Chinese-style wheat noodles often called chuka-soba, served in a stock of bones and vegetables flavored with soy.
(ラãƒ1/4メン) A staple of salariman dining options: noodles in soup. There are, however, literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of different varieties, mostly differentiated by the type of soup and toppings. Ramen is actually something of a national obsession, with the most popular restaurants drawing round-the-block queues, and marathon five-hour "ramen battle" shows on late-night TV pitting elite ramen crews from around the country against each other in a contest to feed a panel of hungry C-list tarento.
A Chinese noodle dish which consists of a big bowl of watery but flavoursome soup containing noodles, vegetables and occasionally meat. Other common ingredients include seaweed, egg, tofu and Japanese fishcake. Pronounced 'rah-men'
Japanese noodle dish of Chinese origins. It is served with a variety of toppings, such as sliced pork (ãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ chÄshÅ«), seaweed, kamaboko, green onions and even corn. Almost every locality, or prefecture, in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the tonkotsu ramen of KyÅ«shÅ« to the miso ramen of HokkaidÅ.