Sam Dean Can’t Resist the Carnitas Stand “When they give me half a pound of meat on top of the tortilla, I do not object.” ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Despite the fact that word was not out yet, and the other establishments ...

Ivan Ramen is one of those restaurants that foodies are absolutely obsessed with. New York-born chef Ivan Orkin lived in Japan in the 1980s while teaching English, came back to the states and went to ...

Ivan Ramen’s menu will have five kinds of ramen, including versions made with whole wheat and rye noodles. Flo Fab notes that one of the dishes on the menu will be a four cheese mazeman “that could be ...

When Chef Ivan Orkin opened the original Ivan Ramen in Tokyo in 2006, he made a name for himself by serving up celebrated bowls of the city's most beloved comfort food. Eleven years later, he and his ...

A must read from ramen chef Ivan Orkin. When I first started reading Ivan Orkin’s memoir-cookbook Ivan Ramen I was immediately engaged with his story. He shares the arc of his life thus far, how Japan ...

First, Ivan Orkin won over Tokyo with his ramen — no small feat for a gaijin. Then, in 2012, he returned home to New York, where his Ivan Ramen and Slurp Shop restaurants have won the hearts of ...