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Noodles (Page 18)

Frigid Silver Bukkake Udon is Japan’s latest way to beat the summer heat

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2021
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Why just have cold noodles when you can have ice noodles?

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• (COK • crazy • food • Hanamaru Udon • kakigori • Noodles • shaved ice • SNJO • udon)

Our reporter transforms into a fancy celebrity to sample the fanciest udon at Marugame Seimen

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 8, 2021

Two new limited-time menu items at the restaurant feature Kobe beef, so we pulled out all of the stops to feel worthy of this gastronomic celebration.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • gourmet • Kobe beef • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • Restaurant • sampling • udon)

How to make yoghurt ramen with instant noodles

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2021

Top Japanese ramen brand shares a simple recipe that’s delicious and perfect for summer. 

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• (Bulgaria • cooking • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • recipe • recipes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Tarator • weird • yoghurt • yogurt)

Japanese basketball star Rui Hachimura joins with Nissin to make his own Cup Noodle ramen

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 1, 2021

Hachimura said “I want you to make a product for me” and Nissin was happy to oblige.

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• Japan
• (basketball • collaboration • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • Himi • Noodles • ramen • Rui Hachimura • sports • Toyama Prefecture)

All-frozen ramen restaurant appears in Tokyo, shows us we don’t really need the restaurant

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2021

Ramen Journey Showroom does things a little differently.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • frozen food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • weird)

$100 ramen in Tokyo: Overpriced or totally worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2021

We splurge on luxury noodles with a luxury price tag.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • crazy • expensive • food • Japanese food • Matsusaka beef • meat • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • Shabu-shabu • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

Mr. Sato takes on this mega bowl of hiyashi chuka and possibly snubs his boss in the process

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 22, 2021

When the summer heat decreases your appetite, there’s nothing like a giant bowl of chilled noodles to bring it back.

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• Japan
• (big portion • dining • food • hiyashi chuka • Mr. Sato • Noodles • Staminataro • Takadanobaba • Tokyo)

Ramen vending machine in Tokyo satisfies noodle and gyoza cravings at any time of day or night

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2021

New “Dohiemon” vending machine introduces us to the future of ramen.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dohiemon • food • gyoza • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • Tokyo • vending machines)

Bukkake udon gets a new name in the U.S.A. from Marugame Udon

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2021

Traditional Japanese noodle dish now has a codeword-style moniker.

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• Japan
• (food • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • Marugame Udon • Marukame Udon • Noodles • restaurants • udon)

Sanma-men, the best ramen type that everyone in Japan forgets about

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2021

Yokohama’s original hometown noodles often get lost in the ramen shuffle, but not today!

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• (COK • food • Kanagawa • Noodles • restaurants • sanma-men • SNJO • taste test • Yokohama)

Super ramen! What happens when you combine 19 different types of supermarket ramen?【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2021

Today in the SoraKitchen, we’re taking our love of ramen to its illogical conclusion.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crazy • experiment • food • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Moko Tanmen Nakamoto deliciously spicy miso【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  May 22, 2021

We send our reporter to perform the most thorough test of a cup ramen’s quality we can manage.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Moko Tanmen Nakamoto • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Why did this stand-and-eat soba noodle shop in Tokyo open in the middle of the pandemic?

• Krista Rogers
  May 19, 2021

At a time when many small restaurants are going out of business, we speak to the manager of one that took the exact opposite approach.

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• Japan
• (business • food • Nojiro • Noodles • pandemic • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • stand-and-eat • tachigui • Tokyo)

Chicken wing-flavor ramen is our newest guilty pleasure we feel no real remorse over【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2021

The flavor of a Nagoya favorite finds its way into a cup of ramen and into our hearts.

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• Japan
• (chicken wings • Instant Ramen • izakaya • Noodles • ramen • Sekai no Yama-chan • SNJO • taste test)

Tokyo restaurant doesn’t tell you its name unless you ask, makes us appreciate life’s surprises

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2021

Not far from Akihabara, there’s a soba spot that gave us food to eat and food for thought.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • food • Kanda • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • tachigui soba • weird)

Attention nagashi somen-iacs! This new Japanese gadget lets you enjoy flowing noodles solo

• Katy Kelly
  May 4, 2021

Takara Tomy’s new palm-sized gadget helps you enjoy flowing nagashi-somen noodles at a responsible social distance.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • flowing noodles • food • gadgets • nagashi somen • Noodles • outdoors • SNJO • Takara Tomy • weird)

This amazing bowl of meaty ramen? Made entirely with Japanese convenience store stuff

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2021

Ramen expert shows us the most luxurious way to drop 1,000 yen at 7-Eleven.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience stores • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro)

All aboard the train station soba restaurant that’s being called the best in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2021

Over 70 years in service, with a very unusual type of noodle on the menu that was developed after World War II. 

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• Japan
• (COK • ekisoba • food • Himeji • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • taste test • train stations)

Diet-friendly Cup Noodle Pro is here, but does it taste as good as the original version?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2021

We taste-test the new high-protein, low-carb version of the instant ramen king.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • diet • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

New Noodles and Broth Only cup ramen – Saddest meal ever, or proof that less is more?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2021

New instant noodles don’t even bother trying to replicate restaurant toppings.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

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