I'm from L.A. which has a big Japanese American community and has had a sizeable population of J-As since the late 1800s, second only to Hawaii. Instant ramen - how many tons of this are sold annually? read more
After Italian, Chinese and Mexican, Japanese food is probably the most popular ethnic cuisine in the United States. Prior to about 1970 only a few big cities, and a few Japanese-American communities in Hawaii and California, had Japanese restaurants; the foods, and the manners and customs, attracted few mainstream American diners. read more
Ramen is one of the most popular options at the moment of choosing a place to eat. It is a wheat noodles bowl served in a soy sauce or miso soup mixed with many kinds of ingredients. The most typical ones are slices of pork, green onion, seaweed and egg. read more