[{"id":1341,"date":"2013-03-29T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2013-04-04T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:07:12","slug":"reinventing-ramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/cover-story\/reinventing-ramen\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinventing Ramen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7291\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7291\" class=\" wp-image-7291\" title=\"_MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5488_edited_MS-1_web-690x519.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Erik Bruner-Yang<\/strong> opened Toki Underground, a Taiwanese-style noodle shop, in 2011. Today, customers wait for hours for his freshly made ramen. Photos by Dayna Smith.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s five hours before Toki Underground opens its doors to customers, but the cubbyhole of a restaurant perched above a bar along H Street in Washington, D.C., is already busy.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the impossibly small kitchen, owner and chef <strong>Erik Bruner-Yang \u201907 <\/strong>and a colleague dump buckets of pork marrow bones into cavernous metal pots and set them to simmering on the stovetop.<\/p>\n<p>Behind them, a third member of the team chops fresh vegetables that will season steaming bowls of ramen later that evening. A few feet away, a fourth sorts curly strands of noodles into uniform piles.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s bar is papered with invoices as deliverymen come and go, dropping off beverages, crates of plastic carryout containers, and bunches of fresh ginger, garlic, and mustard greens.<\/p>\n<p>The deliveries come daily to 1234 H St. NE for two reasons. First, Bruner-Yang will use only the freshest ingredients when whipping up dishes like mom used to make.<\/p>\n<p>Second, at 675 square feet, the tiny <a href=\"http:\/\/tokiunderground.com\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toki Underground<\/a> \u2212 <em>Washington Post <\/em>food critic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/gog\/restaurants\/toki-underground,1207269.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Sietsema referred to the space as a \u201cshoebox\u201d<\/a> \u2212 lacks a walk-in freezer and much else in the way of storage space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pretty much start from scratch every day,\u201d said Bruner-Yang, fueling himself with a Diet Coke during a brief break. \u201cWe just make it all over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an exhausting process. Bruner-Yang is 28, but he jokes that his knees are 40.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s a recipe for success. Since the place opened in April 2011, diners have regularly waited two hours or more to snag one of the restaurant\u2019s 30 coveted bar stools. And afterward they\u2019re still happy enough to post effusive comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TokiUnderground\" target=\"_blank\">Toki Underground\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends and I once showed up on a super busy night and were 30th on the waiting list . . . and we waited anyway!\u201d gushed one customer. \u201cIt is THAT GOOD, people!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo here. Now. Seriously,\u201d insisted another.<\/p>\n<p>A different fan wrote, \u201cThank you for existing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Readers and the editorial team at<a href=\"http:\/\/dc.eater.com\/archives\/2012\/11\/12\/announcing-the-2012-eater-awards-for-dc.php\" target=\"_blank\"> Eater DC voted Toki Underground its 2012 Restaurant of the Year<\/a>. The <em>Post\u2019s <\/em>Sietsema declared it \u201cthe best ramen in the city,\u201d and a recent <em>New York Times <\/em>travel piece urged D.C. visitors to swing by the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Toki Underground is where the chefs eat. The really famous ones. Like legendary Peruvian chef Gast\u00f3n Acurio, Spaniard Ferran Adri\u00e0 \u2212 who\u2019s been called \u201cthe world\u2019s greatest chef\u201d more than once \u2212 and D.C.-based Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s of minibar, Zaytinya, and Jaleo fame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2221\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21-465x772.jpg 465w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-4.21.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>And it didn\u2019t hurt when actor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Patrick_Harris\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Patrick Harris<\/a>, in the capital in early December for the national Christmas tree lighting, tweeted to his more than 5 million followers about his visit to Toki Underground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSake, dumplings, tofu, and utterly delicious ramen. A must go,\u201d he announced, posting a photo of his mouth-watering meal for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>That prompted one D.C. foodie to respond: \u201cLet\u2019s all thank <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActuallyNPH\" target=\"_blank\">@ActuallyNPH<\/a> for making the acceptable 4hr weekend wait<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TokiUnderground\" target=\"_blank\"> @TokiUnderground <\/a>now a somewhat acceptable 6hr wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bruner-Yang shrugs off the celebrity encounters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNPH is only going to come once. People like you are more important because they\u2019re more likely to come back,\u201d he told a visitor. \u201cEvery day\u2019s a chance to get another regular.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WHAT WENT IN THE BROTH<\/h3>\n<p>Running one of D.C.\u2019s hottest new restaurants wasn\u2019t part of Bruner-Yang\u2019s original career plan.<\/p>\n<p>A native of <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Taipei,+Taiwan&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wl\" target=\"_blank\">Taipei, Taiwan<\/a> \u2212 where much of his mother\u2019s family still lives \u2212 he was a Navy brat who lived for a time in California and Japan before settling in Northern Virginia during the fifth grade.<\/p>\n<p>As a senior at Woodbridge High School, he\u2019d visited the Mary Washington campus and liked the vibe, so he applied for admission as an early decision candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the only college I applied to,\u201d said Bruner-Yang, who ended up rooming with childhood pal <strong>Jon Bibb \u201906 <\/strong>in Jefferson Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Bruner-Yang had played in a band in high school, and he figured he\u2019d pursue a career in music. Once on campus, he and Bibb met <strong>Merideth Munoz \u201905<\/strong>. They formed the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Pash\" target=\"_blank\">indie pop\/rock band Pash<\/a>, with Bruner-Yang on guitar, Bibb on drums, Munoz behind the mic, and first <strong>Ryan Little \u201907 <\/strong>and later Ryan McLaughlin on bass.<\/p>\n<p>Their energetic live shows garnered a loyal following first from Mary Washington and then from Fredericksburg and beyond. The band managed to tour and cut several albums before members \u2212 by then, Joe Ostrosky was playing drums \u2212 went their separate ways in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/artsdesk\/general\/2010\/03\/02\/final-pash-show-tonight-black-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Washington City Paper\u2019<\/em>s Aaron Leitko<\/a> alerted readers to the final show, which was at D.C.\u2019s Black Cat, and mourned Pash\u2019s passing. \u201cSeven-and-a-half years is a pretty long and full life for a band \u2212 plenty of time to traipse about the country, play dingy basements, and memorize the Waffle House menu,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut it\u2019s still hard to say goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2231\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2231\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2231    \" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Pash2\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Pash2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Pash2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Pash2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Pash2-690x459.jpg 690w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Pash2-465x309.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before he was a chef, Bruner-Yang was lead guitarist for Pash, a band born at Mary Washington in 2002. Pash played its farewell gig at D.C.\u2019s The Black Cat in 2010. Here Bruner-Yang is shown with members, left to right, Ryan McLaughlin, Merideth Munoz, and Joe Ostrosky. Photo by Shantel Mitchell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aside from music, the other constant in Bruner-Yang\u2019s life was the food-service industry. He\u2019d waited tables throughout high school. In fact, he showed up at the registrar\u2019s office as a freshman with a backpack full of cash \u2212 $4,500 in ones, fives, and tens \u2212 planning to pay for his first semester with the tips he\u2019d earned. Clerks asked him to return with a cashier\u2019s check.<\/p>\n<p>He financed subsequent semesters with money he earned at a series of jobs at downtown Fredericksburg restaurants: Hyperion Espresso, Sammy T\u2019s, J. Brians Tap Room, Claiborne\u2019s, and Merriman\u2019s Restaurant and Bar. He did everything from washing dishes to preparing food. And what he didn\u2019t spend on tuition, he often plunked down on music at Fredericksburg\u2019s Blue Dog Records and Tapes.<\/p>\n<p>On campus, Bruner-Yang rotated through majors, trading music for English, then switching to anthropology, sociology, and finally business administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI floated around all the liberal arts classes and picked the one class I got an A in,\u201d he said, laughing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Professor a \u201cSuper CPA\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/departments\/notable-quotable\/professor-a-super-cpa\/\">Business Professor Leigh Frackelton<\/a> remembered him as a student who somehow balanced work and musical gigs with business law and accounting classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a cool kid, and I knew he had to work during school because he\u2019d come in exhausted to class,\u201d Frackelton said. But, he added, Bruner-Yang never let his exhaustion get in the way of his inquisitive nature.<\/p>\n<p>He asked lots of questions about going into business for himself, Frackelton said. And if Bruner-Yang didn\u2019t get answers in class, he\u2019d swing by Frackelton\u2019s office to inquire further about music copyrights or how best to set up a corporate entity.<\/p>\n<p>UMW Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Life Cedric Rucker knew Bruner-Yang from Pash and through a sociology class. He remembers him as engaged and creative \u2212 and interested in forging his own path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was bright. He was inquisitive. He was a doer. He was always out there just trying to make it happen,\u201d Rucker said. \u201cHe was picking up skills, learning to be innovative and blending it all together for his life. That\u2019s the virtue of a liberal arts education. It allows for that experimentation. You find that thing that gives your life meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MAKING PLANS<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2441\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2441  \" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"SD_4\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-690x592.jpg 690w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-465x399.jpg 465w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_42-210x180.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruner-Yang worked restaurant jobs to earn his way through UMW. He showed up freshman year with a backpack full of tips \u2013 ones, fives, and tens \u2013 to make his first tuition payment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With his bachelor\u2019s degree in hand, Bruner-Yang moved to D.C., where he worked as the general manager of Sticky Rice, opening the restaurant\u2019s H Street location only doors from where his Toki Underground stands today.<\/p>\n<p>He also tended bar and partnered in a pop-up style operation; he and several friends ran a temporary taco stand out of an H Street ice cream shop that had closed for the winter. The place had no indoor seating, but that didn\u2019t keep the crowds away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople stood outside in the snow to get their tacos,\u201d Bruner-Yang recalled.<\/p>\n<p>By then, he\u2019d been mulling over going into business for himself for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always liked working in restaurants,\u201d he said, \u201cand I thought, \u2018If I\u2019m going to work this hard, I should be my own boss.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At first, he thought he might like to open a dumpling shop and bar, so he went ahead and leased the tiny former hair salon along H Street that is now Toki Underground. He feared that if he waited until his entire business plan came together, someone else would snag the spot. He started saving his money, making pitches to potential investors, and running through the list of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts he\u2019d learned working in other people\u2019s restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery mistake I could\u2019ve possibly learned, I learned on someone else\u2019s dollar,\u201d he said. \u201cThe rest was, \u2018How do we not make those mistakes?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Bruner-Yang traveled back to Taiwan for a month to be with his grandfather, who was ill. An uncle, knowing his nephew needed a diversion outside the house, secured him a job at a nearby ramen shop. There, Bruner-Yang absorbed lessons about how to run a business and how to create a top-notch product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lot through watching,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I came back, that\u2019s when I said, \u2018It\u2019s going to be a ramen shop.\u2019 Still, we didn\u2019t really know what we were doing. I knew how to make soup for like eight people. We were doing 100 or more a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A considerable amount of buzz preceded Toki Underground\u2019s April 1, 2011, opening. While many associated ramen with the cheap packages of dried noodles they\u2019d consumed in a college dorm, Bruner-Yang\u2019s menu boasted five rich broths adorned with a mouth-watering assortment of fresh ingredients: red pickled ginger, braised pork belly, shiitake mushrooms, scallions, sesame, seaweed, and homemade kimchee.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, inspired by the meals made by his mother and grandparents, Bruner-Yang offered plates of pork, beef, seafood, chicken, and vegetarian dumplings \u2212 six for $5. With bowls of homemade soup running $11 or $12, Toki Underground\u2019s prices are more than reasonable by D.C. standards.<\/p>\n<p>The menu, which includes warm cookies and cold milk for dessert, has remained relatively simple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost restaurants fail,\u201d Bruner-Yang said, \u201cso we don\u2019t want to mess with the formula too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>COMFORT FOOD IN A COMFORTABLE SPACE<\/h3>\n<div id=\"SlideDeck-2291-frame\" class=\"slidedeck-frame slidedeck_frame slidedeck-frame-2291 lens-tool-kit show-overlay-hover display-nav-hover content-source-custom sd2-hideSpines sd2-show-author sd2-show-author-avatar sd2-show-title sd2-show-excerpt sd2-show-readmore sd2-medium sd2-dark default-nav-styles sd2-nav-dots sd2-frame sd2-nav-default sd2-nav-pos-bottom sd2-title-pos-top sd2-title-dark sd2-1 sd2-nav-arrow-style-1 sd2-arrowstyle-7\" style=\"width:600px;height:400px;max-width:100%;\" data-sd2-lazy-load-padding=\"1\" data-sd3-image_protection=\"0\"><div 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             <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p>Chef-owner Erik Bruner-Yang \u201907 works the kitchen at Toki Underground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_2.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_2.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/SD_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n    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                <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p>Bruner-Yang savors the calm before the restaurant\u2019s 5 p.m. opening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5815_color-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5815_color-1-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/MG_5815_color-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n    <\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" 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class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p>Skateboard decks re-purposed as stair rails.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/skateboard.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/skateboard.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/skateboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n    <\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"\" class=\"has-image has-excerpt no-title 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for the evening rush.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/kitchen-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/kitchen-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/kitchen-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n    <\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"\" class=\"has-image has-excerpt no-title custom-layout-caption 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itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/menu.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/menu.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n    <\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"\" class=\"has-image has-excerpt no-title custom-layout-caption custom-caption-position-bottom sd2-image-scaling-cover slide-type-image slide-source-custom slide\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/04\/stairwell-115x115.jpg\" data-slide-id=\"7431\" ><div class=\"sd2-content-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"sd2-node-caption\" itemprop=\"name 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href=\"#prev-horizontal\"><span>Previous<\/span><\/a><a class=\"deck-navigation horizontal next\" href=\"#next-horizontal\"><span>Next<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>His customers \u2212 and restaurant reviewers \u2212 don\u2019t seem to mind.<\/p>\n<p>In a September piece for<em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.villagevoice.com\/forkintheroad\/2012\/09\/where_to_eat_in.php?page=3\" target=\"_blank\">The Village Voice<\/a>, <\/em>reviewer Robert Sietsema \u2212 a distant relative of <em>The Washington Post\u2019s <\/em>Tom Sietsema \u2212 praised the Taiwanese comfort food and the \u201cpleasantly cramped space that makes you feel instantly at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/blogsandforums\/blogs\/bafoodist\/2012\/08\/washington-travel-guide.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bon App\u00e9tit <\/em>magazine declared<\/a> Toki\u2019s ramen \u201cworld-class.\u201d \u201cThe bowls of noodles are accomplished, fully realized cooking, which is why you\u2019ll see chefs from other restaurants here after hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bibb, Bruner-Yang\u2019s former roommate and the original drummer for Pash, dropped by Toki Underground for a meal before leaving for Peru to serve in the Peace Corps. The long lines and fantastic food didn\u2019t surprise him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cErik has always been someone who just naturally knows what is cool or hip and also someone who loves to entertain people. [When we were in Pash together,] he loved performing and putting on a show. And I think people really enjoyed watching him. I have to believe that some of that is what makes his restaurant successful,\u201d Bibb emailed from Peru. \u201cHe likes to entertain people and he knows how to. He\u2019s just a hardworking guy with a passion for entertainment and a natural talent for creating pleasing products, be it music or food!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary Washington graduate <strong>Megan Parry \u201905 <\/strong>enjoyed a meal at Toki just before the holidays with her business partner, Alicia Austin Morgan, and their husbands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought it was awesome. It was cool to be there on a cold winter night and share a big warm bowl of noodles,\u201d Parry said. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s neighborhood-hangout aesthetic \u2212 with its graffiti-covered walls, red paper lanterns, open kitchen, and skateboard-decks-turned-foot-rests \u2212 appealed to Parry and Morgan, who own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shopforage\" target=\"_blank\">Forage, a downtown Fredericksburg shop<\/a> that specializes in vintage clothing and accessories. At the urging of a mutual friend, they asked Bruner-Yang if they could bring some of their items to his restaurant for a pop-up show one Sunday, when Toki Underground is normally closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was asking a huge favor,\u201d Parry said. \u201cBut from the moment he emailed me back, \u2018Let\u2019s get it done,\u2019 we got it done in one month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dec. 9 event \u2212 the first for Forage \u2212 was a success. Bruner-Yang, a pop-up veteran himself, said he loved partnering with Mary Washington grads who, like him, are making a living pursuing their passions.<\/p>\n<p>Bruner-Yang hopes to do more collaborative events to promote art, music, and other projects along the H Street corridor, where he lives. The D.C. community has a small-town feel, not unlike Fredericksburg, he said, and networking with others and supporting their efforts is not just a good idea. It\u2019s \u201ca moral obligation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, he often joins forces with other chefs for charity events. The Saturday night before President Obama\u2019s Jan. 20 inauguration, Bruner-Yang was one of seven chefs whipping up specialties at the Chefs Ball, which raised money for a number of good causes, including D.C. Central Kitchen, the James Beard Foundation \u2212 a nonprofit that promotes the culinary arts \u2212 and Common Threads, which teaches children from low-income families how to create affordable, nutritious meals.<\/p>\n<p>Back at Toki Underground, the crowds are steady, with regulars and new diners lining the narrow staircase to the second-floor restaurant six nights a week. Bruner-Yang met his fianc\u00e9e there when she stopped in for a meal. He employs 22 people to keep up with customer demand, and he provides health insurance for most of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love coming to work,\u201d Bruner-Yang said. \u201cI think it would not be as fun if the crew wasn\u2019t as good. But everybody wants to see the place do well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He and his investors have considered moving to a larger space, but they like the cozy environs \u2212 even if working in the minuscule kitchen requires a delicate choreography. Bruner-Yang envisions Toki Underground as a reasonably priced neighborhood hangout, bathed in the comforting scent of homemade broth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery great neighborhood in any part of the world should have a place, a comfort food spot,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Fredericksburg, you can grab a beer at J. Brian\u2019s or a bite at Sammy T\u2019s. My ultimate goal in establishing this restaurant is providing for the community that I live in \u2212 H Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s five hours before Toki Underground opens its doors to customers, but the cubbyhole of a restaurant perched above a bar along H Street in Washington, D.C., is already busy. 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Happily, the new structures\u2019 Georgian-style exteriors maintain the traditional Mary Washington look.<\/p>\n<p>Reunion Weekend is May 31-June 2! Alumni with graduation years ending in 3 or 8 should receive brochures, but all alumni are welcome. To register online, visit the Alumni page and follow Reunion Weekend links. I promise fun for all, with class parties Friday evening, Alumni College sessions led by master teachers, campus tours, children\u2019s games, a Ball Circle Class Picnic, and an All Class Party Saturday night. So, contact classmates and join us! I hope to see you there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:pattikemp@alumni.umw.edu\">~Patti Boise Kemp \u201969<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sd2-content-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"sd2-node-caption\" itemprop=\"name headline\">\n        <div class=\"sd2-vertical-center-outer\">\n            <div class=\"sd2-vertical-center-middle\">\n                <div class=\"sd2-vertical-center-inner\"> \n                    \n                    <div class=\"sd2-slide-title accent-color\">\n                        <div class=\"sd2-slide-title-inner \" >\n                            \t\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p><strong>Matt Thompson \u201910<\/strong>, <strong>Amelia Toms \u201911<\/strong>, <strong>Harrison Roberts \u201910<\/strong>, Sallie Rowe Roberts and <strong>Anne Roberts 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class=\"sd2-vertical-center-middle\">\n                <div class=\"sd2-vertical-center-inner\"> \n                    \n                    <div class=\"sd2-slide-title accent-color\">\n                        <div class=\"sd2-slide-title-inner \" >\n                            \t\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p><strong>Chad Chadbourn \u201906<\/strong>, <strong>Trevor Daubenspeck \u201908<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Kauffman \u201910<\/strong>, <strong>Erin Burke \u201911<\/strong>, and <strong>Emily Webber \u201911<\/strong> in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" 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                                                                   <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p>(left) <strong>Teresa Rosenfield \u201994<\/strong> and husband Lance, <strong>Diane Ruede \u201964<\/strong>, <strong>Tinet Crowell \u201969<\/strong>, Lynne Richardson, <strong>Sally Sullivan \u201958<\/strong> and husband Travis, (right) <strong>Isabel Cardwell \u201903<\/strong>, <strong>James Miller \u201984<\/strong>, <strong>Tonya Turner \u201992<\/strong>, Dana Hall, Ken Tyler, and <strong>Russell Berry \u201985<\/strong>, in Dallas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" 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                                                                                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"sd2-slide-text\"><p><strong>Cynthia Williamson \u201979<\/strong>, <strong>Stephen Gregg \u201908<\/strong>, <strong>Donna Webber \u201908<\/strong>, and <strong>Courtney Hall Harjung \u201992<\/strong>, in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n     \n    <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/4.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/4.jpg\" src=\"\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" 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The lovely hill overlooking Fredericksburg provided a clear view of the town, just as did the biblical peak from which Moses glimpsed the Promised Land.<\/p>\n<p>But the name also evoked a longing for the unattainable \u2212 as the residents of the Fredericksburg incarnation of Mount Nebo in the late 1800s and early 1900s must have felt keenly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4741\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4741\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4741 \" title=\"Historic-buildings-5\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Historic-buildings-52-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Historic-buildings-52-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Historic-buildings-52-912x1024.jpg 912w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Historic-buildings-52-690x774.jpg 690w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Historic-buildings-52-465x522.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The almshouse was moved twice and now is a private residence across College Avenue from Seacobeck Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was on Fredericksburg\u2019s Mount Nebo that the almshouse stood, providing a haven for the destitute but also setting them apart from the bustling town.<\/p>\n<p>According to research by Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Michael Spencer, the house on the hill was built in 1877 as the \u201chandsome frame residence\u201d of Frank Beckwith. But a case of smallpox in 1882 so frightened Fredericksburg residents that they bought the Beckwith home, for $1,700, as an infirmary.<\/p>\n<p>As it happened, the town was spared a further smallpox outbreak. Soon the home was enlarged and turned into an almshouse, where the poor could exist on charity, out of sight.<\/p>\n<p>In 1908, town residents began to envision a different purpose for their Mount Nebo, as the site of a new normal school for women. The first campus buildings, Willard, Monroe, and Virginia halls, were constructed just to the north of the almshouse. And by 1911, the campus expanded to take in the Mount Nebo property itself. Fredericksburg sold the home and 6.9 acres to the school for $4,850.<\/p>\n<p>The home was moved slightly downhill and to the north. It was used as the dean\u2019s house until the mid-1930s, when it was moved again to its current site, on College Avenue across from Seacobeck Hall. 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In March, he became the fourth individual NCAA national champion in UMW school history. He <a href=\"http:\/\/umweagles.com\/sports\/swimdive\/2012-13\/releases\/andersonnc0321\" target=\"_blank\">broke the NCAA Division III record<\/a> in the 400-yard individual medley at the National Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah, Texas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em>When top Division I schools courted <strong>Alex Anderson \u201915 <\/strong>for a swim scholarship in 2006, the high school senior wasn\u2019t ready.<\/p>\n<p>Recruiters from universities in such states as Alabama, Arizona, and Indiana saw a record-setting competitor who took two state titles in the 500-yard freestyle. Anderson saw a commitment to academics he wasn\u2019t ready to make. He turned his back on school, and for a few years he lost his way \u2212 and his sport.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years later he\u2019s making a name for himself as a UMW student-athlete on the Eagles swim team. In February, the sophomore was named Capital Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year at a meet in which he broke four individual school and conference records and swam in four record-breaking relays. He represented the University at the March NCAA Championships in Texas, <a href=\"http:\/\/umweagles.com\/sports\/swimdive\/2012-13\/releases\/andersonnc0321\" target=\"_blank\">becoming the fourth individual NCAA national champion<\/a> in UMW school history.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the water helped Anderson get his life on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwimming turned into a therapeutic sport for me,\u201d said Anderson, who studies chemistry at Mary Washington. \u201cBy this I mean every time I jump in the pool I let all my troubles and worries float away. It seems like such a natural thing for me, like something I was born to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After high school in Vienna, Va., Anderson enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College, NOVA, but he wasn\u2019t interested in school. 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The son moved back in with his dad, joined a club team, and trained to get back in shape for competition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4871\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4871\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4871  \" title=\"Swimmer-3\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-3-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-3-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-3-690x528.jpg 690w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-3-465x356.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Division I college teams courted Anderson in 2006, he wasn\u2019t ready to take the plunge. Now a sophomore at UMW, he headed to his second Division III NCAA Championship March 20-23, this time in Texas, for the 2013 competition. Anderson said swimming is something he \u201cwas born to do.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back at NOVA in spring 2010, Anderson retook several courses and signed up for something new \u2212 biology. The science class was his favorite, and he aced it. After that, he earned only A\u2019s \u2212 grades that could get him into a four-year college.<\/p>\n<p>With new confidence in his academic ability, he no longer wanted only to swim. He decided on a Division III school that would allow him the flexibility to develop his sport and his brain. The science program at University of Mary Washington had a great reputation, and it was close to home. He went for it.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson talked to Eagles swim coach Abby Brethauer, was admitted by the University, and enrolled for classes in August 2011.<\/p>\n<p>When he is in the lane with rivals, he changes from the carefree swimmer in training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bring a different attitude to my racing and competitive swimming,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cI love to race. I can get competitive. I just want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anderson and Eagles swimming were a great fit from the start. His first season, he was one of the fastest swimmers, leading the men\u2019s team to its 12th consecutive CAC title.<\/p>\n<p>He qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 50-yard freestyle, the 200-yard breaststroke, and the 400-yard individual medley. In his first NCAA Championship, he gained All-America status in the 400-yard individual medley with a ninth-place finish, easily winning the consolation final.<\/p>\n<p>As he headed to the NCAA Championships again this year, he\u2019s even faster, having just broken individual school and conference records in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly and the 50- and 200-yard freestyle. His relay teams \u2013 the 200-, 400-, and 800-yard freestyle and the 400-yard medley \u2013 also set school and conference records en route to the NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex has the potential not only to be the most successful swimmer in the history of UMW swimming, but also to turn what have until this point only been program goals into realities,\u201d Brethauer said. \u201cNot only is he a talented swimmer, he is also one of our top students \u2212 and he\u2019s a great teammate. He is a wonderful example of what it means to be a Mary Washington student-athlete. He represents both our team and the entire department with aplomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Anderson started back to swimming, he scrutinized how he had trained, his stroke, and his performance, and found new ways to better old race times. He fell in love with chemistry for the challenge, too, he said. When he got a low score on his first quiz, he used the same skills he uses in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look at what I\u2019ve done and how I can do better. I change it. Since [that quiz], I\u2019ve tried 10 different types of study skills,\u201d he said. \u201cThe biggest tool for success is to be willing to try new things and be able to change. You have to look back at what you\u2019ve done to do that. Otherwise you might change for the worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4861\" style=\"width: 664px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umweagles.com\/sports\/swimdive\/index\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4861\" class=\" wp-image-4861   \" title=\"Swimmer-2\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-2-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-2-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-2-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-2-690x360.jpg 690w, https:\/\/magazine.umw.edu\/spring2013\/files\/2013\/03\/Swimmer-2-465x243.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To learn more about the 2013 NCAA Division III Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships, March 20-23 in Shenandoah, Texas, click the picture.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When top Division I schools courted Alex Anderson \u201915 for a swim scholarship in 2006, the high school senior wasn\u2019t ready. 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