All About Ramen

All About Ramen — Part 1

October 29, 2018

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Daily Dish:

Ramen

(Part 1)

Classic Ramen style noodles served in a spicy broth of either beef or chicken. Made with egg, onion, scallions, and mixed vegetables. This isn’t the Ramen you remember from college, this is a flavor packed bowl of noodlicious delight. Our Ramen goes perfect with just about any drink and any of or amazing selection of appetizers and side dishes.

Ramen (/ˈrɑːmən/) (拉麺, ラーメン rāmen, IPA: ) is a Japanese dish. It consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a meat or (occasionally) fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso, and uses toppings such as sliced pork (叉焼 chāshū), dried seaweed (海苔 nori), menma (麺麻), and green onions (葱 negi). Nearly every region in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the tonkotsu (pork bone broth) ramen of Kyushu to the miso ramen of Hokkaido.

History

Ramen is a Japanese adaptation of Chinese wheat noodles. Ramen was first introduced to Japan by Chinese immigrants in the late 19th or early 20th century. According to the record of the new Yokohama Ramen Museum, ramen originated in China and made its way over to Japan in 1859.Early versions were wheat noodles in broth topped with Chinese-style roast pork.

Etymology

The word ramen is a Japanese transcription of the Chinese lamian (拉麵). In 1910, a Chinese restaurant serving ramen in Yokohama's Chinatown received public praise in Japan. Until the 1950s, ramen was called shina soba (支那そば, literally "Chinese soba") but today chūka soba (中華そば, also meaning "Chinese soba") or just ramen (ラーメン) are more common, as the word "支那" (shina, meaning "China") has acquired a pejorative connotation.

Initial appearance

By 1900, restaurants serving Chinese cuisine from Canton and Shanghai offered a simple ramen dish of noodles (cut rather than hand-pulled), a few toppings, and a broth flavored with salt and pork bones. Many Chinese living in Japan also pulled portable food stalls, selling ramen and gyōza dumplings to workers. By the mid-1900s, these stalls used a type of a musical horn called a charumera (チャルメラ, from the Portuguese charamela) to advertise their presence, a practice some vendors still retain via a loudspeaker and a looped recording. By the early Shōwa period, ramen had become a popular dish when eating out. According to ramen expert Hiroshi Osaki, the first specialized ramen shop opened in Yokohama in 1910.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

If you ever want to find out what a real bowl of Ramen is supposed to taste like, then head over to our North Division location and find out for yourself.

Dish of the Day Author: Kinja