hello everyone today we're in yokohama
we are here to visit one of japan's most popular locations、
Yokohama Cup Noodle Museum
come on along
yokohama cup noodles museum is an interactive museum for children and adults alike
in this museum you can learn about the creative thinking of Momofuku Anod
who founded Nissin Food Products
and invented its popular Chicken Instant Ramen
This place opened in 2011
By that time we already had a museum
in Ikeda City, Osuka where CUP NOODLES were born
but in Kanto in and east side of Japan,
we didn't have that type of museum
so for visitors in those area
we wanted to show Nissin Foods, what Momofuku Ando made
To show how and why CUP NOODLES and Chicken Ramen was made
and wanted to give hints on invention and discovery
we wanted a place to display all that so we made one
The reason why we made this place in Yokohama is,
Yokohama is a place in Japan,
where many new culture came from abroad
So as a place for Nissin Foods to send out many messages abroad,
Yokohama was the best place to do so
Which is the most popular place in this museum?
The most important place will be...
The MY CUP NOODLES FACTORY
You can make you original CUP NOODLES
A one of a kind CUP NOODLES
This experience is so popular
Including people from abroad
Momofuku Ando started his business in a small shed in Ikeda town Osaka prefecture
He wanted to find a way to make ramen quickly at home
without having to stand in line at Ramen shops.
it took him around a year to invent "Instant Chicken Ramen"
that was dubbed as a magic ramen
due to the fact that all that was required to make it was just adding hot water
this was revolutionary
Back then you could eat ramen in stores,
but the starting point was when WW2 ended
When Japan was really poor
To eat ramen you had to go outdoes in food stands
You had to wait in long queues.
You could not eat ramen at home
To enable people to eat ramen at home
For everyone, easily
Make it available for everyone
We had to make the price cheap
while safe to eat
If we made such thing,
people will be happy
What became of those thoughts was the Chicken Ramen
The rules we had to keep for the Ramen,
was the 5 I said before
Being Tasty
Can be preserved
Easy to cook
Safe to eat
and keep the price low
If we could not keep these rules,
we could not have made this Ramen
We call it "the 5 rules of development"
Today, clearing these 5 rules is quite normal
but to keep all 5 rules way back then,
The idea of creating something like that
was important in producing
In Yokohama Cup Noodles Museum,
you get a wonderful opportunity to use your creativity and create your own cup of noodles
with individual design and flavor
Make sure to visit their food attraction
"World Noodles Road"
where you get to taste different foods
that the founder Momofuku Ando encountered during his travels in search of the origins of noodles
enjoy the ambiance of an asian night market and noodles from all over the world
So on the 4Th floor of this museum you can order noodles from all over the world
Of course i decided to go with the main Ramen of Nissin
"Chicken Ramen"
You can choose 2 different toppings
and to go with this "Chicken Ramen" I chose egg and roasted pork
so let me try
so delicious
very very nice
it tastes....
You can taste that these are like instant noodles but it's like it has this nice kind of crunchiness to it
and combined with roasted pork and eggs
Wonderful!
very very flavorful
so spicy though
this is the beef
super super super tender
it just melts on your tongue
wow
this is the real deal
okay... It tastes like you know as if you are mixing soft cream with the instant noodle powder
very interesting
It doesn't really taste like instant noodles
it's actually sweet
but you can taste this flavor of this instant noodle powder in it
interesting
so if you're ever looking for a fun experience to try in YOKOHAMA
make sure to visit this museum
you're not only going to learn about the history of Cup ramen
but you're also going to create your own Cup Noodles
which is really fun
i really enjoyed it
I was moved to tears by the story of Ando-san
and then i really had fun making my own noodles
so i look forward to coming back