{"id":54115,"date":"2015-03-23T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=54115"},"modified":"2015-03-23T05:02:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T20:02:19","slug":"new-yorks-best-hamburger-and-ramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=54115","title":{"rendered":"New York&#039;s Best Hamburger and Ramen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4862.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4862-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4862\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54116\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nok, i spent less than 24 hours in new york.  i just came from eating super healthy food in el salvador.  so for lunch, i asked a local guy to tell me where the best hamburger restaurant was.  he said &#8220;five guys.&#8221;  so i get there and order the most popular hamburger set on the menu.  half way through the hamburger, i started feeling sick.  my stomach felt like i drank a cup of grease.  i ended up throwing the rest of my lunch away. it was pretty bad.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4883.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4883-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4883\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54117\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nnight comes as i get out and take a 30min walk.  i heard that this place is the best ramen in new york.  wanted something really light for my body so i was thinking &#8220;shoyu or shio base ramen.&#8221;  so i get there, lots of people!  lots of people mean good restaurant.  l long line and i wait patiently for 1 hour.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4884.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4884-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4884\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54118\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni get in and look at the menu.  OMG, $15.50 for ramen????  since i was there all the way in new york, i decided to order the most popular item on the menu, the &#8220;mega ramen.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4885.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4885-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4885\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54119\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was getting hungry again.  waiting for my ramen watching everybody enjoy theirs.  i use to do this all the time in japan so it reminded me of the long drives and long waits just for a bowl of ramen.  usually it was worth the time.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4886.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4886-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4886\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni finally get called.  i take my seat, i order my ramen, then here it comes!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4887.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4887-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4887\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54121\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni take my first taste of the soup and OMG, it was so oily!!!  thick oily base with too much garlic and cold hard char siu.  i ate it anyway because i was hungry.  i paid my $20 for the most expensive bowl of noodles i ever ate.<br \/>\ni&#8217;m a full ramen freak so i&#8217;ll give you my comment.  first, i won&#8217;t say the name of this restaurant because i don&#8217;t like talking bad about establishments that are doing their best.  too much thick oil, cold char siu, and way too much garlic.  i was really disappointed when i left there.  i went back to my room, curled up like a ball, and that&#8217;s when i started my food poisoning outbreak.  went to the bathroom 5 times in the night, almost threw up, and i lost 10lbs in new york.  a very bad day of bad food into my healthy body.  but hey, i always look at the good.  all the toxins and poisons came out of my body.  a few days after that, i started my very healthy lifestyle again and now i feel great.  would i ever go back to new york?  my answer is &#8220;no.&#8221;  instead of taking a 12 hour flight there, i&#8217;d rather take the 8 hour flight to japan.  much better food!  and yes, that was my last ramen i will ever eat outside of japan.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, i spent less than 24 hours in new york. i just came from eating super healthy food in el salvador. so for lunch, i asked a local guy to tell me where the best hamburger restaurant was. he said &#8220;five guys.&#8221; so i get there and order the most popular hamburger set on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}