On 3/17/2010 10:46 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

We have a version of ramen here called saimin. Unfortunately, ramen,
with it's more varied presentations has mostly taken over as far as hot
noodle soups go. It's tough to get a decent bowl of saimin these days.
Proper preparation requires that it be quickly cooked in a giant pot of
boiling water and then cooled down immediately. This does not lend
itself to the modern fast food kitchen it seems. I can get a pretty good
bowl of ramen but I may never again get a taste of this old Hawaiian
dish.

dsi1 wrote on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:25:06 -1000:

> On 3/17/2010 10:46 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>> Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

> This does not lend itself to the modern fast food kitchen it seems. I
> can get a pretty good bowl of ramen but I may never again get a taste
> of this old Hawaiian dish.

MacDonald's sold saimin last time I was in Hawaii!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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On 3/17/2010 11:35 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> dsi1 wrote on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:25:06 -1000:
>
>> On 3/17/2010 10:46 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>>> Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
>
>> This does not lend itself to the modern fast food kitchen it seems. I
>> can get a pretty good bowl of ramen but I may never again get a taste
>> of this old Hawaiian dish.
>
> MacDonald's sold saimin last time I was in Hawaii!
>

They sure do. Thinking about their waterlogged noodles make me feel
slightly ill. :-)

In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> On 3/17/2010 10:46 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> > Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
>
> We have a version of ramen here called saimin. Unfortunately, ramen,
> with it's more varied presentations has mostly taken over as far as hot
> noodle soups go. It's tough to get a decent bowl of saimin these days.
> Proper preparation requires that it be quickly cooked in a giant pot of
> boiling water and then cooled down immediately. This does not lend
> itself to the modern fast food kitchen it seems. I can get a pretty good
> bowl of ramen but I may never again get a taste of this old Hawaiian
> dish.

I'm sorry to hear that. In the late 50's I was in the Coast Guard and
spent a couple of years stationed in Honolulu Harbor. Saimin was widely
available at drive-ins, burger shacks, and the kind of neighborhood
restaurants that served rice plates. Another good food memory was going
down to the Public Market on Nuuanu Canal. There was a restaurant there
named Tommy Omine's Market Cafe. The had sashimi made from aku as a free
pu-pu on Thursday nights. You can bet I was a regular.

D.M.

On 3/17/2010 3:55 PM, Don Martinich wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2010 10:46 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>>> Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
>>
>> We have a version of ramen here called saimin. Unfortunately, ramen,
>> with it's more varied presentations has mostly taken over as far as hot
>> noodle soups go. It's tough to get a decent bowl of saimin these days.
>> Proper preparation requires that it be quickly cooked in a giant pot of
>> boiling water and then cooled down immediately. This does not lend
>> itself to the modern fast food kitchen it seems. I can get a pretty good
>> bowl of ramen but I may never again get a taste of this old Hawaiian
>> dish.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that. In the late 50's I was in the Coast Guard and
> spent a couple of years stationed in Honolulu Harbor. Saimin was widely
> available at drive-ins, burger shacks, and the kind of neighborhood
> restaurants that served rice plates. Another good food memory was going
> down to the Public Market on Nuuanu Canal. There was a restaurant there
> named Tommy Omine's Market Cafe. The had sashimi made from aku as a free
> pu-pu on Thursday nights. You can bet I was a regular.

I hear you. I'll just jump in my time machine and meet you there! Oh
wait, time machines don't exist... damn! :-)

>
> D.M.