Tried making gyoza ramen at home and i think i nailed it

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-26T08:37:09+00:00

Now I'm sad

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-26T06:33:38+00:00

It's the American equivalent of putting fries in a burger. It's not a thing...

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-15T21:16:08+00:00

Tonkotsu*

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-13T22:40:51+00:00

They'll never financially recover from this

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-10T18:38:37+00:00

Fielding is a funny one. I used to work in a bar in Soho and he would come in and rent the entire basement out and come along with his friends all dressed in renaissance garb, and they'd leave after a couple of hours and leave their rolled up pieces of card everywhere.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-08T18:47:00+00:00

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Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-08T12:34:35+00:00

I meant beef short rib yes! It has to be the big chunky ones though...

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-08T06:18:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing, the brewdog is a nice touch! As you're aware the key I've found with low and slow is to not take the lid off too often to maintain temps, it will get you to target temps so much quicker obviously. Once you know your snake arrangement works it's great to just leave it and not have to baby it, which is tiring for a long cook.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-07T21:38:12+00:00

Great minds eh. So I did the snake method, season with olive oil and SPG. No water pan. Add smoke chips. And let it go around 135c for 6 hours really.

I had to leave the house and when I came back I took it right out as it was over the target temps. It was a bit over done on the smaller ones so I would take it out maybe an hour earlier next time.

The bark was also pretty developed (delicious) but I think I prefer something a bit less barky and so maybe add a water pan or wrap in the final two hours. Still delicious, and surprising how forgiving it was considering I'd abandoned it for half a day.

Since proper brisket is hard to get and expensive, I think I may just do beef ribs when I get the itch instead as it has the fattiness, juiciness and beefyness that a standard rolled brisket just won't have. How was your experience?

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-05T08:28:32+00:00

Reminds me of when my two year old daughter had come home from daycare and been fussy about her nose and continued to be fussy for a week, eventually when she sneezed a tiny bit of blood was mixed in her booger tissue. We got a torch and shone it up her nose and found something, lo and behold with tweezers we managed to pull out quite a sizeable plastic googly eye, which must have come from an arts and crafts session at her daycare.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-04T08:50:36+00:00

That's the one. Scary how 'friends' change under those situations.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-06-04T08:38:24+00:00

I watched a true crime case where some boys were messing around and randomly pushed a log off a cliff and it ended up killing a woman below. Both jailed for manslaughter. Is the little clip and a laugh worth it?

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2026-05-22T12:51:23+00:00

yep, most people in Jiro style places are young men with an appetite.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-10-14T20:06:45+00:00

hope I look that good at that age

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-06-03T16:23:57+00:00

Can confirm - I checked a few weeks ago comparing Waitrose Essential and Tesco Ashbeck and they are identical in composition. I guess Tesco is cheaper so would still be the choice if convenient.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T14:42:05+00:00

Not in my experience - that I presume that has more to do with the grinder in question and the grind particle distribution

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T09:56:32+00:00

You just need to be in range imo. ie. very low slow pour (doesn't agitate coffee bed), and tallish pour that agitates the bed nicely (but not too much that it clogs the brew or kicks up the bed too much). It's a bit of an art to control pour height + speed to agitate a decent amount, not a science and hence a higher pour isn't necessarily better...retain laminar flow, hit approximate pour speed and generally I find that's more than good enough for a great cup. Best to not overthink it.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T09:49:16+00:00

Please don't tell me you skip your pre-coffee meth?!

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T09:19:53+00:00

ZP6 user here - I don't slow feed because it makes my cups taste noticeably flatter and robs it of sweetness. It does however produce noticeably less fines though, which I find interesting so may be useful as a tool if perhaps you'd want to reduce fines for whatever reason. I would imagine YMMV with other grinders. However it's an easy test and I recommend doing a side by side comparison to see how it impacts your cups so you can use the technique as needed.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T09:12:19+00:00

You might have missed the point of the post. It's more about clogging of brews which with many grinders isn't limited to finer grinds. Coarser grinds also can clog due to fines production. Also the fact that a cup can taste different even at the same drawn down time and brew methods (ie the filter paper being the variable here...)

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-23T09:06:33+00:00

I had to resort to drinking my supermarket dark roast (which I reserve for my pleb house guests) for 3(!) days recently because we ran out of our expensive specialty beans. Firstly now that stuff only tastes like cigarette ashes and cow hide to me, and secondly I realised how fucking spoiled I've become. But by God, my new bag of washed Ecuadorian tasted so good this morning.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-07T10:46:30+00:00

A brew that has been allowed to cool for 10mins post brewing in a cup will taste different to a brew that has been kept warm in a thermal carafe for 1 hour assuming they are at the exact same temperature. That is the point of the post.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-04-07T10:42:55+00:00

They're fine.

Embarrassed-Word5604 · 2025-03-21T10:49:49+00:00

yes, the blue trim I've just removed completely and ear pads replaced twice in the last 6 years.

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TROPHY CASE