Ippudo Premium Club

One of our intrepid team (not me) has reached what must certainly be one of the major pinnacles of achievement in the Tokyo ramen world - by virtue of his fine character and upstanding contributions to the community (again, obviously not me) he has been inducted into the Ippudo Premium Club. To wit, the items depicted above including the donburi (bowl), hashi (chopsticks), two or three packaged Ippudo ramen meals (which according to him are not the same as the plebian ones sold in supermarkets here, either the fresh ones in the refrigerated section or the dry bowl noodles), and various other items of miscellany and whimsy including a snazzy Ippudo Premium Member Card.