ramen

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Tonkotsu ramen is all the rage in the States these days, but Tsukushinbo makes our favorite: simpler, shoyu ramen (soy sauce flavor).

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  1. noun A Japanese dish of noodles in broth, often garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables.
  2. noun A thin white noodle served in this dish.

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  • No matter how much it sets wannabe rock stars salivating at the thought of Uncle Sugar paying for their ramen, pot, and cable bill for a few years while they noodle away at a soon-to-be-failed career, what precisely is the payoff for the taxpayer? —  ResurrectionSong
  • Our waitress finally brings Marshall's ramen, and everyone else starts to eat. —  SF0
  • Murphy†™ s character slowly pronouncing the word "ramen," as if it weren†™ t something we†™ ve all been snarfing down in infancy and drunken collegiate stupors alike. —  Heeb HQ RSS
  • About Me: Things that make me happy: Haribo Happy Cola gummies, TV shows on DVD, buying books although I never read them, 80's rock ballads, ramen, and of course Mr. Martini! —  Weddingbee
  • But ramen, a noodle soup borrowed wholesale from the Chinese, is no more a traditional Japanese food than curry rice, California rolls or spaghetti doughnuts. —  LA Weekly | Complete Issue
 

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  1. Japanese rāmen, from Chinese (Mandarin) lā miàn, pulled noodles : , pull + miàn, noodle.
 

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