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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:54 PM Aug 2016

When eating Ramen in Japan, don't forget to slurp.

いただきます！itadakimasu!(lets eat!) おいしいね oishii ne! (its yummy!)

miso (paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt) shoyu (soysauce) tonkotsu (Tonkotsu translates to “pork bone.”) shio (salted) ra-Men ra-Men (type of Japanese noodle)

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When eating Ramen in Japan, don't forget to slurp. (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2016 OP

I lived in South Korea and can't unlearn that bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #1

Well here in San Francisco yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #3

when I was stationed in Japan I remember eating littlewolf Aug 2016 #2

bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)

1. I lived in South Korea and can't unlearn that

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:18 PM

Aug 2016

When i eat ramen I have to go to a room alone.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

3. Well here in San Francisco

Reply to bluedye33139 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:38 PM

Aug 2016

If you visit Chinatown or Japantown (Nihonmachi 日本待ち ) you can slurp your noodles to your delight. I do, because...if the noodles are really hot, its a great way to cool them down, as they are going in!

littlewolf

(3,813 posts)

2. when I was stationed in Japan I remember eating

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:27 PM

Aug 2016

soup in the train stations. man it was good …

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