Ramen! Aishteru!

Are there any foods that embody comfort to you? As strange as it may sound, ramen is one of those foods for me. This may seem odd considering I'm a white girl from Vegas; however, it's true; I love ramen. I have no epic tales of my parents cooking it for me from scratch, no grand exposure in a ramen-ya or izakaya, simply; childhood.

a bowl of tan tan men from a random shop in Urayasu-shi, Chiba-ken, near Urayasu station