拉麵(ramen)是一種日本湯麵,在麵條中加入肉湯或者魚湯,再以醬油或者味噌調味,並使用豬肉片、魚糕,海苔、和蔥之類的澆頭。據說拉麵是由中國傳入,在日本各個地區演變而成的。九州(Kyushu)以豬骨高湯拉麵(tonkotsu)而著名,而北海道(Hokkaido)則以味噌拉麵而著名。
日本有著悠久的吃麵曆史,1958年,台灣出生的安藤百福(Momofuku Ando)發明了方便麵,由他創辦的日清食品(Nissin Foods)在全世界發揚光大,方便麵被評為日本20世紀最偉大的發明。從20世紀80年代開始,拉麵成了日本文化的象征,於是就有了世界各地的拉麵橫丁節(Ramen Yokocho Festival)。
兒子非常喜歡吃拉麵,可惜他在戴維斯念書,我們就隻帶著女兒一起湊熱鬧了。
這是去的那天菜單,有來自日本和美國各地的拉麵師傅。
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聖何西會議中心(San Jose Convention Center)建於1989年,設有143000平方英尺的展覽館,在那裏舉行拉麵節該多壯觀啊。
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去的時候刮起漫天大風,卷起了滿地的秋葉,好大的聲勢。
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去了之後才知道,拉麵橫丁節並不在正館舉行,而在南館的入口處排起了長隊。
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買票進館之後,在各個麵攤之前需再排隊。
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然後在一個大篷子裏吃麵。
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女兒選的麵
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我選的麵
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大篷子裏有個哆啦魔(Doraemon),可以坐在邊上與其合影。
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一些出售日本物品的小店
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一堵牆上掛了許多日本畫,花20元可以得到一幅打印件。每幅畫像上包了一層塑料紙,照出來的像片有些光斑。這些大眼睛的漂亮姑娘,也算是日本漫畫的一大特色吧。
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