Noodles: From comfort food to global culinary phenomenon
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Noodles: From comfort food to global culinary phenomenon

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Noodles, the quintessential comfort food of the modern era, are essentially long, thin strips made from flour. From Hakka noodles to Pad Thai and Japanese ramen, many versions of East Asian noodle dishes are now available across restaurants, ranging from spicy to mild, with toppings like eggs, spring onions, beef, pork, chicken, and veggies. From Indian classics like Maggi, Yippee, and Top Ramen to Korean brands like Samyang and Nongshim, Indonesian brands like Indomie, and Singaporean Koka, the market is flooded with options. Many historians trace the first recorded instance of noodles to a 3rd-century AD book from the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, although they likely existed in kitchens long before this.

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Beyond noodles: Ramen in Japan transforms into an unforgettable culinary experience and tourist attraction
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Beyond noodles: Ramen in Japan transforms into an unforgettable culinary experience and tourist attraction

Hindustan Times  

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Why the penne is mightier than the sauce: Pasta vs noodles
1 year ago

Why the penne is mightier than the sauce: Pasta vs noodles

Hindustan Times  

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The complicated story behind longevity noodles, a popular Lunar New Year dish
1 year, 11 months ago

The complicated story behind longevity noodles, a popular Lunar New Year dish

CNN  

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For chewy Japanese noodles, borrow an Italian technique
2 years, 2 months ago

For chewy Japanese noodles, borrow an Italian technique

Associated Press  

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The rise and rise of the instant noodle nation
2 years, 8 months ago

The rise and rise of the instant noodle nation

China Daily  

Traditional instant noodles have consolidated their popularity among young people. The brand's classic braised beef noodles still dominate the country's instant noodle market today. The height of the instant noodle industry's fortunes was in 2012 when 44 billion packets were sold, meaning that each person was eating 34 packets of instant noodles a year. The financial writer Wu Xiaobo, in …

The rise and rise of the instant noodle nation
2 years, 8 months ago

The rise and rise of the instant noodle nation

China Daily  

Traditional instant noodles have consolidated their popularity among young people. The brand's classic braised beef noodles still dominate the country's instant noodle market today. The height of the instant noodle industry's fortunes was in 2012 when 44 billion packets were sold, meaning that each person was eating 34 packets of instant noodles a year. The financial writer Wu Xiaobo, in …

The clever science behind frozen ramen
3 years, 3 months ago

The clever science behind frozen ramen

BBC  

The clever science behind frozen ramen Kyoko Uchida/Alamy The flavour-packed broth and chewy noodles of restaurant-made ramen is hard to replicate with instant noodles Instant ramen might be a hunger beater, but they are little like the real thing. And as American palates learned what these noodles could be like in recent years, following a groundswell of ramen shop openings, …

Oodles of palatable choices add to instant noodles' allure
4 years, 1 month ago

Oodles of palatable choices add to instant noodles' allure

China Daily  

The distance is great, I admit, between true poverty and the choices we make from a less precarious position. Still, I have marveled recently at the leaps and bounds made by way of instant noodles in the decades since, as a relatively impoverished college student, I often ate such noodles less by choice than through weight of circumstance. Instant noodles …

Oodles of palatable choices add to instant noodles' allure
4 years, 1 month ago

Oodles of palatable choices add to instant noodles' allure

China Daily  

The distance is great, I admit, between true poverty and the choices we make from a less precarious position. Still, I have marveled recently at the leaps and bounds made by way of instant noodles in the decades since, as a relatively impoverished college student, I often ate such noodles less by choice than through weight of circumstance. Instant noodles …

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