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Canned Ramen: Brand & Flavor in Japanese….TBD…

I’ve heard rumors about ramen in a can and never thought I would actually be able to try it anytime soon….UNTIL…Ayako was kind enough to bring me back a can on a recent trip to Japan. It’s been sitting on the dining room table for quite a while now. I guess I’ve been waiting for the right moment to pop it open…and so tonight…I guess it was time. The few words on the can that were in English declares that the ramen can be eaten hot or cold. I decided to eat them hot. My first impression when I poured the noodles into the pot was that it looked like rubber bands. And my first impression was right because it had the texture of rubber bands (if rubber bands were edible). Anthony researched and found that canned ramen is generally made from a type of yam used to make Konnyaku jelly. The reason that they use yam is so the noodles have a longer shelf life. This was a very interesting experience that I’m not sure is for everyone. The soup wasn’t bad, it tasted like chicken broth or canned Chinese shark fin’s soup if you can imagine that. There were 2 slivers of bamboo and a chunk of real chicken (that was dry). I have mixed emotions about canned ramen. It wasn’t as good and fun as I expected. Maybe I would feel different about it if I had eaten it after it rolled out of a vending machine piping hot.

*Product of Japan

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