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Tupac biopic All Eyez On Me delayed until November over song copyright issue

Posted on September 19, 2016 | Leave a comment

Demetrius Shipp Jr stars as late rapper Tupac Shakur in the upcoming Benny Boom biopic All Eyez On Me.

Tagged 20th Anniversary, 2Pac, Afeni Shakur, All Eyez On Me, Ambitionz Az A Ridah, Benny Boom, Biopic, Daz Dillinger, John Singleton, Marcc Rose, Tupac Shakur

ハーレムの新しいラーメン屋さん R.O.K.C. Ramen

Posted on August 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

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ハーレムにまた新しいラーメン屋さん、「 R.O.K.C. Ramen」が登場！ニューヨークがますます東京化してきました。

場所はハーレムの西、ハミルトン・ハイツと呼ばれるエリアの141丁目とブロードウェイ、ラーメン屋さんらしくないすっきりとしたアーティスティックな店構えが一目を惹きます。暖簾があったり日本的なのにモダンなお店が「ロックス・ラーメン」です。

ラーメン屋さんなのにカクテル・メニューが異常に充実……….、アピタイザーにオイスター…….?!　オーナーがもとイースト・ビレッジの「エンジェルズ・シェア」にいた人だと聞いて納得。枝豆もただの枝豆ではありません。ほんのりゆずの風味をきかせてあります。

ラーメンの種類は東京、京都、札幌など日本の地名が並びます。お魚ダシの「京都」は醤油味なのですが、ダシの味が強く、あまり醤油ラーメンという感じがしません。でも、ちゃんと美味しいのでご安心ください。

R.O.K.S. Ramen
3452 Broadway (at 141^st Street) MAP

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Tagged ウエスト・ハーレム, エンジェルズ・シェア, オイスター, カクテル, ハミルトン・ハイツ, ラーメン, 枝豆, 京都ラーメン

R.O.K.C. Ramen comes to Harlem

Posted on August 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

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An authentic ramen shop featuring oyster bar and very innovative cocktails opened in Hamilton Heights. At the corner of 141^st Street and Broadway, “R.O.K.C. Ramen” has the wood framed windows and traditional printed fabric screens called Noren out front that shows the sign of the real classic Ramen-Ya yet it looks very modern and stylish.

The name R.O.K.S. stands for Ramen + Oyster + Kitchen + Cocktails, the concept of the shop. This is absolutely one of Hamilton Heights (West Harlem) best new hotspots. Oysters, Cocktails & Ramen……..? I thought it was a bit unauthentic but when I learned that the owners had both worked at the renowned East Village speakeasy, “Angel’s Share,” I felt it really made sense.

They serve no plain food. Their Edamame is infused with a touch of Yuzu! The Kyoto ramen is very good with a mix of fish broth and chicken broth. The Tokyo ramen is soy sauce flavored fish based broth topped with pork-belly, garlic oil, bamboo shoot and mizuna.

Not only is the specialty ramen spot the place to go in Hamilton Heights for soup noodles but now crafted cocktails are in the mix.

R.O.K.S. Ramen
3452 Broadway (at 141st Street) MAP

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Posted in Brunch In Harlem, Restaurant, Shop, Uncategorized

Tagged Angel's Share, Cocktails, Hamilton Heights, Kyoto, Oyster Bar, R.O.K.C., Ramen, Sapporo, tokyo, west harlem, Yuzu

June 19 Should Be a National Holiday

Posted on June 19, 2016 | Leave a comment

19 июня должен быть национальный праздник

151 years ago, slavery ended in Texas.

Angie Stone performing at Syracuse Juneteenth 2016

日本語

Juneteenth is a nationwide celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Texas and announced all slaves were free.

Juneteenth originated as a celebration of the ending of slavery in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and 1,800 troops of the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War had ended and all slaves were free. Even though President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1, 1863, freeing all slaves in those states in rebellion against the United States, for various reasons the decree had not yet taken effect in Texas.

Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery had finally come to an end in Texas. That day — June 19, 1865 — would come to be celebrated by black Americans all over the country, who remember Juneteenth as the anniversary of their historic triumph over the planter class.

It should be a national holiday.