The best bowl of ramen I had in Russia was a simple bowl of shio ramen from Aziatish, an Asian concept restaurant on the ground floor of a Soviet-era hotel in Novosibirsk, Siberia. Why so good? The night before we had downed a few bottles of wine and chased it with vodka. The Last Day of Pompeii by Bryullov shown was about the level of brain pain. That... More