Cuisine: Delivered by a robot, a bowl of Rakkan Ramen is a fully animated meal

Delivered by a robot, a bowl of Rakkan Ramen is a fully animated meal Isaac Asimov’s second rule of robotics in the novel states that “a robot shall obey any instruction given to it by a human.” At Boulder’s Rakkan Ramen, the instructions given to the red-and-white robot with piercing eyes are pretty simple: “Bring food to table 6.” over to the table, but it’s only a dozen feet or so, and a server must load my bowl onto the table. It’s nothing spectacular compared to what middle school glimpse into our dining future. more ramen varieties based on the broth with vegan options. My creamy Quartz-style ramen was loaded with rice noodles, grilled pork, soft-boiled eggs, green onion and bamboo shoots. I added corn

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interest, but it was tough to eat with chopsticks. Highly slurp worthy and jammed with umami, it was good to the last slurp. It’s true that hot soup cools you off on a hot day by making you sweat. If you add the hot chile oil on the table, you get even cooler. On a second visit, I enjoyed a rice bowl topped with baked tofu, tomato, sesame seeds with the salty sea salt crunch of sea vegetable salad. If you do visit the Boulder location of the Rakken are very bad dad jokes.

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Another Roadfood Attraction: Sourdough Bread Tour

In the past few years, Colorado has become nationally recognized as a center of authentic sourdough bread baking, with artisan bakeries across the state. Dry Storage and Babette’s Artisan Bakery, but across the metro area and the Berthoud: Rise Artisan Bread (riseartisanbread.com) Golden: Grateful Bread Company (gratefulbread.com) Grand Junction: Kulina Lani Organic Bread (kulinalani.com) Colorado Springs: Sourdough Boulangerie (thesourdoughboulangerie. com) and Nightingale Bread Co. (nightingalebread.com) Denver: Denver Bread Co. (thedenverbreadcompany.com), Raleigh Street site) and Rebel Bakery (rebelbread.com).

Boulder Recipe Flashback: Scones for tea

Tlocal bread bakeries to mill its own wheat onsite. In the late 1990s, the bakery shared this recipe for classic scones. Great Harvest Bakery Currant Scones baking soda and baking powder. Butter should be very cold and cut into small forms rice-sized pieces. In another bowl, combine buttermilk and cream. Add three or four times and divide in half. Pat out each half into a circle about one place on a baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes or until light golden color.

Culinary Calendar: Tasting Every Culture

Ssimaschocolate.com … Longmont’s Farm 49 hosts Stone Soup of Kindness on July 30. Participants contribute a vegan ingredient for a soup cooked in a Rebel Bakery offers monthly tours that include sourdough bread tasting, instruction and sourdough starter to take home, plus a pastry and coffee. Details: rebelbreadco.com/classes-events/bakery-factory-tour-ticket