Would you like to eat ramen with me?

 Take it easy, okay, Don't let your mind go wild. I mean, "would you like to eat ramen with me?" literally. If you happen to find yourself in South Korea, please do not take it literally though, it has a deeper meaning which is equivalent to "wanna Netflix and chill?" and if you still do not know what that means dear early men and women, it means "do you want to have sex with me?". You are safe here, don't worry😅. I just gave you a life tip, thank me by reading on.

  Let's not confuse things, we have ramen and ramyeon, ramyeon is derived from the Japanese ramen which is noodles made with fresh ingredients and spices usually served at restaurants. Meanwhile, ramyeon refers to instant noodles with dried vegetables and artificial flavouring. I asked you if you would eat ramen with me for a reason, we are going to the roots cupcakes, i do have your permission and attention by now I hope, so fasten your seat belts for a tour of ramen history.

Ramen has its origin in China, the name was originally used for two other dishes: chuka soba and shina soba (Chinese noodles), Some scholars say that a neo-Confucian, Shu Shunsui scholar brought the noodle dish to Japan when he escaped the Manchu dynasty in China and fled to Japan to be an advisor to Tokugawa Mitsukuni, a Japanese lord (i'm writing this and i can't help but think of master Shifu from Kung fu panda, if you don't know it, leave it😎).

The more accepted theory is that ramen was brought to Japan in the late 1880s as Chinese migrants moved to Japan and worked as chefs in Chinese restaurants in Japan. Chinese noodles in broth with Chinese style pork were originally used to make it (my amazing antagonists of pork meat, please change that mindset that pork meat has evil spirits inside and the tape worm you are scared of is when you do not clean the meat properly. Why will you even eat any meat at all without cleaning it properly before cooking and eating, then you will blame it on the devil. It is okay if you just do not like it but not liking it because you believe it has evil spirits, Chelsea c'mon now).

  After its initial appearance in the late 19th century, ramen quickly grew to be one of Japan's most popular dishes. The growth in ramen was synonymous with the industrialization of Japan. As wages for Japanese labourers increased in the 1980s, so did the amount of independently owned eateries in Japan. As people moved to the city to find better jobs, they also found shina soba (Chinese noodles). Shina soba fitted the needs of their busy lives, it was convenient, affordable and delicious. The dish was made relatively quickly and consumed even quicker.  Another factor that contributed to the popularization of ramen was the invention of the noodle making machine. The machine initially appeared in Japan in 1883, and in only a few decades, using the noodle maker became more popular than making noodles by hand. 

  So, would you like to eat ramen with me?

  私といっしょにラーメン食べませんか？
  watashi to issho ni ra-men tabe masenka?