James Chant's guest appearances

James Chant

The Heavy Mental Podcast

Way of Ramen Podcast

Mike Meets London Tastemakers

Richie Norton

Michael Carr

Kyle Davies

Hannah Morgan

Thomas Keller

Jeff Smith

Ivan Orkin

David Chan

Tim Anderson

Scott Britton

James Walker

Dottie James

Andrew Macleod

Ryan Evans

Kat Pither

OwlTail

In this episode I chat to James Chant, founder and main noodle man at Matsudai Ramen based out of Cardiff. Matsudai rocketed to nationwide fame through their incredible ramen DIY kits, and they're currently in the middle of their second London pop-up. We talk about James' path into ramen from the music industry and how he was almost put off ramen forever by Wagamama. He also described how he cobbled together his original recipes from blurry whiteboards in the background of YouTube videos from Rajuku ramen school, and how always serving tonkotsu is like Radiohead always playing 'Creep'. We caught up when James was - in his own words - "a little nervous guy from Wales coming to the big city to become a YouTube star with Uncle Roger".James gives shout outs to Supa Ya ramen, Kanada-Ya, Laksamania and Nanban (Tim Anderson) in London.He also recommends Brother Thai, Milkwood, Fowl and Fury and Ren Japanese Food around his parts in Cardiff.@matsudairamen on Instagram.You can find me at @mikeeatslondon on Instagram and the pod at @mikemeetslondon. Feel free to drop me a line!The intro and outro music is 'Swinging London 1966' by Lucas Perný &amp; Miloslav Kollar, under a Creative Commons license. If you enjoyed the episode please do subscribe, leave me a review and share with friends and family! I'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions you have.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mike-meets-london. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode I chat to James Chant, founder and main noodle man at <a href="https://matsudai.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Matsudai Ramen</a> based out of Cardiff. Matsudai rocketed to nationwide fame through their incredible ramen DIY kits, and they're currently in the middle of their second London pop-up. We talk about James' path into ramen from the music industry and how he was almost put off ramen forever by Wagamama. He also described how he cobbled together his original recipes from blurry whiteboards in the background of YouTube videos from <a href="http://www.rajuku.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rajuku ramen school</a>, and how always serving tonkotsu is like Radiohead always playing 'Creep'. We caught up when James was - in his own words - "a little nervous guy from Wales coming to the big city to become a YouTube star with Uncle Roger".James gives shout outs to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/supa_ya_ramen/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Supa Ya ramen</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kanada_ya_ldn/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Kanada-Ya</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laksamania/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Laksamania</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nanbanlondon/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nanban</a> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cheftimanderson/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Anderson</a>) in London.He also recommends <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brotherthaiuk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brother Thai</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/milkwoodcdf/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Milkwood</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fowlandfury/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fowl and Fury</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/renjapanesefood/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ren Japanese Food</a> around his parts in Cardiff.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/matsudairamen/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@matsudairamen</a> on Instagram.You can find me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikeeatslondon/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@mikeeatslondon</a> on Instagram and the pod at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikemeetslondon/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@mikemeetslondon</a>. Feel free to drop me a line!The intro and outro music is 'Swinging London 1966' by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Perny__Miloslav_Kollar" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Lucas Perný &amp; Miloslav Kollar</a>, under a Creative Commons license. If you enjoyed the episode please do subscribe, leave me a review and share with friends and family! I'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions you have.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/mike-meets-london" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/mike-meets-london</a>. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

James Chant - Matsudai Ramen

You can find Matsudai Ramen over on their website, here, where you'll also find a link to book a table! On Instagram, here. Twitter, here. And Facebook, right here.  

You can find Matsudai Ramen over on their website, <a href="https://www.matsudai.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, where you'll also find a link to book a table! On Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matsudairamen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/MatsudaiRamen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. And Facebook, right <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MatsudaiRamen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Creative Experimentation with James Chant of Matsudai Ramen (& Rhys)

In this episode of the Way of Ramen Podcast, we sit down with James Chant, ramen cook and owner of Matsudai Ramen in Cardiff, Wales. We dig into how James went from a career in the music industry to finding himself hosting ramen pop-ups that sell out instantly whenever tickets go on sale all in […]--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wayoframen/support

In this episode of the Way of Ramen Podcast, we sit down with James Chant, ramen cook and owner of Matsudai Ramen in Cardiff, Wales. We dig into how James went from a career in the music industry to finding himself hosting ramen pop-ups that sell out instantly whenever tickets go on sale all in […] --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wayoframen/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wayoframen/support</a>

Ep 8: James Chant (Matsudai Ramen) : From musician to ramen cook in Wales