Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese dish of noodles in broth, often garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables.
- noun A thin white noodle served in this dish.
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- noun
Soup noodles ofwheat , withvarious ingredients (Japanese style) - noun A type of
instant noodles - adverb
amen
Etymologies
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Examples
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Call it hnau or call it ramen; we ought not to assume that “our common humanity” has some special moral status.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010
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The Ramen Totto ramen is supposedly organic and will be testing out chicken-based soup stock — to be expected from the Totto chain and especially delightful for someone with pork allergies like myself!
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Call it hnau or call it ramen; we ought not to assume that “our common humanity” has some special moral status.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010
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The Hakata Ramen consists of a pork bone broth topped with simmered pork slices, black mushrooms, red ginger, scallions and plenty of ultra thin ramen noodles.
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May be ramen would be similar to the Chinese noodle not only the food but also the word ramen itself which is the Chinese writing ramen (冷面).
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Aug 25th, 2006 at 5: 27 pm riceman ramen is not the only thing good at menkui-tei. highly recommend the fried rice or the curry rice!
Men Kui Tei | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2006
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Not only was the soup pot less crowded, I was able to make nice slices - the same way cha shu pork is served in Japanese ramen shops.
Archive 2007-02-01 e d b m 2007
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Not only was the soup pot less crowded, I was able to make nice slices - the same way cha shu pork is served in Japanese ramen shops.
NRM 2.0: A Revisit of Niu Rou Mian 牛肉麵, Chinese Beef Noodle Recipe e d b m 2007
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In the United States, the Hakata-style ramen from the Japanese city of Fukuoka is one of the most popular, with pork bones cooked for a long time over high heat, causing the marrow to be released.
SFGate: Top News Stories jhu@sfchronicle.com (Janny Hu 2011
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The "ramen" in "ramen profitable" refers to instant ramen, which is just about the cheapest food available.
Ramen Profitable 2009
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word ramen
Ramen (singular raman) are strangers from another species who are capable of communication and peaceful coexistence with humanity, even if they do not pursue the latter. We are able to exchange ideas with "ramen", but would have little or no common ground with them, at least not initially.
August 3, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ramen
Also, a tasty and ridiculously inexpensive soup.
August 6, 2007
john commented on the word ramen
I first read the "soup" below as "soap" and got confused, imagining uselessness scrubbing away with blocks of dried fried noodles.
August 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ramen
I wonder if bouillon has exfoliating properties... ;-)
August 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ramen
Sure beats dried spaghetti. Too rough.
August 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ramen
Also, dried spaghetti doesn't come in square or rectangular cakes..... Or... it *shouldn't*, anyhow.
August 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ramen
Unless it's spaghetti casserole. And then it really doesn't exfoliate well at all. Plus it doesn't taste good.
August 7, 2007
tbtabby commented on the word ramen
Ramen!
March 9, 2009