The Movie I Forgot:

Tampopo!

I can't believe it! I can't believe I haven't provided a link to this movie! I mean, if you want to talk about raamen you are going to have to provide info about this movie! It is the Raamen Movie of the last Century! There's a link above - perhaps - to the Wikipedia entry on "Tampopo."

Below, too, are links to the Internet Movie Data Base (imdb.com) entry on the same movie, starring Nobuko Miyamoto and Tsutomu Yamazaki (both of these links link to a Japanese language site that lists their movies.)

Tampopo starring, among others, Ken Watanabe of "The Last Samurababble" fame, has some great scenes about food, erotica and food, and the proper way to eat it. Great flick. Some people say it is the "Shane" of raamen shops.

Food reviews
Other food reviews from the LA (Los Angeles) area for those of you withing spitting distance of that area. First, go to the LA food blog (lafb) and check out this page. It has four reviews of ramenya in the LA area place thing.

Not in LA anymore, Toto.
A touching story about a raamen shop owner can be found here, along with a review of the food. (In Tokyo.)

A site here on how to make Pho Tai (Vietnamese raamen)

Keep Up the Good Life, Everyone!
(and rent "Tampopo.")