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HOMEMADE PHO RECIPE When you are feeling under the weather or you have a hangover you sometimes think of comfort food like a flavorful Pho you can slurp at home because it is filling enough to energize you for a day. Pho is a popular Vietnamese food that usually takes hours and hours to cook because of simmering a rich and tasty soup which is too long for busy people. It takes time for the broth since flavors are achieved by simmering beef bones and oxtail in the pot with some spices. Here is a simplified way of making Pho...

  Are you new to the ramen game? Well now, you might love it even more.  Do you know that there are lots of ways on how you can add your egg to your noodles? Eggs not only adds protein to your ramen but gives more flavor to it. Some people depend on how their eggs are cooked on the soup, flavor and some on the texture of noodles. You can always experiment and follow your own style and taste. Some like their eggs hard-boiled, poached, scrambled and others want sunny side up. Mostly, people want for soft boiled eggs...

  Udon noodles are sometimes known as fat spaghetti. It is thick wheat noodles that are soft and chewy made by mixing flour with salted water, stretching, and cutting the dough into thin strips. There are a lot of stories on how udon was discovered. One of it says that it was discovered by a Rinzai monk who introduced flour milling from China to Japan. Floured crops were then made into noodles such as udon and pancakes. The locals loved it and then milling techniques were spread all around the globe. Another story states that it began during the Nara...

      If you are looking for something nutritious to cool your body down in summer, well Cold Ramen or Hiyashi Chuka in Japanese is perfect for you! Some Japanese call summer as the "Cold Ramen Season". Why not slurp on some delicious cold ramen instead of spending your time in hot kitchen recipes when the heat starts to climb. Humid weather can bring our energy down. This attractive looking dish is the answer! Uniquely made with chilled ramen noodles topped with your favorite crunchy vegetables with ham, egg, and seaweed or any other toppings you like depending on...

After world war II, food shortage continued to plague Japan for years. Momofuku Ando, the creator of Instant Ramen, went back to his hometown Osaka and saw the damage brought by the war. The bombings had destroyed the factory and two office buildings he owned. Seeing the horrible wrecked place made him think of ideas to help his fellow men. He saw people lined up outside a ramen stall waiting for something to eat. That's the time he realized how ramen turned out to be comfort food. One time while his wife was preparing dinner, he put some noodles into...