Japanese Food Report
Japanese Food Report
Japanese Food Report
Ramen is a Japanese noodle dish. It consists of Chinese style wheat noodles served in a meat- or fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso, and uses toppings such as sliced pork dried seaweed nori, kamaboko, green onions, and occasionally corn. Almost every locality in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the tonkotsu (pork bone broth) ramen of Kysh to the miso ramen of Hokkaid. Ramen was imported to Japan from China in the Meiji Period. Gyoza is a popular side dish for Ramen at many restaurants. Somen are very thin, white Japanese noodles mostly made of wheat flour. They are usually served cold and is skinnier than a spaghetti noodle. Somen noodles are stretched just like how udon noodles are made. Somen is also served with a light flavored dipping sauce or tsuyu. Smen served in hot soup is usually called "nyumen" and eaten in the winter, much like soba or udon are. Not long ago, many people started to add Japanese mushrooms to the cold somen dish to give more flavor to it.