than a weekday dinner. I haven’t yet been able to tackle trying out any of the recipes, but I really enjoyed reading this comic.
I discuss this and other cooking comics at Harris' Tome Corner, Cooking with Comics.
I left the FnB industry last year September and my dear colleague, Shenn Ni, gifted me this book as a parting gift and I'm cry QAQ
It's beautiful like I can't believe how gorgeous this book is marrying my love for noodles (ramen in this case) and comics. Needless to say I love this!
It does seem like a very intense and daunting process to prepare so much for a bowl of ramen. But the book breaks down the various components and makes sure to give each section enough attention so that anyone can make it happen. So even after going "Oh wow that's a lot of work", I also really appreciate the art and amount of dedication that goes into that bowl.
Somewhere at the end also has a reminder to not feel overwhelmed by all the things to make a bowl and to do one at a time, in advance, instead of everything in one day. There are also alternative recipes to try and ramen offshoots like what on earth I didn't know Tsukemen was a ramen offshoot!
I'm inspired haha! Maybe I'll attempt to make some ramen during this restricted movement period. But I was also thinking that I could make ramen anywhere I go in future and that is comforting to know.
I also really love Shenn Ni for gifting this book and knowing me so well and being my friend <3
It's beautiful like I can't believe how gorgeous this book is marrying my love for noodles (ramen in this case) and comics. Needless to say I love this!
It does seem like a very intense and daunting process to prepare so much for a bowl of ramen. But the book breaks down the various components and makes sure to give each section enough attention so that anyone can make it happen. So even after going "Oh wow that's a lot of work", I also really appreciate the art and amount of dedication that goes into that bowl.
Somewhere at the end also has a reminder to not feel overwhelmed by all the things to make a bowl and to do one at a time, in advance, instead of everything in one day. There are also alternative recipes to try and ramen offshoots like what on earth I didn't know Tsukemen was a ramen offshoot!
I'm inspired haha! Maybe I'll attempt to make some ramen during this restricted movement period. But I was also thinking that I could make ramen anywhere I go in future and that is comforting to know.
I also really love Shenn Ni for gifting this book and knowing me so well and being my friend <3
Really neat idea for a cookbook! I picked it up out of curiosity, but it really works. Having the images along with the instructions was very helpful. I also especially enjoyed the history of ramen that was included, as well as the sections from different ramen specialists.
(Will I be making my own ramen? Probably not. But I appreciate knowing what goes into the ramen I eat at restaurants.)
(Will I be making my own ramen? Probably not. But I appreciate knowing what goes into the ramen I eat at restaurants.)
Great guide for anyone interested in ramen. Clear and cute art with beautiful muted but rich colors. Very explicit and well-explained recipes. Not for the faint of heart, but definitely approachable by all!