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Raamen is not that university student garbage in the styrofoam (environmentally friendly students always use it, eh?) cup. Those are instant noodles, the Asian fast-food invention of the 50s, when Japan was on the verge of starvation. Understand that? On the verge, the precipice, the edge of dying from hunger. They - they being Momofuku Ando, founder of Nissin Foods (the home of Top Ramen and Cup Noodles) - invented instant noodles in that instant, 1958, and behold, they didn't.
Raamen, on the other chopstick, is a nice soup (broth, stock, dashi, whatever) into which are placed a variety of vegetables and other food items such as seaweed, an egg (or half of one, anyway), onions, a wonton or two, bean sprouts, mushrooms of a Japanese variety, and - often - a hunk of sliced, diced, brunt pig. (pork, for you meateaters, the other white meat.) There's tonkotsu ramen (pork), miso raamen (miso), shio raamen (salt), and shoyu raamen (soy sauce).
Naturally there are a few billion recipes for different kinds of raamen, like curry raamen. If you want to see 268 (and growing) recipes, check out Matt Fischer.
Raamen, on the other chopstick, is a nice soup (broth, stock, dashi, whatever) into which are placed a variety of vegetables and other food items such as seaweed, an egg (or half of one, anyway), onions, a wonton or two, bean sprouts, mushrooms of a Japanese variety, and - often - a hunk of sliced, diced, brunt pig. (pork, for you meateaters, the other white meat.) There's tonkotsu ramen (pork), miso raamen (miso), shio raamen (salt), and shoyu raamen (soy sauce).
Naturally there are a few billion recipes for different kinds of raamen, like curry raamen. If you want to see 268 (and growing) recipes, check out Matt Fischer.
Raamen: the noodles, the topping, the broth. These simple three ingredients have a great variety of variation; lots. In fact, you can make a vegetarian raamen (leave out the pork, duh.) or a spicy hot raamen (add kimchi maybe?) if you want to. The point is, raamen is not instant noodles. Thank you very much.
More seriousness later, maybe.
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