Ramen
Japanese dish of Chinese origin consisting of wheat noodles in a meat or fish broth
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| January 2025 | The Afuri Kara Kurenai location at 50 Southwest 3rd Avenue closes permanently. |
| 2024 | Afuri Izakaya won the Best Ramen category in the Willamette Week annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll for the second time. |
| April 12 2024 | Dave Chang issued a public apology on his podcast, The Dave Chang Show, stating that Momofuku would no longer attempt to enforce the controversial trademark and acknowledging the negative reception of their legal actions. |
| March 2024 | Momofuku filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the phrases 'chili crunch' and 'chile crunch', beginning to issue cease and desist letters to small businesses using these phrases. |
| 2023 | Nathan Williams featured Hapa in an overview of dining options in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood. |
| November 4 2023 | Momofuku Ko closes permanently after operating since 2008, with its final day of service on November 4, 2023. |
| 2022 | Momofuku Toronto closes permanently. |
| 2022 | Ooink opened a second restaurant location in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, expanding their ramen shop business. |
| 2022 | Seattle Metropolitan included Ooink in a list of the city's 100 best restaurants. |
| 2022 | Aimee Rizzo included Ooink in a list of the city's best dumplings. |
| 2022 | Afuri Izakaya won the Best Ramen category in the Willamette Week annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll. |
| 2022 | Afuri opens a new restaurant in the Northwest District's Slabtown district. |
| 2022 | Willamette Week continued to praise Hapa's transformation and unique restaurant concept. |
| 2022 | The Littmans announced plans to open a second restaurant called Hapa Kauai at the Shops at Kukui'ula in Kauai, Hawaii. Abigail Cox, previously the general manager of the Portland restaurant, joined the ownership team for this new location. |
| 2022 | Seiji Nanbu of Eater Portland included Hapa in a list of 'knockout ramen' establishments in Portland. |
| 2021 | Willamette Week praised Hapa's transition from food cart to brick-and-mortar restaurant, particularly noting its izakaya style and cocktail offerings. |
| 2021 |
Cup Noodles
Cup Noodle with the de Sky flavor became available in Japan Airlines' online store.
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| 2021 |
Marukin Ramen
Two Marukin Ramen locations in Portland, Oregon, were rebranded and renamed to Kinboshi Ramen, marking a significant change in the restaurant's local branding strategy.
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| 2020 | Plans are announced to expand Afuri's presence into northwest Portland. |
| November 2020 | Closes the Hell's Kitchen restaurant location due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Eater Portland's Alex Frane wrote a positive review, highlighting Hapa Ramen as potentially his new favorite ramen restaurant in Portland. |
| 2019 | Owners announced plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant on Gladstone Street in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, taking over the space previously occupied by Shut Up and Eat. |
| 2019 | Hapa was featured in Time Out Portland's list of 'the best food trucks in Portland' by Jen Woo. |
| 2019 | Ajisen Ramen expanded its European presence by opening its first Nordic location at Helsinki Airport, marking a significant milestone in the restaurant chain's international growth strategy. |
| March 30 2019 |
Cup Noodles
The television drama series 'Manpuku' concluded, completing its narrative about the Ando family and Cup Noodles' history.
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| 2018 | Nishioka returns to Japan and opens Yume Wo Katare outposts in Beppu and Okinawa, beginning to train apprentices in Jiro-style ramen with a goal of expanding to all 47 Japanese prefectures. |
| 2018 | Jacob Uitti featured Ooink in Seattle Weekly's list of 'The 9 Best Soups for Surviving Winter in Seattle'. |
| 2018 | Chelsea Lin included Ooink in Seattle Magazine's list of the city's five best new ramen restaurants. |
| 2018 | Aimee Rizzo from The Infatuation wrote a review praising Ooink's tender sliced pork and massive gyoza dumplings, highlighting the restaurant's unique qualities despite its small size. |
| 2018 |
Instant noodle brands
China became the world's largest instant noodle market, with demand reaching 40.25 billion servings according to the World Instant Noodles Association.
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| October 1 2018 |
Cup Noodles
The television drama series 'Manpuku', documenting Momofuku Ando and his wife Masako's lives, including the invention of instant noodles and cup noodles, premiered on NHK.
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| April 2018 | Momofuku signs a deal with Kraft Heinz to sell their chili sauce in American grocery stores. |
| 2017 | Hapa relocated to Foster Road and 73rd after the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod closed. |
| 2017 |
Marukin Ramen
Marukin was a runner-up in the People's Choice category at the Whiskey and Ramen Festival.
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| 2016 | Hiroto Nakamura partners with Taichi Ishizuki to open the first Afuri location in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. |
| 2016 |
Cup Noodles
The US version of Cup Noodles was reformulated to reduce sodium and remove MSG and artificial flavors.
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| 2016 |
Marukin Ramen
Marukin opened two ramen shops in Portland, with one location on Pine Street specifically chosen to honor Old Town's Japanese heritage.
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| March 2016 |
Marukin Ramen
Marukin Ramen softly opened its Buckman location, attracting lines out the door with its efficient service and highly praised ramen.
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| January 2016 | Momofuku Nishi opens in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood, offering à la carte dining. |
| November 2015 | Announces the closure of Ivan Ramen in Tokyo, handing over the shop to long-time chef and manager Hisao Matsumoto. |
| October 2015 | Momofuku CCDC opens in Washington, D.C., marking Chang's first restaurant in the area. |
| June 2015 | Fuku, a chicken sandwich restaurant, opens in the original Noodle Bar location. |
| 2014 | Jorgen 'Walker' Peterson launches a vegan ramen pop-up restaurant in the Yume Wo Katare space for three non-consecutive days during lunch hours. |
| September 2014 | Milk Bar opens its sixth location in SOHO. |
| 2013 | The restaurant closes over the summer for redecoration. |
| 2013 | Michael and Sarah Littman launched Hapa as a food cart, operating from the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod on Division Street in southeast Portland. |
| 2013 | Opens Ivan Ramen restaurants in Hell's Kitchen and the Lower East Side in New York. |
| 2012 | Momofuku Toronto opens alongside the Shangri-La Hotel. |
| November 2012 | Yume Wo Katare is opened by Tsuyoshi Nishioka in Porter Square, Boston. |
| March 2012 | Milk Bar opens its fifth location in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. |
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