What's with the drought?

[Rane]

Is Yoshi-P a Ramen guy? something has to go along his endless cups of coffee

That looks like shouyu ramen, which would still be great, except for that menma piled in the center...

Menma, nefarious menma, ever lurking in otherwise delicious bowls of ramen, lying in wait. For some it's a welcome sight, a happy surprise. But not for me.

Am I that western? i thought Ramen was limited to Top, and Nissin.

No, you're totally normal. I used to live in Japan, and while I was there I got hooked on ramen.

Tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen is actually a type of ramen rather than a brand. Shouyu (soy), miso, and shio (salt) are some other popular varieties. Hakata, a section of the modern-day city of Fukuoka, is famous for its specific style of tonkotsu ramen.

Sorry, I just... really like ramen.

[KittenStomper]

Am I that western? i thought Ramen was limited to Top, and Nissin.

Take yourself to Irvine CA... you will find ramen like the on in the picture above.

[Rustyhagun]

Take yourself to Irvine CA... you will find ramen like the on in the picture above.

Any city, in North America, that has a china town or an Oriental type district, can find that kind of cuisine at their restaurants or supermarkets. I live in Montreal and I can get that anytime.

[SidRheingold]

+1 for a Noodle Thread !!!

[Reinheart]

What is this... since we got no new info we're talking about ramen now!?

Talking about ramen... did you know Gackt eats Ramen only once a year? For his birthday lol He goes to a specific store in Kyoto I think and store opens just for him lol.

I love ramen since I was a kid, used to go fishing and get 50 yen (around 50 cents) ramen in Japan. Only soup & noodles, sometimes if he's nice he gives you egg or charshu pork lol. The store is gone now I think.

If you live in Hawaii, Oahu then I recommend Gomaichi Ramen



If you're in Japan there are tons of good ones out there... Pretty sure the ones I used to check out are gone or changed, been 10+ years LOL. Lots of good one near Tokyo area, there was one I waited maybe 20-30min in line I think was at Shibuya or Akehabara. They have service station in Atami (Izu prefecture side) that had this ramen called Jigoku Ramen (Hell Ramen) the noodles, soup was all red... then they had Stamina Ramen, where the noodles were green made of spinach... weird but was unique lol. Another weird one I was into for a while was by Fujisawa station (Shounan area... Slum Dunk...lol) was Gyunyu Ramen (Milk Ramen) it was salt based ramen with added Japanese rich milk.

If you're in south cali like me right now... not much ramen stores I give 100% ratings... but if I have to choose would be:

Orochon Ramen - Downtown LA



Hakata Shinsengumi Ramen - Torrance CA



Santoka Ramen (Hakata style) - Torrance CA
This one is always crowded during lunch hours, they are good but the portion is super small. Ramen & Ingredients comes on side.




People say Ramen Yamada tonkotsu is good too... but I think it's too rich for me... it's the first ramen I couldn't finish drinking the soup cuz it was too oily from the pork fat... But I have to say their Charshu is dang good for sure.

[Rex]

Reinheart You just made me so hungry...and I just got to class. ): ja;lkgha

[DarkkenMoneybags]

This thread made me hungry for ramen.

[Kirito]

Honestly, whenever I read the Japanese dev posts I feel like I get spoiled for the english dev posts...

[Rukkirii]

Greetings everyone!

Please take a moment and read the below comment from Yoshi-P.

Hello everyone. This is producer and director Yoshida.

There hasn’t been much information to disclose and I'm very sorry for making everyone wait. At this point the development team is working on the final stages of beta test phase 1 (myself included) and each day is passing by insanely fast. With each thing there are so many things to do -- The blog! The letter! -- and I'm sorry I haven’t been able to get everything up and going like I planned.

For the Final Fantasy series, I'm extremely concerned about the quality of information as well as screenshots and artwork that are to be released. You wouldn't believe what we have to go through even when we want to release something to our fans! (lol) With that said, before something is released I need to check it, so the promotional team cannot take it upon themselves to release assets.

While there was already a reply from a Rep about this, we are currently working on the official site to make adjustments to the readability and add information to coincide with the start of the Beta Test, and there are tons of tasks alongside this for development, promotion, and the new Lodestone. With that said, we appreciate your patience.

Once I send the next letter the day after tomorrow, I will be focusing on the current blog and will post some new Beta-related material.

P.S.
Within the next couple of days I will be performing the final checks for the first benchmark "World volume”, and then it will undergo the final QA check. We would like to distribute this right before phase 1 of the Beta Test begins, but I think it's looking pretty good, so please look forward to it!

[Ricky]

Thanks for the info