Noodle Bar (1960); Nabe & Shabu-Shabu (1963); Sam Sloan's epitaphs

Tue Mar 23 07:11:50 UTC 2004

   It was very cold today in New York City, and the sign in ONY Noodle Bar's window (6th Avenue, near the NYU subway; www.ony-usa.com) offering a hot "Ishikari nabe" (189 Google hits; not in OED) was very inviting.
   If you sit at the bar, don't let the "EMPLOYEE MUST WASH HAND" sign turn you off...The soup was great.  I was served by a Japanese woman.  When I left the place, she was standing outside, smoking.  "Thank you, sir!" she said.  I was a bit flustered, but glad that she didn't add "Come again soon!"

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NOODLE BAR

NOODLE BAR--15,300 Google hits, 859 Google Groups hits
NOODLE SHOP--22,900 Google hits, 1,540 Google Groups hits

   OED revised the "noodle" entry for December 2003 and...there is no "noodle bar."   There's not even one entry for "noodle shop," either.
   Obviously, no OED editor saw the movie TAMPOPO.  Or has been to Japan.  Or has eaten Japanese food anywhere around the world?!

(GOOGLE GROUPS)
Re: Blade Runner question
In the scene at the noodle bar Gaff addresses Deckard in a strange sounding
language. What language is this? Why doesn't he use English? ...
alt.cult-movies - May 11, 1993 by Jason T Amdor - View Thread (40 articles)

Re: Good Japanese Noodle Place?
... thanks, =mike Actually, I haven't run across anything quite like Goemon in Cambridge,
MA, but Ikenohana in Cupertino (close to Apple) has a noodle bar for lunch ...
ba.food - Mar 3, 1993 by J.T. Teh - View Thread (5 articles)

Re: Japanese noodle house?
Seto Sushi on El Camino between Lawrence and Wolfe has a large selection
of noodle dishes altho they do not have a noodle bar per se.... ...
ba.food - Jan 19, 1993 by John Reece - View Thread (15 articles)

(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
Student Shows Elder the korean Path; The overthrow of Syngman Rhee and present efforts to remake South Korea represent an illuminating case of the young teaching the old. Student Shows Elder the Path
BY ROBERT TRUMBULL. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 19, 1960. p. SM8 (4 pages)
(Last page)  One thing of which Lee is sure is that the students, who have developed a loosely functioning liaison organization that meets informally in tea rooms and noodle bars, will take to the streets again if they feel that their elders are too slow in effecting reforms.

(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)("noodle shop")
Fire Loss 1 -- No Title
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Aug 21, 1901. p. 3 (1 page) :
   Five stores, a lodging-house and a noodle shop were burned.

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NABE & SHABU-SHABU

NABE + JAPANESE--11,900 Google hits, 578 Google Groups hits

   OED revised "nabe" (just the entry meaning "neighborhood") for June 2003.  The Japanese "nabe" is not in the revised OED.
   THIS IS NOT GOOD!  I'M NOT EVEN TRYING HERE!  A lot of Japanese try to learn English, and they buy English dictionaries, and they look for a word like this...
   Miserable on food!

(GOOGLE GROUPS)
Re: Sushi from the Fugu Fish (puffer fish)
... Fugu is usually served as a sashimi or as a nabe. ... You're safer eating fugu in a Japanese
restaurant than you are eating wild mushrooms at an American restaurant ...
alt.drugs - Jun 29, 1989 by Mark Crispin - View Thread (12 articles)

(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
   JAPAN'S SUKIYAKI CIRCUIT; Tasty Tips for Tourists On the Gourmet Trail In Tokyo Area Tempura Transformed Deep-Fried Dishes Bones and All Tokyo Bouillabaisse
By PETER ROBINSON. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 7, 1963. p. XXX38 (1 page):
   Somewhat more formal than the counter-places, but less so than the banquet-style restaurant, is the restaurant which served nabe-ryori ("pot-cooking" foods).  Sukiyaki belongs in this category, but is just one among many Japanese dishes which are cooked right on the table in front of the guest.
(...)  Similar to mizutaki in some respects is shaab-shaab, a dish which actually originated in Manchuria.  The main ingredient here is beef or mutton which has been sliced very thin.
(...)  Chanko-nabe is a rich stew based on fish, chicken or meat (it is up to the customer to choose which) with plentiful helpings of vegetables.

Menu's Imaginative, Cooking's Inspired
By CRAIG CLAIBORNE. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 29, 1969. p. 16 (1 page):
   ...shabu-shabu, in which beef and vegetables are cooked in broth; nabe, another boiled dish with sea food and chicken; ozen, which is a complete Japanese dinner, and steak served on a hot platter.  The shabu-shabu is particularly tasty with two sauces, one of sesame and bean paste, another of soy and lemon.

East Meets West; Entertaining Japanese Guest Nabe To Serve Cooking Liquid
The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973). Washington, D.C.: Jul 30, 1970. p. E1 (2 pages):
   Nabe (pronounced nah-beh) is the Japanese counterpart to the American homemaker's cook-at-the-table party dish.  A fondue-type dish composed of bite-size, crisp vegetables and meat or poultry or fish (_See EAST, E3, Col. 1_) cooked in a cook-pot or broth, this dish is very popular.

(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
Times Recorder - 2/2/1964
...called haiku. For instance, there's chanko NABE, a soupstew containing meat, fish and.....noon or dinner meal or snack between meals. JAPANESE Restaurant In Tokyo Features.....Press International NEW YORK (UPI) A new .JAPANESE restaurant here made a federal case.....and unfamiliar to most Westerners as is JAPANESE poetry..
Zanesville, Ohio   Sunday, February 02, 1964  674 k

Coshocton Tribune - 1/23/1964
...called haiku. For instance there's ohanko NABE, a soupstew containing meat, fish and.....and unfamiliar to most West eraers as is JAPANESE poetry.....on tempura ant sushi, the traditional JAPANESE Clinch dish. Susihi was popularized.....raw halibut flounder and porgy. Although JAPANESE cuisine contains various raw foods..
Coshocton, Ohio   Thursday, January 23, 1964  659 k

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OT: SAM SLOAN'S EPITAPHS

   Sam Sloan is a colorful chess character from my past.  He's been to 80 countries, more than even...Tyler Cowen.
   He posted today that he's on this web site:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1539
USCF candidate, taxi-driver, polygamist, gadfly – all these epitaphs fit one of the most colorful personalities in world chess. Sam Sloan has been jailed in Afghanistan, fought Pakistani kidnappers, had lunch with terrorist mastermind bin Laden, fled US courts who want access to his father's alleged $50 million fortune. And you thought chess players led dull lives?

(No, I didn't think this.  But this posting from beyond the grave has me worried--ed.)