I am trying to collect webpages and email addresses of Ramen companies, you guys have asked lots of questions, and I have very little info on Ramen companies to give you... So, please help me collect the information by emailing me any info you have about Ramen companies (ie mail, email, phone, website, etc).
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Someone asked, here is the answer... Well I have a few answers, this is one of the most interesting. The English and spelling are a bit off, but it makes sense.
The word Larmen is created by now resolved Dosanko Foods, Inc.(DFI) in USA.
DFI was the joint venture of three Japanese company. Hokkoku Shoji Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Trading Corp., Nisshin Flour Milling, Co..DFI had operated 27 Dosanko noodle stores in NY state area in mid 80's at their height.
When they opened their first store in 1974, they wanted to differentiate their noodles from other ramen noodles. Then, they changed R to L and add additional r in the middle of the word. Reason why they changed the spelling from R to L is that most of Japanese pronounce Ramen's R as sound of R and L mixtures. It sounds like R and in some occasion sounds like L.
DFI decided to spell Ramen as Lamen. But this spelling may be prounced in two ways. LAH-MEN and LAY-MEN. DFI wanted American people to pronunce as close as LAH-MEN. So they add r in Lamen. Lamen became Larmen.
The word "LARMEN" is registered in US patent office and Hokkoku Shoji is the registered mark owner.
I hope this info will help.Here's another try...
In Japanese, "ramen" is written in katakana, the phonetic alphabet used largely for imported words. That's why I was looking at your site -- I was hoping you'd have info on where ramen -really- come from. The fact that it's written in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji means ramen isn't actually from Japan.
I found another site that sheds some light on the question. It's the J-Cult online magazine, www.jcult.com. Their cooking index has a brief history of ramen, which is described as "Japanese style Chinese noodles." I.e., ramen comes from China. The Chinese word is "la mein," and it's not much of a stretch to imagine that "larmen" is a variant of the Japanized word.
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Well i have been working on the site a bit, I am trying to come up with a new look. I have also been working on categorizing recipes to make searching through them easier. Lastly I have removed some recipes, (maybe 3-4) and put them on the inedible page, they were truly inedible. Lastly, I am still looking to publish a short book of the 50 best recipes, can anyone help or tell me what I need to do to get started with this????. Anyway look for the new look and categories soon.
People always ask me about how they can contact certain Ramen manufacturers, and I usually dont know... If anyone has addresses, phone numbers, or preferrably websites and email addresses for Ramen manufacturers. please mail me and let me know!
Some commentary on ramen noodles and the ramen museum from NPR.
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