This title grabbed my attention. I have no particular affinity for Ramen noodles, so this story was a revelation to me that this food could be so important to so many people.

Author Andy Raskin tells his own personal story with humor and eventually insight. It is a quirky tale of his self-discovery of how his sexual infidelity was a window into so many other aspects to his life. ( )

Really enjoyed it, though it was nothing like I thought when I first picked it up. Great writing, and the whole Japanese language/culture angle is pretty fascinating. ( )

Worth the read...goes down quickly...gives much to chew on...

I looooooooved all of Raskin's fabulous food stories, from the first best piece of fatty tuna to the bowl of ramen that cost him his gall bladder. It's so common for western lit to show Japan as creepy, funny, or hyper-exotic, but Raskin does an excellent job of showing what makes Japanese culture so interesting and compelling without ever resorting to caricature or low humor. I got a real sense of his respect for (as opposed to fetishization of) Japanese culture.

I was rather less interested in the author's romantic problems, but it gave some structure to what might otherwise have been a rambly set of anecdotes. ( )

OK, so Andy is a sex addict who used Momofuku Ando (inventor of Ramen Noodles) to get through his addiction issue and writes him letters and explains his life.
Go with it, I know it sounds a bit, um, unconventional, but it actually is a charming and heart warming story.
Now I want to Google Andy and read his short pieces - really nice reading! ( )