List of ramen dishes Facts for Kids

Ramen is a super popular Japanese meal! It's made with special wheat noodles served in a tasty soup called broth. This broth is usually made from meat or sometimes fish, and it often gets its flavor from soy sauce or miso (a savory paste).

What makes ramen even better are the toppings! You might find slices of yummy pork called chāshū, dried seaweed (nori), crunchy fermented bamboo shoots (menma), and fresh green onions (negi).

Did you know that almost every part of Japan has its own unique ramen? It's true! And if you want to try the best ramen, you can visit a ramen-ya, which is a restaurant just for ramen.

Awesome Ramen Dishes
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Awesome Ramen Dishes

Tsukemen at a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan

Here are some of the many delicious ramen dishes you can find:

Champon

Champon is a special ramen dish from Nagasaki, Japan. You can find different versions of it in Japan, Korea, and China. To make Champon, cooks first fry pork, seafood, and vegetables in lard. Then, they add a soup made from chicken and pig bones. Special Champon noodles are added and boiled right in the soup. This is different from other ramen dishes, as everything cooks in just one pan!

Hokkaido Ramen

Hokkaido is a large island in northern Japan, and many cities there have their own unique ramen styles. Sapporo ramen, from Hokkaido's capital city, is especially famous all over Japan.

Hiyashi Chūka

Hiyashi chūka is a perfect dish for summer! It's a Japanese meal with chilled ramen noodles. It comes with various toppings and is served cold, making it very refreshing on a hot day.

Kagoshima Ramen

Kagoshima ramen comes from the Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan. Its soup is mostly made from tonkotsu (pork bone broth), which makes it a bit cloudy. To make it even tastier, chicken stock, vegetables, dried sardines, kelp, and dried mushrooms are also added.

Muroran Curry Ramen

If you love curry, you might enjoy Muroran curry ramen! This ramen dish has a delicious curry flavor. You can find it in many ramen restaurants in cities like Muroran, Noboribetsu, Date, and Tōyako in Hokkaido, Japan.

Sanratanmen

Sanratanmen is a Japanese hot and sour soup that includes ramen noodles. It's known for its tangy and spicy flavors, which make it a very exciting dish to try!

Tantan Ramen (Tantanmen)

Tantan ramen, also known as Tantanmen, is a Japanese version of a Chinese dish called dan dan mian from Sichuan. Its broth is rich, creamy, and spicy, made with sesame seed paste, chili oil, and a spicy bean paste called doubanjiang. Toppings often include spicy ground pork, leafy greens like bok choy, green onions, and bean sprouts.

Tonkotsu Ramen

Tonkotsu ramen started on the Kyushu island of Japan. The special thing about this ramen is its broth, which is made by boiling pork bones for a long time. This creates a rich, creamy, and flavorful soup.

Tori Paitan Ramen

Tori paitan ramen is similar to Tonkotsu ramen, but it uses chicken bones for its broth instead of pork bones. This also creates a rich and creamy soup, but with a different flavor profile from the chicken.

Tsukemen

Tsukemen is a unique ramen dish where the noodles and soup are served separately. You eat the noodles by dipping them into a separate bowl of flavorful soup or broth. It's a fun way to enjoy ramen!