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The Perfect Bowl

Tampopo • 22m

This program on TAMPOPO’s influence on food culture in Japan and abroad features interviews with ramen expert Hiroshi Oosaki and ramen chefs Ivan Orkin, Jerry Jaksich, Sam White, and Rayneil De Guzman. It was produced in 2016.

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