Canned Ramen
Ramen.
I personally like mine “Sapporo Style”, with lots of seafood and miso based as opposed to shio(salt) or shoyu(soy sauce) based. This is no secret, and thus I am biased. And when in comes to instant stuff, Nissin Curry Cup Ramen is pretty excellent.
But, strangely, this particular thought never occured to me: Canned Ramen.
I mean, there are canned oden out there, as well beef stew, so why not the ultimate in convenience food, ramen?
This situation is rectified, as one can now buy canned ramen from a vending machine that pops out all heated up.
Canned ramen noodles are here. I can’t believe this wasn’t developed until now; you’d think the Japanese have seen Campbell’s Soup before, or at least an Andy Warhol painting or two. But anyway, here it is, and apparently it’s quite popular. Takeshi Yamada, owner of the famed Menya Musashi ramen shop in Tokyo, put east and west together to create this product to offset the food shortage caused by the Niigata earthquake of 2004. Like Chikin Ramen, dire times are the mothers of invention. My hat’s off to Yamada-san. Plus, you can buy it hot out of a Japanese vending machine! Get your ramen to go, along with a cup of Boss Coffee or a pet bottle of Ooi o-cha!
Rockin’. I hope it vends a pair of chopstix too…
via Rameniac