Japanese Ramen story: the evolutionary history of Ramen

Japanese Ramen originated from China and is the most representative mass Ramen in Japan. The evolution history of Japanese Ramen is synchronized with the development of Japanese economy. There are different views on the origin of Japanese ramen, and there is also a heated debate in Japan. The oldest saying is that in 1665 in the Edo era, the general's relative Tokugawa Guangkai tasted the Ramen made by Chinese Confucian scholars. Generally speaking, before and after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japanese port cities were opened to foreign merchant ships, and Chinese businessmen came across the sea to promote ramen. However, the most authoritative statement is that Chinese Ramen first appeared on the roadside stall in Zhonghua street, Yokohama City. Hokkaido Hakodate, which opened its port in the same period, claimed that it was the birthplace of Japanese ramen, and some people reproduced the Ramen according to the recipes of Meiji era.

At the end of the Second World War, the Japanese settled in Chinese mainland all of a sudden returned to Japan. Many people can't forget the taste of ramen and dumplings they have eaten in China. Moreover, there was devastation after the war. Although there was a lack of food materials, ramen could also be made. Therefore, as a cheap cuisine, ramen began to be widely loved by the Japanese. It is said that at that time, the five men in this village lived a life when they barely earned enough money to buy tomorrow's food materials.

The rapid growth period in Japan, which has lasted for nearly 20 years since 1954, is the development period of ramen. Busy people like Ramen that can be eaten immediately and has high value.

During this period, ramen technology has also made great progress. Born in Taiwan and founded Nissin food, the late Ando Baifu first began selling instant noodles "chicken soup Ramen" in the world in 1958. This kind of instant noodles uses the "instant oil heat drying method". As a food that can be easily eaten by soaking in boiling water, it has quickly entered thousands of households. Ando developed cupnoodle in 1971.

In the economic bubble period of the second half of last 80s to the early 90s, Japanese people turned their attention to more fashionable French and Italy cuisine. The development of Japanese hand pulled noodle industry slowed down slightly. Hand pulled noodle was once again developed after the collapse of the bubble economy. In the sluggish economic environment, the charm of civilian food is favored again.

The advent of the Internet during this period also had a great impact on ramen. People can not only easily obtain the information of ramen shops, but also publish their feelings about Ramen shops through blogs. Therefore, the personalization of ramen shops has developed, and the era has entered a "diversified period" of Japanese ramen. Ramen shops have begun to launch menus with strong impact. Ramen shops such as "noodle house Musashi", which was born in 1996, give guests a sense of satisfaction with strong seafood taste. There is a long queue in front of the ramen shop. In addition to matching chicken rack soup with seafood soup to make "double ingredient soup", the noodle soup feature launched by "noodle house Musashi" without adding fresh seasonings has aroused heated discussion. The world's first selling instant noodles of Nissin food