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An Italian's First Ramen Experience
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- Published on Mar 7, 2026
- We're trying ramen for the very first time! Let's review one of the most popular ramen restaurants in our area and see how these beloved Japanese noodles hold up against a self-proclaimed pasta expert. Will an Italian approve of authentic Japanese ramen? We're excited to try some of the classics like veggie gyoza, chicken buns, tonkotsu, spicy miso and shoyu. Did we try your favorite dish or dish we miss one?
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I love this! I am the Chef and owner / and I am Sicilian! Sono onorato! One thing to note about a ramen noodle. It has no egg. Simply wheat water and sodium bicarbonate (liquid baking soda) that gives it the bite. Pasta is around 25% hydration- ramen is 15-18% / so it is very different than pasta. Thanks so much for coming in!
This comment and the husband's accent made me think this restaurant was in Italy
Very confused by the accent of the server
I thought it was rice flour. Interesting.
Eggs are often used in ramen dough especially if the noodles will be dried. They are not used in udon.
@3DJapan rice flour would be vermicelli, mie hun, kwey tiao, or whatever the variation of rice noodles. ramen usually use wheat flour. and ramen meaning is noodles. so basically it could be made from any flour and then become that kind of noodles ( rice, wheat, buckwheat, egg/eggless, potato) but usually, for japanese ramen, wheat is commonly use.
Interesting facts!
I like it how Allessio loves the noodles as much as his own homemade ones. There is something comforting and wonderful about all noodles, in every culture.
Yes! Im looking for a dish that will make me love slippery rice noodles 😅
What meat did they put in the Tonkutsu 😱😱😱 it’s weird … just go for the charshu pork. …. The dark brown ones are mushrooms
I agree! Sometimes there is nothing better than a bowl of noodles, whether they have butter, sauce, cheese, gravy or broth! It's all good!
@apollovizsla noodles/noodle soup is one of those universal impulses and it's a good one! noodles are delicious!
Pasta is not noodles
Alessio recognizes good noodles regardless of the culture. 10 of the 10!
Since you enjoyed this so much, you need to try Pho next if you haven't already ? Different noodles, but many more items to pick and choose from in menu to customize to your liking... Also some Pho places put raw or lightly cooked meat or fish in the broth so they start out lightly cooked, and become more medium well over time, same for vegetbables that start out crisp but wilt a little as you eat. You can add squeezed lime juice, Plum sauce, chili sauce and fish sauce to broth as you like to enhance sweetness, salt or umami or fanciness s you like !
I've only tried it once, but it was fantastic!
There are so many noodle dishes to try from Asian cuisines that I’d love to see them try! The smiles on their faces as they taste it for the first time is beautiful.
I like Pho better than ramen. So yummy!
I second this!
@loretta3203 I've had pho at many places and ramen in Japan, NY, Philly etc. Imo, best ramen shops trumps Pho but indeed normal pho will almost always be better than a standard ramen restaurant that's not run by Japanese or practice actual ramen methods.
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I am happy you two guys enjoyed ramen !
私もでーす！
There are TONS of Asian fusion restaurants all around Italy now, most with Sushi/Ramen and various types of noodle and dumplings. Even in smaller towns now. Quality can be so-so, but they’re there ☺️
Highly recommend getting tonkatsu ramen. A pork with more creamy broth. Fellow Italian recommendation!
Tonkatsu is like the carbonara of Japanese noodles. Often it’s disappointing because of poor execution, but when it’s really good, it’s perfection!
It is so delicious!
Tonkotsu is the ramen style. Tonkatsu is a fried pork cutlet. Both are delicious though.
Tonkatsu is my favorite.
I like Top Ramen from the supermarket. We used to make 2 or 3 packages at a time. They were like $.10 maybe and filling. We were poor
Japanese American here, (also a food historian)
Both of your chopstick skills are impressive!
If you want an even better (imo) experience with Japanese noodles, I highly recommend Udon noodles, Soba noodles, Sōmen noodles.
Now about “Asia had noodles first”:
We found dried noodles in an excavation site in Tibet that was about 4000 yrs old. (So about 2000bc) Approximately 100yrs after those noodles in Tibet were made, china popularized them in a city called Langdon and called the dish, La mien. Which is where the Japanese got their word, ramen from.
At the same time, Rome had sheets of pasta and made layered dishes exactly like Lasagna. They also made pasta that looked like cavatoni.
Of course there’s much more to this, but that’d make this into a 10page essay.
In conclusion, Italy and Asia (and really the rest of the world) all made noodles roughly at same time.
That's crazy. Romans made pasta independently?
@yanied9646check out OTR channel history of pasta goes in depth in the history of pasta.
@yanied9646 I'm not surprised different civilizations came up with similar ways to cook dough made from grains. It's just that some civilizations just fully preferred baking or frying them into bread and didn't want to eat boiled ones like Italy and the Asian countries.
White AF none Asain, who could not live farther away from Asia if I tried. BRO why are you lieing to them.... their skills with chopsticks are terrable.
Also just because you hear it on the internet does not make you Italian sheet pasta true.
@yanied9646 it's not really that surprising every culture have their own flat bread for example.
In case you're curious...the white round thing with the pink swirl is commonly called a 'naruto' and it's made with fish. Many Americans call them 'fish cakes'. Yes, the noodles should be slurped all in one without chewing, biting or cutting them. The first bowl of ramen you tasted is called 'shoyu' ramen. Shoyu means soy sauce so it's a soy sauce based soup/broth. The second one is tonkotsu - Nashville style. Tonkotsu is a pork based broth. The long chewy black things that sort of look like noodles are wood ear mushrooms. The traditional way to eat ramen is to first taste the soup (to appreciate its flavor), before diving into the rest, and start eating right away so the noodles don't have time to absorb the liquid and become too soft. Glad you enjoyed the ramen! Next time, you should try miso ramen (miso is fermented soy bean paste - it sounds...not great in English but tastes much better!).
Oh, and the appetizer you had is called 'gyoza'. In Japan, the original style is made with pork, chives, and cabbage with assorted seasonings. The outside is a type of wonton wrapper. The whole thing is steam fried. First, you fry the bottom, then you steam the top. We have these as a main course at home with some sticky rice and miso soup with tofu and green onions. I'm happy I can make these things at home since I can't just go down the street and get them from a restaurant like when I lived in Japan. I still get homesick sometimes. 😃
Edited to add: Oops. I should've finished watching the whole thing before commenting about the miso ramen. 🤣
Thanks for the great description of everything! It all looked so good, now I really want to try authentic ramen.
Thank you for all your background info! 🙂 Are you Japanese? 🗾🎎❤
@sarahinsf You're welcome, I'm glad it helped. Yes, I am Japanese although I've lived in the US for many years now. My aunt in Japan used to have a noodle restaurant. They served different kinds of ramen and soba there.
No, that is bullshit, you do chew the noodles after you slurp them. You don't just swallow them.
I would more accurately describe it as fish saussage if we are talking kamaboko in general cause the only reason the pink swirl pattern is called naruto is because of the famous maelstrom style whirlpool in Naruto area the pattern emulates. (And yes the manga character was named so because the author liked ramen and wanted his hero be shown loving ramen and have such a name).
This is my favorite, "watch an Italian guy eat Japanese food" video of the year. Yeah! 🗻⛩️
being asian american, and very critical about our dishes; i'm happy to see this!! also i'm impressed by alessio's chopsticks skills!!! wow!!! good job for your first time 2:37 !! yes some things are eaten with chopsticks, but bao's you don't eat with chopsticks!! i eat it with my hands or i use a napkin/foil/paper wrapping to eat it!!! jessi is right!!! 3:28
Which part of Asia? I'm curious.
This video is so meta with me! I'm American/Eurasian, married to an Italian, grew up in Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), live part of the year in Italy, live on the west coast where we have fantastic ramen, and work in Nashville frequently. Otaku does an excellent ramen. Every time I've gone, it's been wonderful. Respect to Ms. Gavigan for what she's done with Otaku.
Love this!!! Try Korean food soon!!!❤❤
Great to see you both try different types of ramen. The shredded dark noodle looking garnish is thinly sliced wood ear mushrooms; their texture is supposed to be more firm and “toothy” than other mushrooms. The half soft boiled eggs are called “tamago shoyu” or soy sauce eggs; some are more fully flavored or seasoned because of a longer soak or stronger flavored soy sauce marinade.
Nooooo Amore listen to your wife, no steamed bun with stick chops 😘🤣 I really enjoyed you trying and sharing other foods! Jesse you WIL BE an amazing mumma, I apologise if I offend you but you will be, do you know how I know? Because you have so many women praying for you ❤️please keep showing your stubborn husband all food Alessio , keep being you because you are a blessing to this world
Alessio's on the right track. Use the wrist more when twirling and grab fewer noodles. Also, don't be afraid to slurp. It's how you do it in Asia. Favorite cartoons? 'Speed Racer' and 'Space Battleship Yamato'
First! This is so cute and adorable! I could feel his patience wear thin when you told him about the real pasta at the end! 🤣
I'm happy that you guys are trying variety of international foods. Keep making good videos.
I love you guys. And I’m glad you like this food. And you are making me hungry!
What people need to know is that Ramen is not supposed to be fancy or luxury food. Ramen is the food of the poor, like when you have nothing, and yet you manage to eat something. Italians would call it "La cucina povera".
So true, this is why the commercial stuff is so popular. It's just that versatile.
Tbh Italian food has humble roots... it's just gotten so ridiculously expensive due to strict adherence to old standards of homemade. Japanese ramen is able to become nice and cheap with new technology for convenience
Ramen is totally ghetto food. I put cat food in mine
Lots of luxury foods used to be food for the poor, like lobster and caviar.
It was “food of the poor” really only during a specific time after WW2, when bad harvests made (American) wheat flour more affordable than rice.
Chopsticks with a bun like a madman
This immediately made me look up Ramen Restaurants in my neck of the woods. We have several to chose from and I am looking forward to trying it. Thanks, guys!
Ramen aren't Pasta they are noodles in their own kind.
Yes, Alessio, America does win with cultural diversity. I live in Southern California and love that I can get authentic Thai, Japanese, Jamaican, Indian, Lebanese, Chinese, Filipino, and of course MEXICAN any day of the week. My all-time favorite cuisine is Korean though.
Southern California is awesome!
don't forget Vietnamese!
As a Northern Californian native, I can vouch. America wins, but in particular... California wins with food diversity lol
True. I can get almost any cuisine in SoCal. Orange County has the second largest population of Vietnamese in the world... behind Vietnam.
We are lucky in London as it has the most diverse food offerings I've ever found... it's easier to say what isn't easy to find! There are very few Mexican restaurants, you are more likely to find Brazilian. Also, apart from what we think of as fast/junk food, American cuisine is also not a thing at all. Other than that, you'll find anything you can think of. It's great!
15:26 Tapioca - the starch extracted from the root tubers of the Cassava plant, formed into balls for this purpose; they are also known as Sago, or in western India, _sabu-dana_
(powdered tapioca starch is also used as a thickener instead of corn starch, in places where it is more easily available than corn starch)
Tapioca powder is also added to fruit pies to thicken the sauce.
Isn't sago came from sago plant?
@plainwotah i looked it up, and yes, you're correct; but the ones made from tapioca starch are also called sago as it is easier to find tapioca/cassava than the sago palm tree, which is native to a few faraway island countries only
@pqrs_987 i see. Never knew that. Thank you for the info👍
I really hope you guys get blessed with the right doctor to be able to help you on your journey and don’t give up! You guys would make the best parents. ❤ lots of love, don’t give up!
Caro Alessio ti sbagli, in Italia abbiamo molti ristoranti orientali, io sono di Roma e in città ma anche in periferia ci sono decine di ristoranti giapponesi originali anche stellati dove puoi mangiare tanti tipi di ramen. Vi mando un grande abbraccio 💪♥️
ciao Alessandro sara' la mia zona allora del Friuli dove ci sono ma pochissimi tipo a Pordenone o Udine ovviamente . Vorrei proprio a venire a provarli! ciao e grazie mille
@ThePasinisse vi capita di tornare a Milano ci sono molti locali di ottima qualità che li fanno
Dipende tanto dalla città dove si vive: nei grandi capoluoghi (Milano e Roma in testa) è più facile trovare ristoranti etnici "discretamente autentici", ma in Comuni meno popolosi ancora adesso si trova poco o niente
Nelle grossi città si , ormai da anni non è più un grosso problema , sopratutto nel Nord Italia e a Roma . Ovviamente Milano e hinterland
sono pieni , sopratutto di giappo-cinesi e zona Sarpi a Milano è il massimo se si vuole mangiare cinese "originale"
Ora si trova anche la catena Sagami che è un decentemente economico mezzo per esplorare la cucina giapponese tradizionale
Però è vero che se vai nei paesini sopratutto al sud trovi il nulla o quasi. Poco male che tanto hanno la cucina locale buonissima , ma in effetti la scelta è quella.
Il mezzogiorno e la Sicilia hanno una cucina tutta italiana, nient'altro.
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for bringing us along.
The reason chop sticks are hard to use is because youre not holding them right. You place one chop stick against the flat part of your ring finger. Then you grip the other chop stick between your forefinger and thumb. Then you pick up your food like youre using tweezers. This method gives you a firmer grip on the food and they dont roll around as easy. I like wooden chop sticks better than like metal ones bcs they dont slide around as easy. Hope this helps.
I would recommend you all try Korean food next. Its delicious. Try to find a really authentic place that will serve kim bap, bibimbap, japchae, and mandu. Kim bap is kinda like Korean sushi but its much different. The seaweed is on the outside and most of the ingredients are cooked. Bibimbap is just a mixed rice dish with veggies and a little meat. Japchae is like glass noodle dish with veggies and sometimes meat. Mandu is Korea's version of dumplings. I suggest pork and green onion mandu. Kimchi mandu is good as well.
If youre feeling adventurous try jjajangmyeon. Its a savory/lightly sweet noodle dish that comes with a brownish/blackish sauce. Its literally just made from black beans.(nothing too crazy/exotic lol)
Once again the best couple on youtube!!!!
Please come to Japan😍
We all want to come to Japan.
Honto yo
Obake Q no taro cartoon from 1960
No boba tea in Japan
Boba tea (Tapioka) was explosively popular in Japan around 2018. Huge boom especially among with young girls.
Actually originated from Taiwan.
The 🙄 when you said "the real pasta." 🤣
If you didn't know, Otaku is kind of a derogatory term in Japan. It's people who are obsessed with a hobby but like so obsessed that they don't do anything else.
We like seeing You guys try new cultures well done great chop stick skills
Is Ramen better than Italian food? They don’t even compare, they are absolutely nothing alike. They are completely different experiences and flavors. Glad y’all enjoyed it. Ajitama (the egg) is my favorite lol
Everything looked soooo oishiii! 🤤 I'm so glad yawl enjoyed it so much!
9:15 wood ear mushroom/fungus
❤❤❤❤ You both are so great! Thanks for sharing your experiences with us!
Apparently (I just learned this a few months ago in Japan) the Japanese way of eating Ramen is to use the chopsticks to bring the noodles to your mouth, and sort of control where the noodles go as you then slurp the noodles in your mouth, and then you can use the spoon for broth or other toppings in your bowl (or you can sip the broth from the side of the bowl).
But I (and most of my family) normally eat the Chinese way, which is to use the chopsticks to place noodles into the spoon with a little broth and whatever toppings you want in a mouthful, and then eat from the spoon. And you can also use either the spoon or chopsticks to eat toppings directly from the bowl.
One thing that's true with both the Chinese and Japanese way is we always eat the whole noodle, and never break them or bite them. I'm not sure why, because it was never explicitly taught to me, but I think it has something to do with superstition and luck and longevity. I know noodles represent long life.
I don't know if anything I said is actually true. It's just what someone told me in Japan.
Chinese people are heavily varied in how noodles are consumed, which takes into account things like noodle shape and such. You can absolutely eat the whole noodle without a spoon in China. It just looks more polite when eating with a spoon and not bobbing your head as you try to slurp something so long
Always taste the soup broth with the spoon first. So you can appreciate its quality. Then have some of the noodles and then some of the topping. Continue with the noodles and topping. Sometimes people leave some of the broth behind. I never do. Enjoy every drop.
This is terrific. So glad to see you guys doing this. Wonderful!
"The balls coming up fast is a weird feeling" when he said that it made me lol for real!! 😂😂😂
Hahaha! OY.
The grip on the chopsticks nearly at the noodles 😂 I appreciate the effort
Ramen is essentially a noodle SOUP so, definitely use the spoon to ladle a nice portion of soup, use chopsticks (or fork-shame 😅) to pick up a portion of noodles, and place into spoon like a landing pad, then spoon the whole entire thing into your mouth. Yummy! Enjoy and wishing you many many more bowls of delicious ramen! ❤❤❤
People have a spoonful of the soup broth first to judge/enjoy its quality. Different soup broths each have their own unique characteristics. Soy broth is common but shio (salt seasoned), miso and tonkotsu (pork bone) stocks are also offered.
A ramen has to be slurped. You drink some of soup while slurping the noodles, but not a spoon of noodles with stuff in it.
14:17 dragon ball!!!
Ramen noodle are made using a caustic made from baking soda to create the Al dente texture. Big difference from pasta.
Fab! 😂
Loved Jessie’s parting shot!😂
3:20 NOPE on the cheapstocks (how he says it)
The swirly thing from "cartoons" is fishcake, the dark things where shiitake mushrooms, the meat was pork belly but the tonkatsu was brazed. The egg was marinated in soy sauce so it usually has a light flavor.
I'm disappointed you weren't at a better ramen shop, but I'm glad you had a positive experience. Most ramen is much better than that. You have places near you making everything from scratch and including udon. Komugi Ramen has a vegetarian ramen. By the way, boba tea is not Japanese. It's Taiwanese. Also, if you want to try fantastic Asian soup, I mean the stuff that touches your soul and heals you, go to a Vietnamese restaurant specializing in Pho and noodle soups. Noodles aren't the star and they're rice noodles, but the broth and other ingredients are amazing. I looked at your area and Pho Ann Nashville has a most excellent menu with a vegetable pho. Thai tom yum and Tom kha are also fantastic, but they don't have noodles. As Alessio's ancestors would say, bon appetit. Ha. Hugs
wife and i had black tonkotsu ramin last night. our fave one.
Ya guys need to go to an authentic place like Black Dynasty Secret Ramen House. Otaku isn’t authentic. It’s not great Japanese style quality.
Lol Black Dynasty is the worst ramen I had in Nashville.
@ThePasinis plz plz come out to Vancouver B.C and the rest of the lower mainland. You'll be able to try so many excellent things and better Ramen then here i was born and raised here plz come try some of our vast culture in a smaller area
Great meal, guys. I think those were sliced cloud ear mushrooms in the Tonkatsu ramen. 👍 Favorite anime is Speed Racer., Lol Tapioca is a starchy root veggie also known as cassava or manioc.
Made into jelly balls here😁
Honestly, would love to see more videos of you trying things that are not Italian. The US is so diverse and has made so many versions of different countries foods and even have the original version so it would be nice to see some of that.
Jessie and Alessio, you guys are so adorable! I saw that you guys weren’t too thrilled with the meat, and when I saw Alessio take the pork out of the soup, I wasn’t that impressed either. I think it was just the location you guys went to, where they prepare it differently. If you guys ever get a chance to, I would love to have you guys come down near Atlantic City, where I’m at. We have a very large Asian population, predominantly Vietnamese with some Japanese. We have a Ramen place here that my partner, who has eaten at ICHIRAN in New York, said that it’s even better than that. We also have an amazing Vietnamese restaurant in Pleasantville that I think Alessio would like a lot because of the atmosphere and the food. There’s also several Italian markets within approximately 30 to 40 minutes that I think the both of you would really like, including Livoti's over in Brick Township. So if you guys are ever in the area, please come down! I love your guys' videos! 😊💚
Ichiran is mid at best. Are there really no others places in NYC that are better?
@missalicesmiles I don’t know too much about the New York ramen scene, but down here close to Atlantic City, we have a Ramen place called Rai Rai Ramen. According to my partner, it’s way better than Ichiran, and has become our favorite Ramen place. We have found that that one is the best in the area down here. There's also one in Cherry Hill and I believe New Brunswick, but don’t quote me on that, because I really don’t remember offhand😅. they may even have expanded further north, but I really don’t remember. I do know that they started in Hawaii if I remember that correctly, and they do have locations throughout the country, but I really don’t remember if they have any in close proximity to New York
Me and my husband found that gem and we go everytime we make our way up to Nashville
Let’s go ❤I sooo want potstickers now but we are snowed in 😩 😂
Gyoza
@redsoxexpat same thing
@projectdelta50 except not
Tell him it's "frog eggs" not "tapioca" jk LOL heehee
i love the ending, we asians made our pasta before a lot of other countries!! i'm happy she enjoyed it!!!
It's really cool considering how noodles were made in regions of China originated from bread. The people up made bread and ripped it into soup (you see this still in some cuisines like Xi'an). This was the precursor of noodles, possibly, before they made dough specifically for noodles and a different shape
@yanied9646 yes china and aa few other countries of asia, along with introducing other dishes with other asian noodles!!
Ahhhh I love it when Amore says "10 of the 10". I cracked up when he was handing you the fork "You need the fork? The Shame, the SHAME". Another great food experience team, and so happy you enjoyed the ramen and sides. Maybe you need to go to Japan to experience the authentic ramen. And I love how you got the last word in Jessi Amore, absolutely hilarious!
ciao amo i vostri video,,, oggi faccio un'appunto si non ci sono tantissimi ristoranti japponesi o koreani ma da almeno 5 anni in quasi tutte le citta si trova il ramen..
si si intendevo nelle città ma dove vivo io in periferia non li trovi devi guidare 30 0 45 minuti per andarci, in America c'e' uno ogni 10 minuti? ma tutte le cucine in 10 minuti
@ThePasinisCerto, è ovvio che in America le grandi città siano molto più omogenee e ricche di opzioni per quanto riguarda il cibo etnico. Tuttavia, se vivi fuori città, in alcuni stati potresti dover guidare per oltre due ore per trovare un ristorante etnico.
We live in the UK but my partner happens to be in Nashville this week, so I showed him your video and now he’s eating ramen at Otaku today! 😊
It's very important to slurp the noodles!! Such a more satisfying experience!! :)
Nothing "important" about slurping.
You are fantastic, guys
Here’s a tip for the future, don’t be afraid to slurp the noodles, it aerates the broth and brings out even more flavor.
😂😂😂
And violated all American manners
@RichardEberhart_Rialta it’s not American food so that doesn’t matter.
@RichardEberhart_Rialta American manners? To burp is a pretty common manner in the USA. So what is the issue with slurping...😂
I started watching because I grew up in Franklin. Now I'm hooked. You two are so adorable and sweet.😊
Bubble tea at a Ramen restaurant just seems so wrong.
While originally Taiwanese, it is really popular in parts of Japan.
But it also seems like a very American restaurant thing to have desserts that borrow from cultures different from the primary food (have seen tiramisu, creme brulee, and a black forest cake have been on the same dessert menu...). I think it's just a sign of boba's huge popularity, it's becoming commonplace.
My favorite Japanese cartoon is Sailor Moon, hands down. It introduced me to anime as a teen and it gave me something to have in common with my future husband when we met. Two kids later and we are an anime-loving family! And Asian food is also our favorite :)
Food researchers have found that noodles/pasta were created separately in different cultures. It’s a myth that Marco Polo brought them to Europe as the Romans had pasta type dishes a thousand years before.
Yep
Regardless, noodles have been eaten in Japan for 1,225 years, in China for 4,000 years. They're clearly not trying to be Italian.
It’s not a myth Asian cultures were around before Jesus walked the earth
@kckillakrack9714for certain
@redsoxexpat That was just a joke anyway
Imagine Jessi and Alessio traveling to Japan. That's gonna be pure entertainment!
I love how open, honest and sincere Alessio is. I grew up in an Italian/american home and we never ate Raman. I do like good authentic Asian food. America is definitely much more diverse than Italy. Great job guys! ❤🎉🎉🎉❤😊
I love Italian and Japanese cuisine. I love your channel and have your full support.
Just a couple of politeness points:
1. Eat the whole bite of noodles in one mouthful . That’s a reason why we slurp our noodles. Noodles represent longevity/long life. So if you bite it off, you’re “cutting off a long life”. *Symbolically
2. Don’t cross your chopsticks. It looks like a cross on an altar or grave.
3. Don’t use your chopsticks to point at things or people. It symbolizes “stabbing”.
Side note: I love how Alessio knows about every Asian’s favorite blue robot cat Doraemon!!
Agreed. He needs a etiquette lesson about the chopsticks.
Slurping noodles is repulsive and annoying.
@ Slurping noodles is a sign of respect in Asian culture. It lets the chef know that you are really enjoying his cooking. Also, slurping helps to cool the hot noodles as you suck it into your mouth and provides a better flavor experience. In some places, it’s considered weird if you DON’T slurp your noodles.
@gkl959 WRONG DIPSTICK!
You are the best! Keep up the good vibes!
It all looked so delicious! Alessio, you are a "chopstick master"! ❤
My favourite Ramen soup is Tan Tan Men. Time for you to watch Japanese movie "Tampopo" The First “Noodle Western” -
and I loved to watch Mila and Perine .
I've never been so early 😂 I think most italians love Japanese food.
I do ❤
Adorable video
Thank you so much for the laughs. Alessio is so funny. As a person in so cal, it’s needed.
Happy you guys enjoy the traditional ramen, please try black garlic ramen next !!
I'm glad he loves ramen ! It's freaking amazing
Tapioca is a flour or starch made from the tuber of the cassava plant. The flour can be used the same way that wheat flour can be used at a 1:1 ratio for most recipes but there are going to be differences in the end product. The starch can be used just like you would use cornstarch or potato starch. Boba balls, also known as tapioca pearls, are made from water and sweetener bound into little solid balls with tapioca starch.
BTW. Pearl Teas actually originate from Taiwan. The Bun (bao) dish is mostly Hong Kong in origin.
Would love to see you guys going to a K-Pot Hot Pot location. I love it!
In italia li abbiamo eccome i ristoranti di Ramen e altro, grandi città come Roma o Milano ormai sono piene di questi ristoranti, ma ultimamente ne stanno aprendo anche in città più piccole :)
There is a really nice Japanese restaurant in a street just North of the Tower if Pisa.
Oh my, I too have never had legitimate ramen. Will need to search it out here in Colombia.
10:41 😂 yeah they're shroomies ♥️
Very impressive chop stick etiquette 3:11
I wish we had one in my area, this looks delicious
Love me some Phó. Get the rare beef Phó and it will cook in the piping hot broth. Great for a cold day! 👍
It’s wood ear mushroom in the 2nd soup
As a Ramen lover, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
I only had ramen a few weeks ago and I’m 59. 😂
You might find it interesting to take a look at a video series that shows three Italian chefs traveling through China trying all the famous noodle variations. You can learn a lot. Also, try to research more on different Asian foods, like the "Nashville Bun" you had is in the style of popular steamed Chinese buns called Bao. And, just a suggestion for the future, please try to find an authentic Japanese ramen place that uses real ramen noodles. You will find it quite different from what you tried, Authenticity. Best way to go.
Its so nice to see Alessio try all these different foods in America. My husband was French And Swedish. But after we were married, he became Italian!! Loved And ate whatever I made And always wanted me to make “gravy” with meat in it FOR his pasta!!
We have those Bubble tea shops in Canada. Many flavours.
My family from Torino visited two summers ago and it was so fun to see them try different cuisines. 😂
I haven't had real ramen either. 😮
I would love to see you guys take a trip to Japan