Today, August 25th is the memorial day of instant ramen noodles. This world first instant ramen called “Chicken Ramen” was launched at this date in 1958 from a Japanese company, NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS CO., LTD. You can see the number of “55” at top right of above photo. This package is 55th anniversary model. Recently, […]
This summer, it’s very hot and humid in Tokyo. Such a hot days, I want to eat something cold and also easy to eat like noodles. Zaru Soba or Soumen are my favorite for this condition. Soba (Japanese Buckwheat) has long history. It is said that Soba was eaten before Nara Era (710 – 794 […]
At least these two months, the most accessed article of this site has been Cold Ramen (HIyashi Chuka). I was very surprised because it is very very Japanese style food and I thought it is not so popular. I am very happy because this typical Japanese food has a lot of interest from audience from […]
Ja Ja Men is originally a Chinese food called “Zha Jiang Mian.” I think its name comes from the sound of “Zha Jiang Mian.” In Japan, it was added some arranges such as adding sugar. So it tastes both sweetness of sugar and salty of miso. We use Ramen noodles and also use other Japanese […]
Spaghetti is very popular food in Japan. I guess the reason why we like it is because it is a noodle. We are enjoying noodles such as Soba, Udon, Soumen and, of course Ramen since old time. It has been arranged to Japanese style as same as other many European foods. They are cooked with […]
