I’m sure it needs no introduction: Cup Noodles celebrates its 40th birthday next week, and to celebrate, a Cup Noodles Museum will open in Yokohama, Japan. The original Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka has been around for over 20 years, and Tokyo-ites should be delighted that they finally have their own shrine to...

Thanks to a recent scandal in China, Ajisen Ramen’s stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has been steadily dropping. The scandal? Ajisen’s advertising and marketing materials claim that their soup is cooked with pork bones for 20 hours, making it rich in calcium. The truth? They’ve been using “concentrated liquid not pork bones,” diluted...

Time for another food fair at Mitsuwa! Tatsunoya makes a return to Mitsuwa’s Costa Mesa (5/26-29) and New Jersey (6/2-6/5) stores. Tonkotsu ramen lovers, get excited. This one’s worth it. Kitahama Shoten brings their white miso ramen and tokusen hakodate shio ramen in their deput appearance. Torrance Mitsuwa: 5/26-29 Chicago Mitsuwa: 6/2-5 You can even...

Mitsuwa’s having an anniversary event, and this time, the special ramen is Santouka’s tantanmen. As the flyer says, available Thursday to Sunday 2/17 to the 20th and again on 2/24 to the 27th at Mitsuwa’s Torrance, Costa Mesa, Santa Monica, and San Diego locations. **Limited to 30 bowls a day! More info and store addresses...

The New York Times has reported that David Chang, noted chef and owner of the highly touted Momofuku ramen/noodle bar in New York, will be releasing an iPad app featuring an “interactive bowl of ramen.” The app, named Lucky Peach, is part of a series of apps that will also be released alongside a print...

Who’s seen Tampopo, raise your hand? How about the Ramen Girl? And who’s heard of Udon, the movie? “Udon,” which came out in Japan several years ago but somehow never made it to the States, will be premiering at the L.A. Film Festival on June 19. It may not be about ramen, but this sumptuously...

For those of you who’ve been complaining about the cost of some of Mizuki’s ramen dishes, this article is dedicated to you. Shoichi Fujimaki, the owner/chef of Tokyo’s Fujimaki Gekijyo is planning to open a restaurant in L.A. by this August. The star of the restaurant? His “Five-Taste Imperial Blend,” a 10,000 yen bowl of...

New York Times travel writer Matt Gross slurps his way through Tokyo “One Noodle at a Time.” Find out more about Tokyo’s ramen culture, and learn about the hottest Tokyo ramenyas in and Tokyo ramen blogs!

The wife and I were driving around, doing some last minute shopping, when we heard some stunning news on the radio: Brittany Murphy passed away this morning. “What?!? Did we hear right? The Ramen Girl?” While no one on the radio, and probably no one in the news will ever mention the Ramen Girl as...

I’m sick so I’m literally copying-n-pasting this from Mitsuwa’s web site. Sorry for plagiarizing. And remember to wash your hands, kids! Cough…cough…thud… First of all, an in dispensable master of our event, �Shina Soba� of �Chibakiya Ramen�. The secret of soup �light yet rich� is a blend of chicken, pork bone, and seafood. The thin...

Momozono Robot Ramen isn’t just another ramenya in Japan. Shop owner Yoshihara Uchida had a dream, and 20 million yen and 7 years later, he’s got…a robot…that cooks ramen! The noodles are still cooked by a human, but the robot blends the customized soup (customers can choose from about 40 million different combinations of soy...