17: Elvin Yung | Kanda Katsumoto, Chukatei Bunten, Tantantei, Hasumi

12/04/2023 53 min

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Episode Synopsis

Episode 17 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Elvin Yung, a hoarder of ramen knowledge and well known for his reverse engineering of various legendary ramen styles such as the Higashi-Ikebukuro Taishoken style tsukemen or Jiro style ramen on his Secret Pro Techniques ramen blog.
We talk about how he found his way to ramen and his latest trip to Japan, which included a good number of interesting ramen bowls.
You can find Elvin on Instagram as @shikaku.ramen

In this episode, we talked about the following shops:

Tsukesoba Kanda Katsumoto (つけそば神田勝本)
https://goo.gl/maps/3n54Doy4AuPfr3o98
Chukatei Bunten (中華亭 分店)
https://goo.gl/maps/R5Y4y5KQkNdXygAdA
Shinasoba Tantantei (支那そば たんたん亭)
https://goo.gl/maps/QiuGppf1PprWBZEi8
Hasumi Shinmachi (蓮爾 新町一丁目店)
https://goo.gl/maps/MFKRpCDSJxKqr1WN8

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