Thursday, January 13, 2011

Juiced up...

Day 437:

I mentioned before that I've been having problems with my shoulder. It's been three weeks and the pain just hasn't gone away. Anyway, today was green curry paste prep day and I had the short shift. So in order to make my afternoon appt, I started at 11am. But first I needed to fuel up with this roasted negi niku meshi.


After 5 hours of constant mixing it was time to go see doc. And that's when he recommended I get a steroid shot to help my shoulder heal quicker. Steroid? Really? Does that mean I'll be disqualified for the ramen olympics? In any case, I took his advice and got the shot. It felt better instantly, but the wooziness called for a bowl of ramen. As luck would have it, while walking through the shotengai in Sasazuka I came upon a fairly new ramen shop called Rian (้บบ ใ‚Šใ‚ใ‚“).


The owner of Rian grew up near Mt. Takao and he takes pride in using fresh ingredients from his hometown. His specialties are a renkon (lotus root) tsukemen and a chee-yu (chicken oil) ramen. Like most days, I went with the ramen.


The flavor was nice and light with freshness gleaming throughout. I'm a fan of chicken oil and I would enjoy this bowl again without a doubt.


Working the lunch shift has its perks.


It gives me time to spend a night with friends.


And try new things like this Tom Yum Ramen from Baankirao in Shimokitazawa.


Then back to basa we go...


The assistant loves basa...as she should!

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