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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Short on time? Ever sit down to study and have little time to cook? Many of us wander into the kitchen, open the pantry, and throw in the oven a pot of water to boil and break open a package of good ol' fashion ramen noodles. Well my friends, take note. In Japan, Ramen noodles has become the biggest craze of restaurant goers.
From Yahoo! News (World - AP Asia), "TOKYO - Customers with Prada handbags and Gucci sunglasses sometimes stand in line for hours and gaze hungrily at a TV outside the restaurant door, feasting their eyes on the delicacy that awaits: a bowl of noodles. The humble noodle — known in Japan as 'ramen' — has long been better known as a staple of construction workers and penny-pinching students than as a favorite of the chic.
But in a push to win over a new clientele, Japanese noodles are going upscale with special pork and organic vegetables served in eateries with fetching dark-wood interiors and soft lighting.
One company even came up with a shocker for anyone who's slurped down a calorie-packed bowl of noodles: diet ramen made from seaweed extracts. It weighs in at a meager 8 calories.
'The 'stylish ramen' stores have really boomed,' said Masahiko Ichiyanagi, who writes a 'ramen column' for a popular weekly magazine, Tokyo 1Week. 'The result is that it's now recognized as a legitimate leisure activity.'"
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