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[shawner88]

I always thought Shin Ramyon was Korean, but the Chinese swear it's Chinese.

On a side note, Shin Ramyon cup noodles in China come with a plastic fork inside the container.

[Hollywoodaction]

Ramen is a Chinese dish, but the idea of frying the noodles to make instant food first came to Momofuku Ando, a Japanese, in 1958. Shin Ramen is a product of Nongshim, which is a Korean company.

[Hater Depot]

My girlfriend swears that Korea invented instant ramen and that Japan stole it and told the world they invented it.

[Qinella]

Shin ramen is fairly popular in the US, too, where I found it to be much spicier. It would almost bring me to tears to drink it. Here, it's just really hardy.

[Naruto]

Ramen and its origin

Ramen is the Japanese version of the Chinese noodle soup dish, or specifically, the Chinese dish called 'La-Mian', literally translated to 'pulled noodles'. The process of making hand-"pulled noodles" is actually an art involving holding the stretched out dough in both hands and whirling it around several times. The paste is then laid out on a board and folded and refolded repeatedly until it is eventually transformed into long, thin, noodles.

Noodles originated from China over 5000 years ago and the art of noodle-making reached Japan along with other elements of the Chinese culture much much later on. Originally called 'lamen' in Japan, the dish is later referred to as 'ramen ' as there are no distinctions between the 'L' and 'R' sound in the Japanese language. Today, practically the entire Asia region eats ramen or 'la-mian' and after the invention of packaged ramen by the Japanese, ramen-eating became even more popular due to the ease in cooking the noodles, not only in Asia, but also in many Western countries like America.

Shin Ramyun is Ramen manufactured by a Korean company so it's Korean, but the original concept of Ramen was invented by the Chinese called La-Mian.

[Bulsajo]

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[Cedar]

you guys made me hungry! I better go add the flavor packets now... (and yes, though Shin Ramyun is THANKFULLY available in most parts of China, it is a Korean company).