Most people think of ramen as a diet staple for impoverished college students, five-for-a-dollar plastic-wrapped instant noodles with seasoning packets that they can make in a minute in a microwave, Eric E. Harrison writes in Tuesday’s Style section.
But in recent years, fancy, trendy noodle shops have been proliferating in major metropolitan markets, restoring ramen to legitimacy as a distinctive and distinguished dish. Around here, however, while it’s served in a few Japanese restaurants, , you’re more likely to encounter ramen on Asian fusion menus, where its composition and style vary widely, and in one much less likely spot — a hospital cafeteria.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.