A guide to the most common styles of ramen in Japan, as well as noddles and toppings.
which was born in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu—eventually spread across Japan, with every prefecture, and sometimes even specific cities, inventing their own style. Tonkotsu is a viscous, creamy, and complex ramen made from simmered pork bones. The bones break down and release collagen while cooking, meaning that tonkotsu can be so thick that it coats the back of a spoon. Tonkotsu shokunin often fortify their already rich broth with pork and/or chicken fat.
A popular sub-category of tonkotsu ramen is hakata ramen which, too, originated in Fukuoka. This super milky-white, extra-rich tonkotsu is often served with thin, hard noodles and minimal toppings. The reason being, the shop that invented hakata ramen was just a stand without chairs, and serving quick-cooking thin noodles made sense for fast customer service. Other Kyushu regions serve thicker noodles and different takes on the tonkotsu broth.
Another riff on ramen—which is typically served hot—is chilled hiyashi chuka. Usually, chefs only serve this Chinese-inspired broth-less ramen style during the summer , composed of chilled ramen noodles with various toppings, dressed with a soy or sesame-based sauce. And then there is abura soba and mazemen , which are similar takes on soupless ramen, tossed in an oil-based sauceBeyond the broth, the second key aspect of ramen is noodles.
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