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Running out of the ramen restaurant to eat its instant version seconds afterwards on the street is the kind of reporting you won’t get anywhere else.
You can remix your ramen broth into a second Japanese cuisine favorite with almost zero effort.
Japan’s famous tonkotsu ramen chain makes dreams come true with instant cup noodles 20 years in the making.
Because you never know when disaster will strike, and if it does, you know you’ll want to eat ramen.
Japan Noodle Trio is perfect for those with no time to cook and no ability to choose between two great Japanese flavors.
This is a combination of delicious and contemporary technology that was definitely worth the visit.
Instant ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner will take care of all your vitamin, mineral, and protein requirements, company says.
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