August 25th is Ramen Day and for a whole week Buenos Aires will have its own Japanese yatai touring the streets of the city so you can eat ramen as if you were in Japan. We tell you where to find the Japanese street food cart that will tour Buenos Aires from August 25th to August 25th.
A traditional Japanese cart is touring Buenos Aires for Ramen Day: where to find it and eat the best ramen of your life.
In 1958, Momofuku Ando revolutionized cooking by introducing the first instant ramen, and that was the beginning of it all. Ramen became popular all over the world and since then, Ramen Day is celebrated every year, a dish that went from being street food to being eaten anywhere, anytime.
Did you know that Argentina ranks 53rd in Ramen consumption? And in Buenos Aires there are more and more specialized bars and restaurants to eat it with the same taste and preparation you would find in Japan. As the love for ramen in Buenos Aires grows day by day, even though it is not strictly Ramen Day, during the week of August 25, KOI Dumpligs, one of the restaurants specialized in Japanese cuisine and ramen celebrates the occasion by bringing out the first Japanese yatai in Buenos Aires.
Why a Japanese ramen cart will travel around Buenos Aires for the first time
A Yatai is a small wooden cart that is set up in the street at night, under transparent tarpaulins, where people sit side by side to enjoy a hot dish. In Japan, the yatai is a social ritual where you can share a table with strangers, chat while passing by and live a close experience while eating something delicious.
That is the spirit that Koi Dumplings wants to replicate this week, August 25, and that is why the first Japanese yatai to tour Buenos Aires is taking to the streets. It is an itinerant yatai to celebrate Ramen Day and it will be moving around CABA. To know the location of each day of the Japanese yatai touring the city, you have to follow and be aware of the social networks of @koidumplings.
In addition, the restaurant has a renewed menu with different Asian dishes and a reversioned tonkotsu ramen, designed for those looking for the most classic experience.
In a yatai, people chat, share a table even if they do not know each other, eat under a tarp in the middle of the street and enjoy a different experience. The arrival of the first yatai in Buenos Aires not only pays tribute to the Japanese tradition, but also offers a different experience for you to discover the street spirit of Japanese cuisine as if you were in Japan but in Buenos Aires.