Global Recipe Project

Oh Japan. You're so cute. I happily vowed to pour my heart and soul into shoyu ramen. It was a three-day affair. It ended well. Very well. I invited some lovely friends and told them to bring empty stomachs and challenged them to bring a Japanese dessert. They obliged and we enjoyed a wonderful Saturday night filled with noodles, sarcasm, sweet treats and sake. Fun all around. I started the dashi on Wednesday evening it was finished by Friday night. Perfect timing for a Saturday party. Shoyu Ramen (loosely following this recipe) Ingredients The following will serve 10 Kombu Dashi And Tare · 2-4 pieces dried kombu · 1 cup soy sauce (shoyu) · 4 tbsp. dry sake · 2 Tbsp. mirin Pork And Stock 3 lbs. boneless pork shoulder 1 1/2 lbs pork belly 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 lbs. chicken necks, backs, and/or wings 2 lbs. pork ribs 2 bunches scallions, chopped 1 1/2 cups of baby carrots 2 heads of garlic, halved horizontally 3 1” pieces ginger...

My sister is visiting from Boston and I gave her the task of picking the next country.  She skillfully pulled out Thailand which was good since we already had a recipe and the ingredients for Pad Thai. It's pretty difficult not to like Pad Thai.  Noodles, soy sauce, chicken and peanuts.  There's really nothing you can't love.  The recipe I followed is found here . (However, I omitted the dried shrimp) Rating: 7 out of 10 The Pad Thai sauce was very delicious and the right balance of sweet and salty. I will certainly use that again on multiple recipes. Tony's Rating: 6 out of 10. "I've had better." 'nuff said I guess...