American slacker Abby (Brittany Murphy- Just Married, Sin City) abandoned by her boyfriend in Tokyo finds her calling in an unlikely place: a local ramen house run by a tyrannical chef who doesn’t speak a word of English. Undaunted by the chef ’s raging crankiness, Abby convinces him to teach her the art of ramen preparation... and despite hilarious clashes of culture and personality, she learns how to put passion and spirit into her life as well as her cooking.
