The Japanese has yet again come up with a whole new, unique way of enjoying their food. The Ramen Burger, as described by the Asahi Shimbun is as amusingly different as the challenges they come up with in their game shows:
In place of the hamburger buns, the Furusato-tei restaurant uses boiled ramen noodles baked into small round cakes. Rather than a meat patty, the ramen “buns” sandwich other ingredients often found in a ramen dish, such as char siu roasted pork, menma, a condiment made from dried bamboo, and naruto sliced fish cake.
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Instant ramen inventor Ando dies at 96
Momofuku Ando (born Wu Bai Fu) died Friday afternoon, of acute myocardial infarction. Ando invented the universally-loved instant noodle when he was 48. He was president of the Nissin Food Products Co. in Osaka and chairman of the Japan Convenience Foods Industry Association.
Visit his famous Ramen Museum and don’t miss the Flash cartoons! As for me, I’m still wondering what necessitated the name change.