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Ivan Orkin, a New Yorker and graduate of CIA, once worked at the legendary Quilted Giraffe and other popular New York restaurants such as Mesa Grill.  But he was never happy in those positions.  Shortly after his college graduation he went to Japan and fell in love with Japanese ramen and later a Japanese woman, Mariko, now his wife., and he did something no foreigner has ever done.

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Over our ramen dinner I am planning that we will watch clips from the famous movie, Tampopo, released in Japan in 1985.  The entire plot is based on the ramen culture of Japan.  It is the story of a widow struggling    (more…)