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Awesome Ramen

Ramen Noodle Factory

Ramen Noodle Factory

While a handful of restaurants make their own ramen noodles, many turn to companies like Sun Noodle to make high-quality noodles to serve their guests. Eater takes us inside family-owned business that produces more than 300,000 portions of the chewy Japanese noodles each day, delivering them to dining establishments around the nation.

Top Scrub Ramen Sponge

Top Scrub Ramen Sponge
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This might look like a pack of Top Ramen noodles, but it’s actually a kitchen sponge. Fred’s Top Scrub has a woven hemp surface that resembles wavy instant noodles wrapped around an absorbent poly sponge. It doesn’t come with a seasoning packet, nor do we recommend soaking it in boiling water.

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MoMA Ramen Spork

MoMA Ramen Spork
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This unique utensil was designed by Masami Takahashi for diners at the Japanese ramen chain Sugakiya. The stainless steel spoon/fork combo makes it easy to enjoy both the delicious noodles and broth at the same time, and without wasting disposable chopsticks.

Cup Noodles Breakfast Ramen

Cup Noodles Breakfast Ramen

Nissin Foods USA has announced a special version of its popular Cup Noodles just for American tastes. The instant ramen includes bits of sausage and eggs, along with the flavors of pancakes and maple syrup. The limited-edition noodles arrive this week at select Walmart stores. They’re either going to be awesome or awful.

Cup Noodles 70s and 80s T-Shirts

Cup Noodles 70s and 80s T-Shirts
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Cup Noodles (aka Cup O’ Noodles) have been filling bellies on a budget for 50 years. To celebrate, Nissin has released a series of limited-edition retro t-shirts celebrating the early years of instant ramen. There’s a classic Japanese 1971 tee, a psychedelic ’70s tee, and a neon ’80s tee.

Cup Noodles Yahtzee

Cup Noodles Yahtzee
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This special edition Yahtzee set features a dice cup inspired by Nissin’s iconic Cup Noodles instant ramen, along with dice decorated with icons of chicken, beef, shrimp, lime, corn, and carrots. We don’t recommend pouring boiling hot water into this cup though.

Building a Cardboard Ramen Vending Machine

Building a Cardboard Ramen Vending Machine

DanCreator / Cardboard Crafts built this full-size vending machine mostly out of cardboard. When a user inserts a coin, it dispenses a Cup Noodle instant ramen cup of their choice and then pours the right amount of hot water into the cup with the push of a button.

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The History of Ramen

The History of Ramen

Whether served fresh from a handmade noodle shop, or cooked up quick from a package of the instant stuff, Ramen is one of the world’s favorite dishes. Mental Floss digs into the origins of the dish, as a specific kind of noodle made its way from China to Japan, and eventually led us to the delicious meal we enjoy today.

Instant Noodles Playing Cards

Instant Noodles Playing Cards

This playful deck of cards is perfect for lovers of instant ramen. Each deck comes packed in a resealable bag inspired by the cheap but tasty dormroom staple, while the cards themselves have a noodle pattern on back and on the suit symbols. Look closely and you’ll see the court slurping some ramen too.

Ramen Noodle Guitar

Ramen Noodle Guitar

Guitar maker Artem Mayer of Copper Guitars created this crazy custom instrument using 36 packs of instant ramen noodles. After casting them in polyester resin – and adding some delicious seasoning packets – he shaped the body and added a maple wood neck, hardware, and strings.

Making Ancient Instant Ramen

Making Ancient Instant Ramen

You can grab a pack of instant ramen and nuke it in about 3 minutes. But Andy from How to Make Everything wanted to see if he could make his own instant noodles and seasoning packet from scratch, using only primitive techniques that would have been available when noodles first came on the scene back in the Bronze Age.

Ramen Notes

Ramen Notes
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Back in the day, we lived off of instant noodles. After all, they’re dirt cheap, fill you up, and they actually taste pretty good. Now that we’re “adults,” we prefer fresh-made ramen, but we still dig Fred’s silly sticky note pad which looks like a brick of the dorm room mealtime favorite.

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Making Gourmet Instant Ramen

Making Gourmet Instant Ramen

Claire Saffitz is back in the Bon Appétit test kitchen to replicate a classic junk food item. This time she turns her attention to something more savory than sweet, with the college dorm room staple of choice – those bricks of curly instant ramen noodles.

How to Make Instant Ramen Broth

How to Make Instant Ramen Broth

Alex French Guy Cooking is addicted to instant ramen. He thought of four different ways to have instant ramen broth on hand, either as a powdered mixture or as a cube. Two of the recipes take only 5 minutes or less, while the other two take several hours.

Ichiran: An Introvert’s Paradise

Ichiran: An Introvert’s Paradise

…but it’s gonna cost you. Japanese food chain Ichiran serves only tonkotsu ramen – noodles in thick pork broth. They let you customize it to your heart’s content, then serve it in private cubicles. Just you and your food. There’s one in Brooklyn, but again…

Cup Noodle Candle

Cup Noodle Candle

This cheeky candle from Japan looks just like a cup of Nissin instant ramen, the dining mainstay of students around the globe. It’s supposed to be unscented, but this guy thinks it smells like noodles. Sadly, shipping one from Japan costs more than the candle itself.

Ramen: You’re Eating It Wrong

Ramen: You’re Eating It Wrong

You might think you know how to eat ramen, but this lesson from noodle expert Ivan Orkin of New York’s Ivan Ramen will set you straight on the truth. Bottom line: Don’t delay, slurp away, and have fun, folks!

Ramen Beard Bowl

Ramen Beard Bowl

This guy going by the moniker “Incredibeard” does silly things with his dense facial hair. Here, he uses his beard as a bowl for his lunch. All we can say is that he better take a really long shower after this. More beard insanity here.

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