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The Best Ramen in Tokyo?

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And definitely the best Ramen I’ve ever had If you’re after the best ramen in Tokyo, this place is definitely worth a look. The fact we found it on our first jet-lagged day just makes the story all-the-more amusing. Manchester to Tokyo is a long way to fly and by the time we arrived at our hostel, we were well and truly jet lagged. It was nearing dinner time by the time we were unpacked and settled. So I searched Google maps for something in the Ikebukuro area. This restaurant had a decent rating and was worth a look. We followed the app and found our way to the small ramen restaurant called Mutekiya. To our surprise there was a long queue outside, waiting to go in. We debated trying somewhere else until I pointed out that if there was a queue, that probably meant it was good. Plus, we needed to kill some time anyway to stay awake until a reasonable time. So we queued for about an hour, in our jet-lagged state, barely …

Why I’m Not Going Back to the Tatton Park Foodies Fest

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I’ve already made an Emma Visits video about the Foodies Fest at Tatton Park, which you can watch below. But I wanted to share some other thoughts about the fest. Unfortunately, because of the large music stage, it was very difficult to shoot segments of me just talking to the camera. Because of this, I wasn’t able to share my thoughts on the food and the festival as much as I would have liked. So, that crab tempura. It was a bit disappointing I have to admit. It was essentially a whole soft-shell crab fried in tempura batter. There wasn’t much crab flavour to it and the overall effect was like I was eating the tail end of prawn tempura. And I don’t mean the meaty part, I mean that crunchy tail part at the very end. The Bao bun was great, you can’t really go wrong with pulled pork on a steamed bun. Another food I tried that wasn’t in the video was a boar burger. I’ve had boar sausages before which were amazing. Sadly, …