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Ramen is a noodle dish that was originally imported to Japan from China. Over the last few decades, however, ramen has become a typical Japanese dish and gained great popularity inside and outside of Japan. Ramen noodles are about as thin as spaghetti and are served in a soup with various toppings. There are many different ramen dishes differing in the soup base and the toppings:

Some of the most popular soups:

  • Shoyu Ramen: Brown, transparent, soya sauce based.
  • Miso Ramen: Brown, non-transparent, miso based.
  • Shio Ramen: Transparent, salt based.
  • Tonkotsu Ramen: White, milky, pork based.

Some ramen dishes with a feature topping:

  • Chashumen: BBQ pork ramen.
  • Tanmen: Vegetable ramen.
  • Wonton ramen: Ramen with small Chinese dumplings.
  • and many more

Ramen restaurants can be found all over Japan. Furthermore, a large variety of instant ramen and cup noodles is available in supermarkets. It is especially the instant version of ramen that has also become very popular outside of Japan.

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english links

World Ramen.net
Lots of information, recipes, shop listings and a message board.
The Book of Ramen (Ron Konzak's Home Page)
About the history of Ramen and more.
The Official Ramen Home Page (MattFischer.com)
Dozens of ramen recipes and images.

product links

The Book of Ramen
The Book of Ramen
Book by Ron Konzak
101 Ways to Make Ramen Noodles Cookbook
Book by Toni Patrick

japanese links

Ramen Bank
Large database of ramen shops throughout Japan.

 


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