The ramen in the USA changed greatly by the noodle factory that the Japanese developed in Hawaii

Sometimes called up to the national cuisine of JapanramenIs now well eaten in New York, USA and San Francisco. Not only instant noodles, but as a result of the ramen boom wrapping around America in New York,Branch issued by Japanese noodle shopIn some cases,A ramen specialty store issued by AmericansThere is also, it is quite high level. The following movie explains that such a ramen boom in the United States was actually towed by one Japanese.

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This is a Chinese noodle maker in Teterboro, New Jersey "Sun NoodleIt is a factory of.


Chinese noodles will flow to the belt conveyor of the factory. Looking at it is the eldest son of the founder of Sun Noodle, Mr. Kakushiro Kakiki who is managing the plant in New Jersey.


In this factory, craftsmen, not machines, weigh and mix flour, water, salt with hands.


In addition to the noodles, add brackish water, egg whites, natural pigment to make kosi, stir the ingredients with a large mixer. Protein in the noodle dough with thisglutenIs formed and a stronger elasticity is born.


A well-kneaded dough is rolled many times in order to produce further stiffness, and the strip of noodles is gradually thinned.


When rolling the thinned noodle dough through the cutting edge, a small noodle appears like something you have seen somewhere.


Then, the noodles cut with moderate length flow over the belt conveyor and are gathered in one ball unit ......


It is packaged in one bag with five balls.


We pack bags in boxes and ship them all over the nation. Not only supermarkets for general but also ramen shops in the United States have been dropping noodles.


Sun Noodle was founded in 1981 by Mr. Eki Hiki (Uki Hitohito).


Mr. Eiyuto's father runs a noodle factory in Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi prefecture, and Mr. Eiyu was a trainee at the noodle factory. At that time there was a story saying to make a noodle factory in Hawaii, and also a noodle machine was sent from Mr. Eiyuto's working noodle factory.


Although he was still 19 at the time but he could not speak English at all, he was a Mr. Eiyoro, but from the thought of "I would like to learn English and want to see the outside of Japan", I headed for Hawaii alone and will be involved in management of the noodle factory It was.


Originally from the difference of water and flour, although it is evaluated as "Chinese noodles in Japan are too hard", repeating the trial many times while changing the type and formulation of wheat flour, finally seems to be able to satisfy Hawaiian chef Now you can make noodles.


With the motto "Communication through noodles" and "To work according to ramen shops and customers", Sun Noodle is also a feature of not only supermarkets but also the service of making noodles according to the demands of each ramen shop.


Sun Noodle Corporation, which began in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1981, has expanded its business to build a factory in California state Compton in the US West Coast and Teterboro in New Jersey State in 2012 in 2004. .


The place has changed, this shop is located in New YorkIvan Ramen"is.


It is Mr. Ivan Orkin of the shopkeeper "Ivan Ramen" who shows the majestic hot tub cut by Japanese people. Actually Ivan had been shoping "Eyan Ramen" at Setagaya in Tokyo from 2007 to 2015, but from the mind that "I want American to know more authentic ramen than instant noodles" Ivan Ramen "again after returning to my home country of America.


Actually, in New York, "Momofuku Noodle Bar"Ramen boom occurred as the shop called fire, and" Ivan Ramen "also opened in New York due to that flow. "There are about 60 ramen shops in New York, but there are still 8000 ramen shops in Tokyo in Japan, and there is a big gap between ramen circumstances in Japan and the USA. Americans enjoy full-scale ramen In order to go to Japan, it is necessary to go to Japan, it is very difficult, "Ivan says.


Actually this "Ivan Ramen" was purchasing noodles from the noodle factory of Sun Noodle in New Jersey.


"In the meaning of knowing both Japan and the United States, I and Sun Noodle are the same.Sun Noodle is a Hawaiian company, but for Japanese people" diligently " Only Sun Noodle will work on it, "Ivan says while sipping his own ramen.


The American ramen boom is big enough to be featured on TV now.


There are also orthodox style ramen that puts the ingredients on top of the soup and noodles poured in bowl, as you often see in Japan ....


Hamburger 's "ramen"Ramen BurgerAnother unusual menu such as "It is introduced.


According to the special feature "America's ramen top shop top 10" chosen by American publishers, nine out of ten shops were contracted with Sun Noodle. Mr. Kakiro Takagi says that Sun Noodle's future goal is to spread ramen making business in the American food stations and to further boost the ramen boom.


"What I should do is spread the technology to make ramen for Americans rather than for Japanese people, spread" America's own ramen "using American materials made on American farms That's what I want to accomplish by my retirement. "