Saturday, November 04, 2006

Finally... Ramen

Yes, we finally found it. Best ramen in town! Come on in... you are going to feel as if you were in a little ramen shop in Tokyo!

Rai Rai Ken
214 E. 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 477-7030
CASH ONLY


It looks like they just got a slice of Tokyo and dropped it off in Manhattan.

The Best ramen broth in the New York City... Get we get the whole pot to go, please???

Fried rice is not recommended... but their ramen has to be the best Japanese style ramen in town.

2 comments:

LauraB said...

I am sorry to tell you that the inventor of instant Ramen noodles is dead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando

Momofuku Ando (安藤百福 Andō Momofuku?), born Wu Bai-fu (吳百福) (March 5, 1910 - January 5, 2007) was the founder and chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd., and the inventor of the modern instant noodle, ramen.

Ando was born in Kagi (currently Chiayi), Taiwan and grew up in Tainan City. In 1948, Momofuku Ando founded what was to become Nissin in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. It was a small family-run company at first.

On August 25, 1958, at the age of 48, and after months of trial and error experimentation, Ando announced that he had finally perfected his flash-frying method and therefore invented the instant noodle. Called Chikin Ramen, after the original flavour, it was originally considered a luxury food item as it cost around six times that of traditional non-instant udon and soba noodles. Ando began sales of the Cup noodles on September 18, 1971. As prices dropped, ramen soon became a booming business. An estimated 70 billion servings were sold in 2004.

In 1964, looking for a way to promote the instant noodle industry, Ando founded the Instant Food Industry Association which set guidelines for fair competition and product quality, introducing several industry standards such as the inclusion of production dates on packaging. The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum is named after Ando.

Ando was also the chairman of the International Ramen Manufacturers’ Association. He died on January 5, 2007 of heart failure in Osaka Prefecture at the age of 96.

parkfrazier said...

Yes, Christoff told me last night...