Why do Japanese like to eat ramen with a bowl of white rice?

Friends who travel to Japan will definitely find a common phenomenon. Locals like to serve ramen with rice, or add a fried dumpling, or ramen with fried rice, or even ramen with raw egg soup and rice. I was surprised when I first saw the staple! Because we have never eaten like this, like eating rice, taking a bite of steamed buns, or pairing it with fried noodles, the picture is always strange. Recalling that a Chinese working in Japan two years ago, he once mentioned to his minister (Japanese) why should we eat like this? The minister asked, "China doesn't know how to eat like this? You have 5,000 years of food culture and you don't even know about it?"

In fact, Japanese ramen was imported from China more than 100 years ago, but was later localized. . Many Japanese dishes now have Chinese influences. Even dishes that are not popular in China find their way to Japan. Not only the food, but also some etiquette.

Okay, let's get back to the topic. Ramen with rice is a common thing among Japanese people. If you ask why? Locals were also hesitant. For example, the minister said that the ramen soup was authentic and he did not want to waste it. Secondly, the ramen tastes very salty and eating a bowl of rice is very comforting.

According to the survey results, there are three main reasons:

One portion of ramen is not enough, and a small portion of white rice will be enough.

The Japanese believe that ramen is perfect with rice because the ramen is salty and sweet and the rice is light. This combination looks gorgeous and sturdy. The key is not to get tired of eating easily.

Most Japanese people think this is a habit and part of Japanese food culture.

Ramen also pays attention to matching. For example, Tokushima's ramen is the most popular white rice combination. Because this ramen soup base is made from pork bones, it is thick, oily and salty. The traditional way to eat it is with rice and noodles, and some people also serve ramen as a side dish with rice. Some people pour rice into ramen soup to make instant rice, which is more delicious.

Chinese tourists like to mix rice with ramen soup, allowing the rice to absorb the flavor and feel the glutinous rice mixed with flour and juice. You may be put off at first when you talk about it, but if you stay for a long time, you will fall in love with it, and the more you eat, the more addictive you will become.

Other classic combinations are roughly listed as follows: udon pork cutlet rice or sashimi rice, soba noodle rice, ordinary ramen rice or fried rice, and raw egg mixed rice.

Japanese people not only like rice in ramen, but also steak, sushi, bread, grilled meat and dumplings. As for the differences in food culture, I personally think that Chinese food pairing is more in line with my appetite.