"Ramen is an instant food." False!

Frequently found misunderstandings about Ramen
1. "All the instant noodles are Ramen."
Completely Wrong!
Although it is the fact that the firstly invented instant noodle was based on "Ramen", its followers include instant versions of various noodles frequently eaten in Asian countries. They are completely different from "Ramen." The differences lay in noodle's ingredients, cooking method, texture, and broth's ingredients, cookign methods. Also the topping variatiton is also differernt. In short, there is no similarity between those noodles and ramen except that they are noodles.

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