The Ramen Girl
Her romance is on pins and noodles.
RomanceComedyDramajapancookinglanguage barrierrestaurantrestaurant ownerfamily business interracial romancefish out of watertokyo, japangaijinamerican abroadteacher student relationship
A warm, playful fish-out-of-water comedy-drama about an American woman finding herself through ramen-making and cross-cultural connection in Tokyo.
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
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