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Rice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan’s punk rock soul

10/08/2021 08:05 AM | Click to read full article

Instant noodles have plenty to say about Japanese traits of inventiveness, risk-taking and an openness to adapting and upgrading foreign influences that helped Japan recover after World War II to become an economic, cultural — and gastronomic — titan.

The Japanese cribbed noodles from neighbor China, where they are called “lamian.” Over the years, Japanese chefs elevated ramen into an art, a tastebud-blowing spectrum of flavors, textures and choices.

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