Sawtelle newcomer Marugame Udon is hiring up now. The anticipated Japanese noodle shop is promising big things for the already restaurant-rich stretch of Sawtelle Japantown, but they’ve got a secret ...

The idea of homeostasis, the condition of stability necessary for life to function, implies that an organism in that state will be at ease or at rest. It’s not necessarily so. At Marugame Udon, the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In our constant search for exotic authenticity, it is easy to romanticise the Japanese noodle. It’s tempting to think ...