ramen shop
Japanese Name:
ラーメン屋
Romaji Name:
ramenya
Description
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A ramen shop is a restaurant that specializes in ramen, a popular Japanese noodle dish. Ramen consists of wheat noodles served in a hot soup, usually with toppings like sliced pork (chashu), green onions, boiled eggs, seaweed, and bamboo shoots.
History
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Ramen originally came from China, and Chinese-style wheat noodles were introduced to Japan in the late 19th or early 20th century. The dish was first known as shina soba (meaning "Chinese soba"), but the name ramen eventually became standard.
The first dedicated ramen shops began to appear in Japan in the early 1900s, especially in port cities like Yokohama, where Chinese immigrants lived and worked. These early ramen dishes were simple, usually consisting of broth, noodles, and a few toppings.
After World War II, ramen became more popular across Japan, especially as wheat flour became widely available. Many yatai (street food stalls) sold cheap and filling bowls of ramen to workers and students.
In the 1950s, ramen shops became more common, and regional styles started to develop, such as:
Tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen from Fukuoka
Shoyu (soy sauce) ramen from Tokyo
Miso ramen from Hokkaido
Shio (salt) ramen from Hakodate