{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjapan-eats.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F45aca2ba-45aca2ba","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 73: Pursuing a New Style of Ramen","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ea9428/ea942874-320c-404b-9d75-81023280badc/dcb40639-ef42-4c87-9540-8d238a18b0ac/1487020773artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/dcb40639-ef42-4c87-9540-8d238a18b0ac\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 73: Pursuing a New Style of Ramen\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week on Japan Eats, host Akiko Katayama is joined by San Francisco's Chef Richie Nakano.\r\n\r\nIn 2010, Nakano opened Hapa Ramen as a pop-up food stand at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. A few years later, after launching a successful Kickstarter campaign, he opened his first brick-and-mortar ramen noodle shop and earned a 2013 StarChefs Rising Star Community Chef Award. His involvement with Hapa ended, but Nakano continues to experiment with new recipes and host pop-ups, as well as writing for First We Feast as well as Rising Stars Magazine."}