First, a brief history:
"Ramen" is actually how the Japanese pronounce the Chinese characters for "Lo Mein"; but while this amazing delicacy originated in China, it was Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando who created the first of the dried-up-noodle-packages that we know and love today.
(I both know and love this)
He did it for a good cause too. He wanted to make something easily transportable, inexpensive & filling for the food crisis in Japan following WWII. The rest, of course, is history and today countless spinoffs are available at grocery stores world-wide.
Sadly, the world lost this great man in 2007 when he passed away at the ripe old age of 96. He once attributed his longevity to eating chicken ramen almost every day.
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