Flowers and the names of the 11 victims of the Jan.

where he opened one of two ramen restaurants in the neighborhood at the time.Ramen brothers give hours and hours of their personal time.

their father suddenly and tragically passed away and the brothers were forced into an impossible situation.his father didn’t think a French restaurant run by a Japanese chef would be able to succeed.Ryusei and Eugene represent a cohort of newer business owners (but long-time community members) in Little Tokyo.

I don’t think I was fully able to grasp what Little Tokyo and the Japanese American community meant to me.And they do this as many long-time neighborhood businesses shutter their doors for the last time or are being displaced out of Little Tokyo.

ready to take on the roles and responsibilities that come with living up to the legacies of the owners that came before them.

Ramen 30th and CRFT by Maki 4th anniversary.Cooks tend to add their own touches.

among them takenoko (edible bamboo shoots) and nishime (simmered vegetables) consisting of lotus root.so she passed it along to the granddaughter.

homemade osechi ryori is becoming a lost art in Japan.the osechi ryori tradition can be traced to the Heian period.