Low Carb Ramen in Seattle!

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#1

Samurai Noodle in Seattle has a konnyaku yam noodle option! It’s really cool going out with my honey to one of his fav cuisines and being able to eat something!

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(Jan) #2

I think this may be worth the drive from Portland! I don’t miss much eating Keto, but good ramen is definitely on the short list. Thanks!

#3

@Jan Well, the noodles are a little rubbery like miracle noodles. Still good! I really like their broth.

(Jan) #4

Yeah, it’s mostly the broth I crave. I don’t mind the Asian shirataki noodles in Japanese food, but somehow the “miracle noodles” kind I’m not in love with. Ahhh… good ramen! My husband grew up near Osaka, so 35+ years of eating good Japanese food. Ramen is very close to the top of my list.

(Cheryl Meyers) #5

Oishi-so! Wish I could get some low carb ramen here in Tokyo. Will have to make my own!

(Jan) #6

Is there any low-carb awareness in Japan? My husband’s family all love to cook, so they will take care of me, but many friends always want to go out to eat. I don’t want to insult anyone or any chef. But I’m not gonna eat carbs. Toes are better than gohan, ne?

#7

We visited Tokyo and Sapporo, Hokkaido last year. It would be tough to be low carb there! The ramen was totally awesome. A lot of it is the fatty, rich flavor of the broth though, so you can at least enjoy that with the konjac or konnyaku noodles.

I heard they’ve started offering some low carb items at Lawson’s so more people must be getting into it there.

(Cheryl Meyers) #8

I think if you go to izakaya, and order fish and yakitori, you can do ok. I tend to avoid okonomiyaki ( sob! Loved it before keto) and noodle shops. Drink Shochu sours with lemon. Or red wine. It’s always a challenge. I usually end up fasting a bit the next day to burn away the carbs.

Among Japanese, there’s a lot of CICO dieting, “hara 8-bu”, eat till 80% full mindset. I’m not sure how so many stay so thin with the conbini sweets and burgers around. Perhaps they do IF naturally? As a response to the “eyes of others” pressure maybe.

(Cheryl Meyers) #9

Yes, that’s true. I love the grilled chicken at Lawson!

#10

The whole eating culture was well described in the book “untangling my chopsticks”. The eat until 80% full was described in the book but I never understood it. Still don’t understand it now.

(Cheryl Meyers) #11

Also, I saw a Japanese Lang book on the ketogenic diet on Amazon.jp recently so it is getting out there. And I bought a translation copy of Wheat Belly for my DH last year :). He still loves his instant ramen though.

(Cheryl Meyers) #12

I think it was the trendy jpnz version of that book Why French Women Don’t Get Fat! Or maybe vice versa. Other cultures always have the secret to better life, right?

#13

The book was a description of an American woman’s journey into Japanese culture. She was admitted into a school where she learned to serve ceremonial teas, learn some Classical Japanese cookery, and so on. First American ever to do that. It was more like “eat pray love” but not so cheesy…more realist and quite fascinating.

#14

I think a big part of how they stay thin there is they don’t eat as much sugar. My understanding is that folks in Asian countries can tolerate the carbs in noodles or rice, but when the sugar goes up in the diet, that’s when the metabolic syndrome kicks in. The desserts in Japan, at least baked goods, are not as sweet as in the US. Even the vending machines seemed to be stocked with mostly unsweetened teas. Also, I heard there is huge social pressure. Like if someone gains some weight, their employer can intervene with a weight loss program and start weighing them regularly. That would not fly in the US!

#15

Here’s an excerpt description of untangling my chopsticks

“At the age of twenty-five, fresh out of college and with a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Victoria Riccardi left a boyfriend and a promising career in advertising to pursue her dream - to study kaiseki, the exquisitely refined form of cooking that accompanies the formal Japanese tea ceremony.”

I found it a fascinating book. Good read.

(Jan) #16

I’ll look for that book - sounds interesting. Thanks, @Fiorella & @camtosh! Always interested in learning more.

(Jan) #17

@Theresa, that’s the truth! Nobody eats dessert after meals. You go out to a cake shop as a special occasion. And to my American sugar-adapted tongue, they weren’t sweet at all. There is great social stigma to standing out, especially in a socially unacceptable way, like being fat. Interestingly, others can be fat and it’s ok, because it’s a foreign thing. I love Japan, love my family there, but not sure I will ever completely understand the culture.

(Jan) #18

@camtosh So shochu sours are ok? Last time I visited, many years ago, I drank Chu-hi. Tasted like soda. Knocked me on my oshiri, bad. And my tiny sister in law was just downing them, 2 or 3 to each of mine. Not having any trouble walking home either ( or was I just too loaded myself to notice?)

#19

I drank a lot of haiboru (highball) when I visited, so whiskey and soda. I think those are pretty low carb!

(Jan) #20

@Theresa: Haiboru! I’ll have to remember that. About 30 yrs ago I took several Japanese women to Chippendales in LA (their choice!) The waiter tried to get us cocktails, but all they knew how to order were ‘kokuteiru’. Apparently not much choice in their hometown at that time! You gets what they serves.