He poured another lukewarm broth into a cup for the road.
Juniper Ren Noodle is not on any menu. To find it, you must find the person who remembers how to be bitter.
Last year, a multinational instant noodle corporation released “Juniper Cup” — a Styrofoam cup containing a desiccated powder that tastes like Pine-Sol and salt. Ren sued them. She lost. The patent for “aromatizing noodles with conifer extracts” was already owned by a Swiss food chemistry firm.
By Anya Sharma
Here is the real heresy. No chashu. No egg. Instead: a single, slow-roasted crosne (a knobby, white tuber that looks like a silkworm), a flurry of dehydrated nori powder, and three pickled juniper berries floating like tiny, purple moons.
