Don’t Waste Your Day, Eat Ramen Noodles at a Buffet

By Sanai Acuna

What should I feed some hungry laptop? . . . RAM-EN. Ramen noodles are lifesavers. I remember when I first tried ramen noodles, after I ate the ramen noodles I fell in love and I ate it for two weeks straight. Ramen noodles are one of the cheapest staple foods in a grocery store. Fun fact: Momofuku Ando invented ramen noodles. Ramen noodles look like skinny, squiggly spaghetti. There are different flavors of ramen noodles, such as chicken flavor, beef flavor, shrimp flavor, soy sauce (vegetarian) flavor, chili (vegetarian) flavor, and hot and spicy beef flavor. The ramen noodles’ chicken flavor tastes like the chips’ hot fries. According to ejjiramen.com, “Miso ramen was born in Sapporo Japan around the mid-1950s.” Did you know that ramen noodles were once considered a luxury item? According to spoonuniversity.com, “Ramen is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word lamein.” However, Japan created ramen specialities, such as broth, saltiness, the noodles, and the toppings, according to spoonuniversity.com. According to spoonuniversity.com there is a food museum in Chicago. Japan has got the museum of instant noodles covered. The noodle length inside an instant ramen packet is 51 meters as claimed by spoonuniversity.com. Ramen feels like slime or putty. In my opinion slurping ramen is the best. Ramen noodles are special to me because they make me calm and attentive. Ramen noodles can be made in an oven or microwave. I remember one day my mom had left overs for me to eat because she didn’t wanna buy any food. I didn’t want leftovers, my parents are not

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together and don’t live together. I called my dad to buy me ramen noodles with chicken flavor. When my dad arrived with the ramen I ate it like I didn’t eat in years. Ramen will make you pleased and joyful. If you want to know what the special ingredient is, kansui. Kansui is the added ingredient in ramen noodles. “Kansui is a mix of mineral water, sodium carbonate, and potassium carbonate and is responsible for making ramen noodles springy and chewy,” as reported by bitemybun.com. According to bitemybun.com, “Kansui is what gives ramen its unique flavor and eating experience.” December 12, 2021, I went to this place called Hibachi for my tenth birthday. I ordered Hibachi’s ramen noodles. When I got the ramen noodles and took a bite it was GROSS! I spit out the food very fast. When I got home I was cheerful. I got home and made myself ramen. It was so tasty. The correct way to cook ramen, according to cooking. nytimes.com, is to bring two-and-a-half cups of water to boil in a small saucepan. After that, make sure to add the noodles and cook for two minutes. Add the flavor packet, stir, and cook for another thirty seconds. Ramen noodles are the greatest food ever. I recommend you try

them.