Again, this is from the movie Tampopo.

A scholar of Ramen teaches Ken Watanbe on "Ramen Etiquette."

Check out the revamped Epicourageous comic. It's a review of Buddha's Belly in Itaewon. Dan aka Epicourageous

You have to watch this! It's not only funny, it's also very informative.

Cookthinks is an amazing blog. Check it out! The food is adventurous and the pictures vivid. I aspire to be as great one day. The Yellow Submarine is hoping to reopen next Tuesday as a pizza and calzone restaurant. Steven doesn't know if he'll do delivery or not. Dan

The movie started me on my food journey was a movie called Tampopo. The film by Juzo Itami stars an ensemble cast including a delightful Nobuko Miyamoto and a young Ken Watanbe (from The Last Samurai). The movie is told in vignettes about a woman named Tampopo trying to save her dead husband's ramen shop. Two truckers roll into her shop like cowboys and they happen to be ramen connoisseurs. Tampopo implores them to teach her to be a ramen chef; their search for the ultimate ramen soup begins. That's the main story, but surrounding it- in separate threads- are stories about: a foodie gangster and his girlfriend having a sensual and delicious relationship (you'll never look at an egg yolk the same way again); beggers with epicurean tastes; a dying mother's last meal; people learning how to eat spaghetti; a lackey business assistant who is a star at a French restaurant; and a couple more. It's a brilliant movie- perfectly structured. I first rented it through Netfl...

Here's an article written by my friend Matt Gross.