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Been very busy lately. Not much time to blog. Anyway, just would like to share this with you all. (*to show that there is still a “human” side of me ). Yesterday, I wanted badly to eat some spicy foods. It is hard to find hot and spicy food in Japan. The only thing that is spicy and easily available in Japan is “Taiwan Ramen”. It is called Taiwan ramen in Japan, but you can’t find such ramen in Taiwan. Don’t ask me why. I have no idea too. Japanese has a very weird way of naming things.
Attached is a video taken at the ramen shop near my house.
Watch closely how the ramen is prepared. I really don’t know why that cook need to swing the ramen to drain out the water. By the way, I forgot to snap a photo as I was too hungry. Attached is a photo taken at another shop. 
Enjoy!.
I wonder how Japanese and Korean food are so different eventhough they are neighbors. We have lots of super spicy korean ramen here.
Yeah, it is hard to find spicy Japanese foods. Korean food in Japan is expensive!.
Looks yummy to me…
Hi Jean, Thanks for dropping by.
Yeah, it was yummy and spicy
I think Japanese Sushi is the hottest one! With that WASABI attaches on the middle of the fresh fish and rice ball, My tongue will get burn down!
For me, Wasabi is not as hot as chili.
Er…IMHO, the cook swing the ramen so that you will get the full flavour of the soup instead of the ramen taste? It’s either that or it’s just the artistic style of the cook. Tee Hee.
Haha, artistic? Definitely not hygienic to me.
Looks delicious
Hi Shankar,
Thanks for dropping by.
It was delicious
The swinging is to dry off excess water in the noodles. By doing that, the taste of the soup would not be spoiled by the excess water. This is also done for most of the noodles in Malaysia too.
Haha, I know the purpose of the swinging. But you should see the kitchen. It is like a mini flood with water everywhere.