4. The noodle history of China
Noodles were invented by 1900 year ago in the
Eastern Han Dynasty, called ―Shu Sou Bng‖「水
溲餅」、‖Zh Bng‖「煮餅」
In the different dynasty, noodles' cooking
method were developed to diversification and
evolved to different types
5. The type of noodles
Five of noodles are representing for China
-―Wuhan hot dry noodles‖「武漢熱干麵」
-―Beijing black bean sauce noodles‖「北京炸醬麵」
-―Shanxi sliced noodles‖「山西刀削麵」
-―Sichuan dan dan noodles‖「四川擔擔麵」
-―Henan stewed noodles‖「河南燴麵」
7. Have different method to make and eat
North South
• Staple food, stress on
amount not quality
• Make from wheat and
alkali
• Noodle are thick and
soft
• Eat with Garlic and
Allium fistulosum
• ingredients and soup be
more salty
• Snack, stress on quality
not amount
• Make from flour and
duck‘s egg
• Noodle are thin and firm
to the bite
• Put it in the smaller bowl
which are delicate
8. Longevity Noodle
Longevity Noodle for birthday, new born baby
and auspicious occasions
Edible method : don‘t drink soup before eat
noodles, use chopsticks to clasp noodles and
put it in the spoon to eat, don‘t make noise
when eat noodles
10. Noodles were translated to Japan in Tang
dynasty. Many of student and monk take the
skill and knowledge to Japan when they stay
at China studying.
The noodle history of Japan
11. The type of noodles
Three of noodles are respecting for Japan –
Udon, Soba and Ramen.
One of the Udon – きつね(fox)
One of the Soba – たぬき(raccoon dog)
Three of the famous ramen
福岡博多拉麵北海道札幌拉麵 福島喜多方拉麵
12. Ramen (ラーメン)
Zhu Zhiyu(朱之瑜) sailed to
Japan and make this
noodles to entertain the
daimyo(大名) —Tokugawa
Mitsukuni(徳川 光圀) in 1659.
The history of ramen is not
too long, it start to popular
after the second world war.
It become a popular food
amount Japan.
13. Soup is the most important thing in ramen. In different
region, there are different type of soup.
However, even there are many different type of
soup, it still call ramen but not other name.
The start of eating a ramen is to taste the soup, then
put all the food into the soup and taste again to feel
the different of the soup, finally you can start to eat
noodles.
Ramen usually be a set of meal with rice and Jiaozi.
14. Japanese monk Kūkai
(空海) went to china in
Tang Dynasty and took
the ―Udon‖ back to
Japan.
Udon Start to popular in
Edo period(江戸時代).
Udon begin popular in
Kansai(関西) and more
popular in Kansai
region now.
Initially, udon is similar to wonton in China, then
Japanese take out the filling inside wonton and it
become a type of noodles.
Udon (饂飩/うどん)
15. Soba(蕎麦/そば)
The Japanese learn the
technique of making
noodles then use
Buckwheat to make in 1659.
Soba begin popular also in
Edo period(江戸時代).
Soba firstly popular in Edo(江
戸) and soba is more
popular in Kantō (関東)
region now.
In new year, Japanese will eat soba to pray for healthy
and fortune in the next year.
Japanese also give soba to their new neighborhood as
a present.
It usually eat at cold but still can eat at hot.
16. Instant ramen(インスタントラーメン)
It is invented by Ando Momofuku(安藤百福) in 1958.
When he saw people need to wait a ramen for a
long time, he want to invent a type of ramen that
can be cook fast to save people time.
Instant ramen popular in Japan very soon and it
start popular amount Asia in a short time.
Nowadays, it become a culture of fast food.
We can find different type of Instant ramen all over
the world now.
18. Japan was deeply influented by China, Japanese believe
that it should be quiet when eating to show his polite.
However, when soba go into edo, it is a food for common
people. They think that eat quietly is hypocritical and they
do not follow that rule.
Nowadays, it become a culture. It is allow and encourage
to have sound when eating soba and even ramen. They
believe that it can make them enjoy more on eating
noodles.
It is not a ‗must‘ on having sound when eating noodles.
Main point is to enjoy your food.
20. The history of noodle is longer than that of bread,
dating back around BCE. 6000 to BCE 5000 in Asia.
While noodles were eaten in Korea from ancient
times, productions of wheat was less than other
crops
Noodles did not become a daily food until 1945 in
Korea
Korean Spicy Cold Noodles,
Bibim Gooksu (traditional)
The noodle history of Korea
21. The traditional period to eat
noodle
Buckwheat (memil guksu) and wheat noodles
(milguksu) were specialty foods for
birthdays, weddings or auspicious occasions
Noodles symbolize longevity and long life.
So, that is the reason why a hot noodle dish
called janchi gooksu (잔치국수) was served at
Korean weddings traditionally
This is one of the noodle
type served in a wedding
22. In Korea, a popular expression is ―When are you
going to feed us noodles?‖ This is another way of
saying ―When are you going to get married?‖
wedding
23. The types of noodles
The types of noodles can be generally divided
into two big types:
Cool noodle dishes Warm noodle dishes
• Suitable for summer to
eat
• Always with no soup,
being dry taste or served
with cool ice
• Is always mixed with
several ingredient, (spicy
sauce , egg, or
chopped kimchi)
• Always served with a big
bowl
• With hot soup base
26. The most famous noodle in Korea
Noodles with fried bean and meat sauce (韓式炸
醬面) is fashionable in Korea.
It is not unfamiliar that in many Korean TV drama
can see the artist eat the (炸醬面) always.
27. Noodles with fried bean and
meat sauce (韓式炸醬面)
This noodle is invented by China Beijing in 1902.
While a railway was building up, many China
Shandong peoples go to there and open up different
types of restaurant.
They change the taste of the noodle for Korean .
Then the Beijing (Noodles with fried bean and meat
sauce ) transform to the Korean style noodle during
this past 100 years.
Here is the place of origin
birthplace source
28. Why(韓式炸醬面)famous in
Korea? It is one of the cheapest food in Korea, but
delicious. It makes the(炸醬面) become a homely
food.
It is easy to cook with simple ingredients.
Korean loves to mix the noodle with pork,
cabbage, onion and potato. (and this kind of
ingredients are most used in Korean noodle. )
30. The difference of the Beijing and
Korea Noodles with fried bean
and meat sauce (炸醬面)
Beijing Korean
• More vegetable
ingredients
• More than 10 ingredients
mix together with the
noodle
• And the garnish is not
cook with the noodle.
Different ingredients will
cooked independently.
• The noodle always
based on the 3
ingredient(pork,
cabbage, onion and
potato) plus the main
sauce(春醬)
• All the ingredient will
cook together in the
same bowl.
31. The hobbit of eating noodles
Korean always use the cooking bowl to eat the
noodle straightly when they at home.
32. Comparison
Similar things
1) Both of three countries have Longevity Noodle on
birthday and auspicious occasions which
symbolizes longevity. Also it is a ritual that a piece
of noodle has to be swallowed without cutting
either by mouth or using a pair of chopsticks.
33. Different things
China Japan Korea
Naming
system
According to the
method of cooking
noodles to classify
the type of the
noodles
The name of the
noodles is according
to the type of the
noodles, even it is
making of different
way
Same as China
Edible
method
don‘t drink soup
before eat noodles,
use chopsticks to
clasp noodle and
put it in the spoon
to eat
taste the soup first,
then put all the food
into the soup and
taste the differences
of the soup, finally
they can start to eat
the noodle
They always put the
uncooked egg into
the hot soup noodle
first and stir it to mix
with the noodle than
start eating
Table
manner
don‘t make noise
when eat noodles
allow and encourage
to have sound when
eating soba and
ramen
When they are
eating dry noodle,
they usually eating
with noise, just like
the Japanese
