R.I.P. Noodles Papa!

[wanderingmoon]

Momofuku Ando - the inventor of instant ramen - died of heart failure Friday evening (Jan. 5th 2007). He was 96 years old.

From The Japan Times"Born on March 5, 1910, in Taiwan, Ando initially ran clothing companies in Taipei and Osaka while he was a student at Ritsumeikan University. In 1948, he founded the precursor to Nissin and in 1958

Comments

[crazy_asian_man]

Cool post! Had no idea about the history of that noodle- I think the appropriate thing to do after reading this story is....

(*slurping Ramen noodle soup in tribute*)
:)

[wanderingmoon]

Asian noodles seem to be an ongoing topic with us, haha! ;D

Now I'm off to make some for lunch....