episode of "Ra-men shop" (when I was office worker in Tokyo) I worked as IT engineer in Tokyo. I worked late everyday. so I was tired. at day, the way of home, when I went to station, I found good

episode of "Ra-men shop" (when I was an office worker in Tokyo)

I worked as an IT engineer in Tokyo.

I worked late everyday, so I was tired.

On my way home when I went to station,

I smelled something good.

I searched for its smell.

The smell came from a dirty small house. ('shop' would be a better word instead of 'house')

"RA-MEN YA" was written on the shop.

I stopped by it slowly.

"Hello...?" I said.

"Can I enter ('come in' is usually used instead of 'enter' in this context) and eat anything now?"

"Sure" said the older looking owner.

I sat at the counter table and I looked at "the popular menu RA-MEN of salt" from menu list on the wall.

I ordered it. "Excuse me, RA-MEN of salt please. size is medium"

"Sure" he said

I seldom stop by ramen shops,

and if the shop is dirty, I may not enter as well. (This sentence could be written as 'I seldom stop by ramen shops, especially if they are dirty.' and it would make more sense)

However, on that day I stopped by the ramen shop because I was tired and my brain didn't work well. (instead of 'my brain didn't work well', saying 'I wasn't thinking straight' is a more natural english idiom).

When I was waiting for the ramen I ordered, some other customers entered.

The small shop was full of seats. (Note that this sentence is ambiguous. When I hear this, I think that you are trying to say that the small shop had many (probably empty) seats, but I think you are trying to say that 'The small shop's seats were all full')

I thought this shop may be famous among workers.

The ramen I ordered was brought to my seat.

It looked normal. Normal ramen of salt. (Instead of repeating yourself here, I would simply say 'It looked like a normal shio ramen')

I drank a spoon of soup. (Instead of 'soup', I would say 'broth'. Soup is usually considered the whole dish in the bowl (including the noodles and toppings). Broth is specifically the liquid part of the soup.

I surprised at the deep taste of the soup! ('deep' is not usually an adjective for flavor. I think 'rich' or 'flavorful' would be a better choice)

The taste was thin but deep. ('thin' is also usually not used to describe a flavor, however, 'thin' can be used to describe a texture of food. Because of this, I might re-write this sentence as 'The broth was thin, but it had a very rich taste')

What? (Saying 'I was shocked!' would sound more natural here)

I drank it again and again and again...

I had never had anything like this before.

I learned that

"taste is unknown. Even if the shop looks dirty, you cannot understand until you stop by the shop and eat" (This whole sentence is a little awkward. I would probably write it something like this: "Even if a shop looks dirty, you cannot know its taste or quality until you try it.")

(Fun note: There is an English idiom for this sentiment. We say 'don't judge a book by its cover' to express this feeling)

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Some notes: In English, we don't have a direct translation for 'ramen', so we still use the japanese word written as 'ramen' (without the dash '-'). Because english doesn't translate 'ramen', it usually does not translate ramen flavors either. 'Salt ramen' can be confusing in english because salt is usually in all ramen, and in English, 'salt' is usually not a flavor on its own. Because of this, we usually still say 'shio/shoyu/miso ramen', and do not translate those words literally.

Ramen is one of my favorite Japanese foods! We have some ramen shops in America, but they are not as good as the shops in Japan, and it is much more expensive in America :(

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