In the town I probably felt the most laid vibe back during the whole trip - despite running around. I'm sure you'd get the same vibe if you went and would love the ramen there. Thanks for watching - slurps up!
Love the interior shots of the ramen shops and that is a serious 4 ramen bowl face. Haha! Ooh nice tie-in with the instant ramen! Will look forward to your premiere.
Thanks for another excellent video. Can definitely see the resemblance from "Ume" to bannai. The meat chasiu looks like a replica. Probably wanna try the backfat one , it reminds me of Seabura bowl i had in Kyoto! The sinful but yet smooth bowl is perfect for a rainy cold day!
Right on - Umehachi and Bannai def have that same ramen DNA. Sounds like that bowl in Kyoto was a memorable one! Seabura ramen there is quite famous - one of various Kyoto ramen styles.
Hello Frank. New subscriber from LA. Love all your videos, short but very informative. Learn about you from TabiEats. I’ve watched almost all your videos, current at your 3 months ago video. Your effort of “gaining the weight for us” is deeply appreciated😆. Thank you for sharing the wonderful world of Ramen to all of us😘.
Hello from Tokyo (and Kitakata)! Thanks for subscribing and welcome aboard the 5 AM Ramen train. Thanks too for watching many of the videos! I'm happy to sacrifice my body for the greater ramen good 😅 Will make sure to keep the content coming.
Love your videos man! If you're ever in Glasgow, Scotland I'll happily give you the tour of Ramen shops over here, there's one called Ramen Dayo, their Miso Black Ramen is amazing!
Did you stay at Azuma Ryokan? I may be wrong, but a lot of the pictures you showed early on in the video was on my exact route to that ryokan. Anyway, love the vids! I can't eat more than one bowl a day but I've been working my way through them all! I went to 3 over the past 3 days but when I went to ippei they were on holiday (understandable because golden week was last week, very smart of them to take the week after golden week is off!) but I think they are open tomorrow so I'm going to try it!
Oh wow, nice noticing! It was indeed Azuma Ryokan. Are you staying there too? Hope you're able to get into Ippei tmw and well done pushing your ramen limits while here 😃
I'm local, so I go to eat as soon as I want to. I would like all foreigners to experience this taste. If you come to Japan, please visit Kitakata and try ramen. I think it's a taste that you probably can't taste in other countries. And while foreigners don't seem to sip noodles, Japanese people sip ramen and eat it. I think it's dirty for foreigners, but ramen is delicious because it's sushi. Please try sipping ramen and eating it.
Processing what I'm eating so I can report back? Is that what you meant? It's all pretty rushed when I'm in the ramen shops but a multiple sips of soup and a bit of noodles is usually enough - so long as I don't wait too long to report or at least write down my notes 👍
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Which bowl was your favorite in Kitakata?
Pork back fat ---yeah, that's the stuff at my favourite local ramen shop, Tonka. And looking forward to the Premiere👍
Pork back fat for the win! We should hit up Tonka one day the future. Excited about the first Premiere 👍
Another beautiful video Frank! Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Kitakata is my kind of town. Thank you for another delicious video Frank. Again…you slurp ramen deliciously lol 🍜😊🇨🇦
In the town I probably felt the most laid vibe back during the whole trip - despite running around. I'm sure you'd get the same vibe if you went and would love the ramen there. Thanks for watching - slurps up!
Love the interior shots of the ramen shops and that is a serious 4 ramen bowl face. Haha! Ooh nice tie-in with the instant ramen! Will look forward to your premiere.
Haha, that face was a slightly struggling one too, with 4 bowls in just a few hours. Thanks for watching and I hope you can tune in for the Premiere!
yessss love the series man keep it up!!
Will do! Thanks for the following the series.
Great series. Looking for the finale!
Thank you! Feel free to tune in for the Premiere 😊
Thanks for another excellent video. Can definitely see the resemblance from "Ume" to bannai. The meat chasiu looks like a replica. Probably wanna try the backfat one , it reminds me of Seabura bowl i had in Kyoto! The sinful but yet smooth bowl is perfect for a rainy cold day!
Right on - Umehachi and Bannai def have that same ramen DNA. Sounds like that bowl in Kyoto was a memorable one! Seabura ramen there is quite famous - one of various Kyoto ramen styles.
@@5AMRamen yes, quite an interesting bowl in like a neighborhood, full english name is Seaburano Kami. I think it translates to king of backfat!
@@henrychew235 Nice - that spot is famous! And yes, that's the translation 😅
Frank, such great work in the service of ramen!
Sacrificing my body for the greater ramen good 😊
We have a local chain of Kitakata Ramen here in Southern Cali and it’s straight fire, they make their own noods.
Glad you can enjoy Kitakata style ramen over there!
I really like your videos man! I can't wait to return to Japan
Thanks for saying that and for watching! Can't wait myself for their borders to open.
Hello Frank. New subscriber from LA. Love all your videos, short but very informative. Learn about you from TabiEats. I’ve watched almost all your videos, current at your 3 months ago video. Your effort of “gaining the weight for us” is deeply appreciated😆. Thank you for sharing the wonderful world of Ramen to all of us😘.
Hello from Tokyo (and Kitakata)! Thanks for subscribing and welcome aboard the 5 AM Ramen train.
Thanks too for watching many of the videos! I'm happy to sacrifice my body for the greater ramen good 😅
Will make sure to keep the content coming.
Love your videos man! If you're ever in Glasgow, Scotland I'll happily give you the tour of Ramen shops over here, there's one called Ramen Dayo, their Miso Black Ramen is amazing!
Sounds like a plan! Have only been to Edinburgh but would love to explore more of Scotland - Glasgow included. Thanks for watching 📺
Wow, Kitakata bowl #5 - that pork back fat!! Yeah, I really want to try that. It'd be unlike anything I've had in the UK
It's addictive! Looks heavy and it is to a point...but it's also smooth at the same time and not as heavy as you might expect.
I'd have to try the original. Love all the wavy noodles.
Definitely worth paying ramen respects to the original. Kitakata's want noldles are unmatched.
Did you stay at Azuma Ryokan? I may be wrong, but a lot of the pictures you showed early on in the video was on my exact route to that ryokan. Anyway, love the vids! I can't eat more than one bowl a day but I've been working my way through them all! I went to 3 over the past 3 days but when I went to ippei they were on holiday (understandable because golden week was last week, very smart of them to take the week after golden week is off!) but I think they are open tomorrow so I'm going to try it!
Oh wow, nice noticing! It was indeed Azuma Ryokan. Are you staying there too? Hope you're able to get into Ippei tmw and well done pushing your ramen limits while here 😃
I'm local, so I go to eat as soon as I want to. I would like all foreigners to experience this taste. If you come to Japan, please visit Kitakata and try ramen. I think it's a taste that you probably can't taste in other countries.
And while foreigners don't seem to sip noodles, Japanese people sip ramen and eat it. I think it's dirty for foreigners, but ramen is delicious because it's sushi. Please try sipping ramen and eating it.
I actually grew up in Tokyo but love Kitakata for all the reasons you mentioned. I slurp ("sip") my noodles too 😃
Thanks for watching!
こんにちは😄日本三大ラーメン。札幌ラーメン、博多ラーメン、そして喜多方ラーメン❤️楽しんで～🍜😄
こんんちは！日本三大ラーメンの一つですね。間違いなく、喜多方ラーメンが最高です😃
How much time does it get you to a bowl to the second you know to process and continue?
Processing what I'm eating so I can report back? Is that what you meant?
It's all pretty rushed when I'm in the ramen shops but a multiple sips of soup and a bit of noodles is usually enough - so long as I don't wait too long to report or at least write down my notes 👍
Ramen obssessed city? Sounds like you should live here haha.
Haha, maybe the perfect place to retire.
Ramen kami sama
Lol 👑
Extra chasu and an egg added....how can it not be great....
All the markings of ramen greatness 😁
first
Boom!