“‘Tampopo made me do it’ was easier to say than ... Between his first bowl of ramen and the opening of the first Ivan Ramen in Tokyo in 2007, Orkin had moved back to the United States ...

As one of the first, if not the first ... Rather, he set out to create accessible food, made how he liked it: ramen layered with chicken fat and garlic; noodles with a bite; small, reimaged ...