#noodlemadness

When I was in Journalism school, one of my professors always told me to lead my stories with the best thing I have. Here it is! The ramen I made from scratch on my birthday. Isn’t it beautiful?

 I got myself a very wonderful birthday present this year, a ramen class at Boston Center for Adult Education. To be honest, I was quite doubtful when I first registered for the class because it was only for three hours. My cousin took a similar ramen class in New York and it was a whole day class. But after I took the class, I was very impressed and was really glad I had a chance to take it.

Our teacher, Chef Mark O’Leary, from Boston’s popular midnight ramen pop-up and O-Ya, started the class with how to make the soup. We learned how to make Tori Miso Broth.

 Then we learned how to make ramen noodles. Mark already put all the noodle ingredients together for us in a little plastic container, which were just all-purpose flour, water, Kansui and a little bit of salt.

 We all dove in and got our hands dirty. Here’s my finished product after kneading for a while. After that, it was rested in this little plastic container for half an hour.

  While we were waiting for the dough to be ready, Mark taught us about Tare seasoning. The pot, with Sake and Mirin, caught on fire a little bit. Mark said it’s OK. I just hoped it wouldn’t happen at my apartment when I make it myself.

While we were waiting for the dough to be ready, Mark taught us about Tare seasoning. The pot, with Sake and Mirin, caught on fire a little bit. Mark said it’s OK. I just hoped it wouldn’t happen at my apartment when I make it myself.

Then we returned to the dough. We learned how to roll the dough out then use a pasta machine to make it thinner and cut it.

We had so much of these beautiful noodles and I felt like one of a proud (noodle) moms.

After we were done cutting the noodles, we cooked it them for a few minutes. Then we assembled our hard work in a bowl. Well, it’s more like Mark’s hard work. As you can see here, he also talked us through how to cook pork and seasoned boiled egg.

And then it’s time to eat! It was so delicious. I thought it was more delicious to me because I helped make it. There were plenty of food left from class. Everyone got to bring home some freshly made noodles and broth. I continued to eat this ramen for the next three days! It was wonderful 

I really recommend this class. I had a great time learning how to make my own ramen. I believe BCAE offers it every month. For more information, please contact BCAE

Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE)

Website : http://www.bcae.org

Address : 122 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116

Tel : 617-267-4430