In Japan, eating ramen is a near goddamn religious experience. You sit, you taste, and suddenly, you’re speaking to God himself. I’ve loved ramen my whole life. I grew up on noodles of all ...

For the past few years, Japan has been in the grips of udon mania. Walk the streets of central Tokyo or Osaka and you will find dozens of packed chain restaurants, offering bowls of udon for $3 or $4.

The story of how Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen in a backyard shed in 1958, when food was still scarce, is the stuff of legend in Japan. He went on to found the food giant Nissin Foods.

Little Tokyo's Tsurumaru Udon Honpo is offering DIY udon noodle kits for $5 so you can cook and enjoy Japan's most popular noodles at home.

The story of how Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen in a backyard shed in 1958, when food was still scarce, is the stuff of legend in Japan. He went on to found the food giant Nissin Foods.

Global success. Ramen has also surged in popularity in the U.S., South Korea and other countries. Retail sales in the United States have risen 72% since 2000, according to NielsenIQ, a sales tracker.

The story of how Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen in a backyard shed in 1958, when food was still scarce, is the stuff of legend in Japan. He went on to found the food giant Nissin Foods.

Ramen is one of the specialties of the chef and owner, Foo Kanegae, who was involved with the Ippudo chain. 255 Smith Street (Douglass Street), Boerum Hill, 347-763-1155, karazishibotan.com . Yuji ...

STORY: Japan's Yoshinoya is looking to ramen noodles for its next phase of growth. Known for its gyudon beef bowls and udon noodles, Yoshinoya now hopes to turn ramen into a third business pillar ...

We went inside the Peninsula’s newest noodle joint, opening this week at Stanford Shopping Center At Taro San Japanese Noodle Bar in Palo Alto, Jerome Ito hopes to expand our conceptions of the ...

Enter E.A.K. Ramen, which opens this Wednesday in the West Village and brings a ramen style, IEKEI, that's apparently huge in Japan right now (under the name Machida Shoten, E.A.K. operates some ...