[Translation] non-no 2012.06 - Aiba & Jun
Aiba and Jun go and eat ramen together :Db
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littlewinds
Aiba Masaki X Matsumoto Jun
Vol. 56 - Ramen no Arashi
When dinner time arrived, they found themselves in a Chinese restaurant. A heated discussion of flavours and ingredients is ignited…
Following Sakurai-kun’s orders for “a heated talk about Arashi’s beloved ramen!”, Aiba-kun and Matsumoto-kun go to a homely Chinese restaurant. They immediately order shoyu (soy sauce) ramen and miso ramen before going on to watch TV and read manga ♪ They share their ramen and finish it in no time! After their stomachs have been filled, they get caught up in a discussion of their ramen obsessions.
Aiba: This shop’s food was great ♪
Matsumoto: It really was! I’m so full!
Aiba: I couldn’t decide which ramen is my favourite~. Anything from traditional Chinese soba to dandan noodles [T/N: A kind of spicy Sichuan noodles] - I want to eat all different kinds depending on how I'm feeling at the time.
Matsumoto: (Without hesitation) My favourite is Kitakata ramen! The simple flavour and curly noodles are perfect for my taste. Aiba-chan, what’s your most memorable ramen?
Aiba: Well, that would have to be my first ever ramen, from my family’s Chinese restaurant. Though it’s a simple ramen, the taste is nostalgic for me.
Matsumoto: Ah, that’s nice. For me too, it would be the local ramen place I always used to go to. I still yearn for that place, even now. Shoyu, miso, salted butter, tsukemen - I’d eat anything there.
Aiba: Do you remember about ten years ago when the “ramen craze” hit Arashi? We’d always go to that ramen place near the rehearsal room (laugh).
Matsumoto: Some people kept eating ramen every day, some people made the change to fried rice (laugh). But these days I really look forward to trying the local ramen while we’re on tour!
Aiba: The five of us have gone to eat together so many times that we’ve pretty much gotten to know what each member likes. Nino likes miso, right?
Matsumoto: And Leader and Sho-kun like tonkotsu. Sho-kun usually gets toppings too.
Aiba: His order is always “With extra menma!” (laugh) [T/N: menma is fermented bamboo shoots]. I tend to get vegetables like bean sprouts or cabbage on mine. Matsujun likes it simple, don’t you?
Matsumoto: Yeah. I think it’s the best if I can eat the ramen with just the soup and noodles and find it delicious. Really, I don’t even mind if there’s no barbeque pork or anything.
Aiba: The opinion of an expert! Now how about the sides to order with your ramen…
Together: (At the same time) Gyoza, of course! ♪
Aiba: Then sometimes I like to have rice too. First I like to just taste the ramen on its own, then I scoop out the noodles and dip them in the rice then eat it all together like that. Then at the end I drink the soup while finishing off the rice!
Matsumoto: Eeh, really? I have my own specific way of eating too. When I’m making instant ramen at home, I kind of have my own way of doing it. After the noodles have been boiling for about one and a half minutes I crack in an egg and mix it around. I can’t resist the smooth taste when the egg gets all mixed in with the noodles!
Aiba: Ooh~, there really are a lot of techniques (laugh).
Matsumoto: You know, ramen, it’s a food everyone loves. When I’m overseas and see a ramen place it makes me happy and I definitely have to go in (laugh). I also love the energy those places give off.
Aiba: Talking about this makes me want to eat again. In this coming season it’ll be nice to eat some cold noodles.
Matsumoto: I also make chilled Chinese noodles.
Aiba: Next time, let me eat some too!
Next: Matsumoto Jun X Ninomiya KazunariThe next theme will be decided by Aiba-chan!
“I want you two to talk about interior design! Wouldn't it be fun to go to furniture and accessory stores too!? And my room… I’ll do my best to make it nice (laugh).”
The next theme is…
Interior no Arashi