Ramen Research Log, Stardate 0201.22: Third Culture Kitchen
This evenings unsolicited Ramen Research report is brought to you by the newly found Third Culture Kitchen.
When I saw the IG tagline “We cook what we love from Peru, Okinawa, the American South, & more”, I knew I was going. Like right then I was going, despite telling my girlfriend an hour earlier that we’d go together later in the week. Whoopsie.
(Sorry not sorry, Big Liz. Love you. We’re still going later this week.)
This was a super straight forward ramen, and it was SUPER GOOD!! The broth had top notch flavor and was well balanced. Veggies don’t often stand out to me with ramen, but the yu choy definitely brought this thing together in a very unexpected way. You should try it if you get a chance.
I know I know. “Sam, what the hell dude. All you eat is non traditional meat filled spicy ramen. Get a life, you pajama phone poser.”
You’re not wrong, I have a life, and it mostly consists of whatever the hell I want to eat whilst wearing whatever the hell feels most fuzzy. I’m just a privileged dude walking around the city blurting out my food opinions to anyone willing to flip their scrolling falange in my direction. I don’t expect anyone to take me seriously, because I don’t take me seriously. Why so serious all the time?
FULL DISCLAIMER: I did have a more traditional style ramen a few days ago that I’ll share later. I’m paying attention to the comments, despite my attorney advising me not to, and they are having an impact on my menu decisions. Just not this one.
Anyways, back to the task at hand.
One of the cool things about this ramen experience was that it came from a brand spanking new food cart located at the also brand spanking new Hinterland bar and food cart pod!
Solid beer options (yeah it’s not sober January any more, I’m officially a moderate degenerate again, might blog about it later, might not), dope food cart neighbors like Matt’s BBQ tacos (if you don’t know, gtfo right now) and Burg Stevies (honestly haven’t tried one yet, but it’s on the list), and blasting heaters outside in addition to a handful of indoor seating.
The other cool thing about TCK (besides their badass logo I would seriously consider getting tattooed on a lanky limb)? They sell a NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDO. According to some local chefs who I overheard imbibing and bragging about the quality of said sandos, they are real contenders for the best chickkysandinos in the city. Which, is a hell of a claim, and officially peaked my interest.
As I’ve continued to move through this ramen journey, I’ve often wondered what the next journey may be, and why.
Hot chicken sandos MAY be on the short list of considerations…
So, team. What say you? If I start punishing myself with lbs of cayenne pepper drenched chicken, will we still be friends? Will you still respond to my text messages? Will you laugh when I cry? Will you still send me the important TikTok videos even though I refuse to ever join that garbage party?
Drop a comment and share your truth. FWIW — your truths are not safe with me, because the internet isn’t a safe place. You should know this by now.
Love & Broth,
-SeriouslySamuel
