Agara Ramen is a wordplay from the Ilocano word “agraraman” which translates to a descriptive overtone, aimed at someone who is all-consuming… “Feeling” in all its colloquial innuendos…
For Agara Ramen though, a quaint ramen bar, it cleverly addressed their local presence with a positive “feeling” of comfort specially in this “mostly-damp weather” yet cozy place for a mountain resort. Where comfort food lives up to its nourishing contentment, Agara Ramen allows one to experience that “agraraman” vibe, infusing that “feeling” of authenticity much like one is within an extension of a Japan prefecture…
It’s what humbly makes Agara Ramen not quite the “agraraman” they “wheat-ily” imply their designation to be. They’re simply sharing a concept “whipped up” with local ingenuity as the closest-to-it for others to eats-perience… An outward admittance of such limitation yet compensating on its artisanal approach to a gastronomic “ramen-fixation” er ramification – delectably justifying the comfort in comfort food.
And “ramen fixated”, there we were, “agraraman” – however that kind of “feeling” that had us drooling… Agara Ramen stimulated our cravings!
It’s raining and I’m salivating…
Now, I’m hungry…
Oh and Agara Ramen ‘s Gyoza with that flavorsome sauce. If this is an appetizer, then it’s working as I’m typing…
In between the varying flavors, it’s recommended (to add up to that “authentic feels”) that you sip Agara Ramen ‘s Mugicha (cold Japanese barley tea).
And of course (certainly not off-course) to spice it up a bit… For a “6-course ramen”, it’s only but “consume-ate” to level up on “pun-gency” (pun intended of course)… just channeling my Agara Ramen ‘s “agraraman” feeling of satisfaction.
“Ma-RAMENan kon dagitoy…”
You can taste the particularity to details put forth in it as Ray Costa (the ramen artisan), shows the proper preparation… Thus, it’s likewise appealing that Agara Ramen imbibes that kind of Japanese ramen place authenticity.
We were made hungry in a “tastefully resonating” manner…
And on the spot, we were challenged to consume our ramen in the fastest time we can… As good as their ramens were, we were like “Bring it on!” The record time to beat was 2 minutes and 57 seconds held by (as an added challenge) a “chopsticks-wielding-noodle-eating-like-it’s-their-staple-food” kind of a Chinese guy named Chino Chow – that alone, you’d be like “Damn! I’m “agraraman” to even take on that noodle eating machine…” – Nevertheless (indeed, as I had 29 seconds more…), I did it in 3 minutes and 26 seconds! Not bad for an old man considering the steaming hot ramen… Oh well, we’re “agraRamen!” (I’ll post the video some other time perhaps or for another post…)
For all it’s worth, no reason to sour-grape; none at all! The Agara Ramen treats are surely far from that as their ramens are worth coming back for. I’ll definitely not beat the record time, as I’d enjoy the time savoring one of the most cravings-rousing ramen I’ve had so far… We’re “agraraman” like that… Agara Ramen Heads!
SLUUUUUURRRRRRP!! BURP!
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