FOOD & DRINK

One brave cook ascended Mount Ramen to return with possibly the best vegan bowl ever made. Here's how you can, too.

The miso, served with a healthy topping of sizzling garlic pork, was pretty good. It won't be winning any awards, but for random, middle-of-nowhere ramen it hit the spot.

Ramen Adventures has been documenting the best bowls in Japan since October 2008. Here we present the hot ramen blogger’s top five picks for 2015 (so far).

Waffling ramen gives it a crispy texture with extra-browned spots.

Video is the way of the future, and ramen is along for the ride.

This Japanese seaweed is delicious in miso soup or ramen.

Ramen bloggers are connected, especially in Japan, and most of the best ramen blogs know each other and regularly go out to crush ramen bowls together.

Directly translated as 'medicine' (yaku) 'taste' (mi), yakumi originally served as antidotes to a variety of ailments.