Spring has sprung with intermittent rains perfect weather to watch an old favorite like the movie Tampopo. I was in college when I first watched it with my future husband not at the theater but in the comfort of my apartment I shared with three other girlfriends. No doubt we craved for ramen afterwards and since back then there weren’t any nearby ramen joints in our college town we just settled for my version of packaged Sapporo Ichiban. The premise of the movie is about a ramen restaurant owner trying to keep her shop afloat after the passing of her husband. Her ramen is met with disdain from a truck driver and his partner passing through. The noodle adventures begin when they agree to help her master the art of making a perfect bowl of noodles. My all-time favorite scene is the flashback of the ramen master teaching the truck driver how to eat ramen.
This movie is the quintessential “ramen western” flick and a must see for true ramen connoisseurs. Otherwise you are just a ramen lover wannabe. Watch the movie and guaranteed you will be hankering for some ramen pronto.
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