By SCOTT CHERRY Restaurant Critic on Dec 30, 2009, at 3:40 PM Updated on 12/30 at 3:44 PM
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My wife sent a package of ramen in my lunch today.
"Are you in some kind of trouble at home?" was the response of assistant Scene editor Sarah Hart.
More likely it was a sign we are overdue for a trip to the grocery store. At least, I think so.
Actually, I rather enjoyed my bowl of ramen, that ubiquitous cheap eat for college students for probably the past 25 years.
We didn't have ramen when I was in college. I first encountered it in South Korea, where it was very popular among the local villagers. We learned to cook it in mess kits on top of diesel stoves in our Quonset huts during the winter. Some of my buddies who married Korean women wound up bringing home suitcases filled with the stuff.
It was only a few years later that it became common on the shelves of American supermarkets. In Korea, we pronounced it rahm-yun. Here, I've heard it more commonly referred to as top ramen and pronounced top rah-men.
One thing you have to like about ramen: The cost of a package of ramen noodles with its little flavor packet has gone up only a few cents in the past 30 years, which makes it a pretty special item right there.
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