Scrapple Waffles at New York's Ivan Ramen

I'm a noodle-soup agnostic. Pho. Niu rou mian. Thai boat noodle. I love all these warm bowls of instant comfort equally. So long as it comes out steaming-hot, has a good broth to sip and springy noodles to chew, I'm in my happy place. But ramen?...

Noodle As LifelineIn which the humble ramen noodle saves our reviewer from having his face burned off by the delectably spicy soup at Ajisen Ramen Tampopo is one of my favorite films. The 1985 movie by Juzo Itami is a patchwork of stories, all...

This story begins not at Huntington Ramen, but at a new restaurant I was originally planning to review for this issue. It looked promising at first: The place had a catchy name, well-curated social-media accounts, an eclectic menu and a bar with...

Like many of you, we in the Food section read David Pierson’s report on the San Gabriel Valley’s beloved Sriracha sauce with pleasure a couple of weeks ago. When you write for newspapers, you become used to gently worded letters from lawyers for...

The balmiest part of L.A. summer is about to be in full swing, which means sweating over a piping-hot bowl of ramen probably sounds less appealing, even to the most fervent Tonkatsu fiends. Japanese chain Menya Hanabi and its famous brothless...