Ramen!

Tell me more about how Ramen would be served. And also about different ways of serving it. Also, what's the type of ramen does ''Uzumaki Naruto'' like? Love the manga ^^

Not sure, how to answer, ramen can be served a million different ways, from instant ramen you poor boiling water into a cup, or a bag into a bowl, or even a new brand right from the vending machine can! Up to fancy restaurants.

There's basically 2 types of broths.
Shoyu based and Tonkotsu (pork rib broth i think). Both are good, though they are quite different.
Sometimes the broth is also flavoured with miso.

Usually it's served with chashu slices and a hard-boiled egg. Not forgetting Negi and wakame..

Variations would have Tori Karaage, pork ribs, chicken, etc..

not sure what ramen naruto likes though haha

Amelia wrote:

There's basically 2 types of broths.

You might find the following page of interest...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

There are more like 4 main types of ramen widely available.

Shio (salt) - which is really a chicken broth

Shoyu (soy sauce) - which is shio plus soy sauce

Miso - which is shio plus miso

And Tonkotsu - which is pork based and uses thinner noodles

So if you were to list two main types of broth then you would have chicken based and pork based.

My personal favorites are shio bataa (salt flavored broth with butter) and kara miso (Spicy miso).

I don't know a lot about Ramen, but below is a picture of one of the bowls of Ramen that Naruto eats. If you can identify what is in it, then you can ask for the same at a ramen shop!
http://gramos.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/naruto_ramen01.jpg

From the picture you can't really tell what type of broth it is. And from what I found on the internet its seems that Naruto like all ramen, not just a specific type.

The specific name of the ramen probably varies from restaurant to restaurant but if you're interested in trying to order it the toppings pictured are (clockwise from the egg):

1. hardboiled egg
2. brown circles - chashu (chinese pork)
3. black rectangles - nori (dried seaweed)
4. green things - green onion
5. small brown rectangles - menma (pickled bamboo shoot)
6. little white things with pink swirls - kamaboko (processed fish and the origin of Naruto's name)

naruto likes miso

ok the type that naruto eats is ichimaraku ramen the realedeal as naruto says but uh sasuke rules and naruto is awsome! :)

. . . serves an unusual type of ramen. I've not heard of it before in tourist guides but I guess it's their specialty. There are tiny grilled bits of pork or meat swimming in grease on top the broth. The meat pieces are blackened. Some of it may be pieces of fat. Quite unusual.

I like a raw egg to my ramen :), and then stirr it firmly.

Naruto likes miso ramen!
I've had it a few times before. It's good! Looks just like the picture Kelly posted except the egg was in a separate bowl.

Here's a good ramen glossary to fill in any other questions:

http://www.ramentokyo.com/2007/08/ramen-glossary.html

What does the word ,"Tonkotsu" look like in the Japanese language? I like to make sure that I'm ordering the right thing. Thanks very much.

And also, does anyone know how to get to Ippudo ramen in Ikebukuro? I tried twice but always managed to get myself lost and I still can't find the shop.

If you go to Ippudo, the only thing they serve is tonkotsu.

The one in Ikebukuro is a little tricky to get to. The best thing to do is probably walk south on meiji-douri and take a left on azuma-douri. Go for about 7 minutes and make another left before you get to the kombini.

I've added the Ikebukuro Ippudo to my map of Japanese places here:

http://www.alexkane.net/japan_map

naruto likes miso ramen best