[InvisibleChurch]

Momofuku Ando

[Kirkwood]

First sentence kind of says it all. You didn’t make that.

[skinkinthegrass]

"Momofuku Ando"and a Savior; to those on self-inflicted / voluntary minimal budgets...
thanks, for the post / thread.

[gunnyg]

Ah so, yes, I recall fondly my days in Japan (early 50s) and the late nite call in the neighborhoods of the O-So-Ba man and his door-2-door cart of hot, straming O-SO-Ba !!!!!

It cost about 5 yen at that time...(360 y =1$)

Those were the days....

Semper watching!!!!!
*****

[x]

You have to be one tough Momofuku to make it in the noodle business ...

[Yardstick]

one of those depersonalized corporate miracles, like the Honda Civic, the Sony Walkman and Hello Kitty, that sprang from that ingenious consumer-product collective known as postwar Japan.

I'll bet that even with these you could identify an indispensible person whose creativity, expertise, or tenacity was the key to making it happen.

[Ezekiel]

I remember this story when it first broke!

According to the company’s Web site, instant ramen satisfies more than 100 million people a day. Aggregate servings of the company’s signature brand, Cup Noodles, reached 25 billion worldwide in 2006.

Make sure to put this place on your bucket list:

[JRandomFreeper]

Any man that was so involved in feeding so many people is a good man. It made me think of the story of the loaves and fish.

/johnny

[mowowie]

I’ve always loved Ramen Noodles!
So easy, quick and clean to make.
I don’t care about the sodium damn it!

It also serves a currency in your local jail/prison.

[Lee N. Field]

Mr. Noodle (2007 obit of maker of Raman Noodles) etc. etc. Ramen noodles, by contrast, are a dish of effortless purity. Like the egg, or tea, they attain a state of grace through a marriage with nothing but hot water. After three minutes in a yellow bath, the noodles soften. The pebbly peas and carrot chips turn practically lifelike.

Wow. I did not know that. I've always assumed it was a traditional J. food, and that we in the United State were getting the crap knockoff version. That seems not to be the case.