the ramen blog & other goodies!

Start your infant’s life of ramen happiness right, with this pair of baby booties, made from recycled shrimp ramen packaging.

Interested in non-Japanese versions of ramen? Here’s the low-down on 7 types of Korean ramyeon.

According to a recent survey, what is the #1 thing Japanese men would wait in line for? Why, ramen, of course. (It’s even #2 on the women’s list!)

Convinced that instant ramen is bad for you?, Here’s one person’s defense of instant ramen.

Best title for a ramen post ever: Ramen Noodles: The International Symbol of Struggle.

Ramen in the news: Top 7 restaurants for big portions in Southern California, Chicago Restaurant focuses on Japanese soup

UK ramen chain Wagamama is expanding their ramen empire…in Turkey of all places!

Here at ramen ramen ramen, we don’t really pay attention to nutrition values or what goes into making our ramen as long as it’s delicious. On the other hand, a few healthy individuals have written us, asking for nutritional info. Apparently some people don’t want to go out with a bang of gluttonous ramenosity (no, that’s not a word, so no need to look it up). So how about it? Should we start showing some nutritional info with our reviews? Or should we keep it clean?

(If you’re reading this through an rss reader, you might need to click through to vote.)

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I apologize to everyone for having to endure the picture of Bill Gates on the home page for so long, and I guess I deserve this comment…or maybe not. Ahem…

For those of you who celebrate it, Happy Chinese New Year, the year of the rat!

Ok, maybe not. I have no idea. If you’re using Internet Explorer and wondering why there’s a big empty gap where the right sidebar should be, it’s because IE doesn’t like our new web site. To see the right sidebar, you’ll need to scroll alllllll the way down near the bottom of the page. Yes, after months of development and testing, we didn’t ever bother to test the new site in IE. Sorry about that, and we appreciate your patience as we sort out this mess.

Here’s what the web site should look like:

For more information on instant ramen than you can shake a chopstick at, check out the official web site of the Japan Convenience Foods Industry Association.

Some tidbits from the site: did you know…

The worldwide consumption of instant ramen is 91.6 billion meals annually (and that excludes Japan!)

There are almost 1000 brands of instant ramen in Japan alone.

via ampotan

Everyone eats ramen differently. Some people dig right in, mix in all the toppings, and slurp till there’s no tomorrow. Some people eat slowly, delicately sampling each ingredient, one by one (seriously, I know people like this!). According to the classic ramen movie Tampopo, there is a proper way to eat ramem, but I have to admit, I don’t quite follow all the “proper” steps prescribed by the movie.
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