Ramen Tatsu-Ya Launches Vegan Ramen; A $500 Tip at 24 Diner; Guest Chef Series at ESSR

FAR NORTH — Ramen Tatsu-Ya continues their slow menu expansion with a new lunch offering: vegan mazemen ramen. They helpfully explain that, "Mazemen is a mixing style of ramen with a sauce, rather than broth, meant to coat the noodle for optimum flavor." The vegetables in the dish will rotate based on diners' feedback. [Eaterwire]

DOWNTOWN — The folks from Aaron's Last Wish, who travel around the country giving $500 tips to servers in memory of the late Aaron Collins, stopped by 24 Diner recently. Check out the reaction of server Whitley, who was the lucky recipient. [Eaterwire]

EAST SIXTH — Fermin Nunez, the new executive chef at East Side Showroom, is launching a monthly guest chef dinner series this Sunday, November 24. According to the press release, "The dinner series will be a monthly event during which Fermin will play host to one local, up and coming chef for one night, highlighting some of Austin's best and brightest young-gun chefs on the scene. Each chef will be in the kitchen serving up three to four signature dishes to be featured as dinner specials for that night only." First up is Sway sous chef Joaquin Ceballos. [Eaterwire]