Momofuku Ando
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Momofuku Ando, born Go Pek-Hok, was a Taiwanese-born, ethnic Chinese, Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is known as the inventor of Nissin Chikin Ramen, t
Photograph of Ando, c. 1930
A recreation of Ando's Workshop at the Momofuku Andō Instant Ramen Museum
Nissin Cup Noodles (1971 ~)
"MOMOFUKU Noodle", by NISSIN
Ramen
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Ramen is a Japanese noodle dish. It is a part of Japanese Chinese cuisine. It includes Chinese-style alkaline wheat noodles served in several flavors of hot broth. Common flavors are soy sauce and mis
Shōyu ramen
From Seiichi Yoshida, How to Prepare Delicious and Economical Chinese Dishes (1928)
Rairaiken (来々軒), the first ramen shop, founded in 1910 by Kan'ichi Ozaki in Asakusa, Tokyo. The signs advertise "Chinese soba" (支那蕎麥) and "Cantonese cuisine" (廣東料理).
A bowl of ramen from the second Rairaiken in Yūtenji, opened in 1933 by Fu Xinglei (傅興雷), one of the twelve Chinese cooks from the first Rairaiken store in Asakusa