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Instant cup noodles are on display at the Instant Ramen Museum on April 8, 2008 in Osaka, Japan for the 6th World Instant Noodle Summit. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images) Tokyo - Asharq Al-Awsat
Get ready to learn everything you ve ever wanted to know about instant ramen at Osaka s Cup Noodles Museum.
The museum, just north of Osaka city in Ikeda, celebrates the beloved instant food with quirky displays, interactive exhibits, and live factory demonstrations. Here s what you need to know to experience this wacky niche museum, according to the Japan Today website.
Interactive noodle exhibits: An archway of Nissin Cup Noodle packaging and a larger than life cross-section of one of the infamous cups await visitors inside. Learn the history of this convenient food through the interactive timeline of instant noodles from their inception to the modern-day.
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Instant noodles are a fairly recent product of Japanese cuisine, but they ve already had a huge impact on the country and the world. Momofuku Ando introduced the first dehydrated noodle packets to customers in 1958, and today instant ramen is as iconic as the stuff made from scratch. At the Cup Noodles Museum in Japan, you can learn all about the beloved convenience food.
With locations in Yokohama and Osaka Ikeda, the museum is a must-see destination for anyone who s ever relied on instant noodles for a quick, satisfying meal. It s dedicated to Momofuku Ando s two biggest inventions: Cup Noodles and Top Ramen. Visitors are invited to experience the products history through interactive exhibits.
Ever wanted to curate your own cup noodle flavour? Nissin Foods’ well-known Cup Noodles Museum will be officially opened on March 30 in Hong Kong, making all your cup noodle dreams come true.
Announced ramen giant Nissin Foods in early March, the museum spans over 10,000 square foot of space in China Hong Kong City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui. Inside, visitors will find three brand-new attractions and three experience-based workshops that are unlike the ones seen at the Yokohama and Osaka Ikeda museum locations in Japan.
The grand attractions, “My Cup Noodles Factory” and “Demae Iccho Factory” workshops will be making a comeback after previous pop-ups in the city. The Cup Noodles Factory will allow visitors to design their own cup noodle in three steps, starting with a personalised cup, followed by your favourite soup base, and finally finishing off the cup noodle by selecting topping choices.