I ordered the original ramen with a soft egg and added on a spicy bomb paste. When Alex ordered fresh garlic, they brought a press and a bowl of cloves to him. I added a bunch to my bowl, too! Someone else at our table ordered a side of fried brussels sprouts (that I stole). The ramen was rich and salty, shooting up there on my list of top ramens I've eaten.
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A couple days later, when my coworkers left Austin, I had booked my flight to leave a day later so I could just hang out. I crashed with Alex and Patrick in South Austin. During SXSW, lot's of friends come to town and when I arrived at their house, our other Brooklyn friend Maxo was asleep. I posted up outside in the sun, until Patrick, half asleep and wearing a puffy track suit asked if I wanted to get coffee. When you say you're going to get coffee, you think it'll be a couple minutes. We got into the car and drove around, pretty much all of Austin. Patrick really wanted to avoid the traffic, but nevertheless, it was inevitable. Luckily we had this playing on the stereo.