Alvin Cailan's Ramen Champ, Which Soft-Opens Friday, Is Ready to Knock You Out
Chef Alvin Cailan, who rose to fame at Grand Central Market’s Eggslut and is soft-opening Chinatown’s Ramen Champ on Friday, has a colorful take on making ramen.
“Ramen to me is what barbecue is to white people,” says Cailan, who’s partnered with former Men Oh Tokushima chef Nathan Asamoto, as well as chef Johnny Lee (also from Eggslut), on Ramen Champ. “It’s a waiting game. It’s a roasting pig cooked down to a bowl of ramen. How Adam Perry Lang feels about barbecue is how I feel about ramen.”...
Source: LA Magazine