Orkin Raises Funds for Sandy Relief One Cup at a Time

[photo; laura togut] nakamura draining noodlesIvan Orkin was at Smorgasburg over the weekend helping to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief. Together with Shigetoshi Nakamura of Sun Noodles in New Jersey (where Orkin will source the noodles for his ramen restaurant when it opens soon in Manhattan), Orkin sold $10 cups of shoyu ramen on Saturday. All proceeds went to the Brooklyn Recovery Fund, which is a pooled fund that aims to provide support to nonprofits in Brooklyn that are working with Hurricane Sandy victims.

On the menu? A version of Shoyu ramen: shoyu, pork broth, toasted whole wheat noodles, fish powder and grated Parmesan(?!), braised pork, and scallions. Everyone who purchased a cup of ramen got an extra packet of noodles to take home. [Serious Eats, Fork in the Road]

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Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, and Downtown Brooklyn all converge at the newly opened Barclays Center in Brooklyn.  The borough has yet to see the full impact the new stadium will have, but many of the surrounding neighborhoods seem to be diving headfirst into New York’s recent ramen renaissance.  Park Slope got Naruto Ramen earlier this year.  In Prospect Heights, two Morimoto vets serve the dish at Chuko.  Smith Street, just out of the stadium’s reach in Carroll Gardens, recently welcomed Dassara Ramen.  While Boerum Hill and Fort Greene await their respective ramen spots, Downtown Brooklyn gets Japan’s iconic noodle dish at the hands of Harris Salat and Ryuji “Rio” Irie.

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