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    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Seasoned bamboo shoots, often used as a ramen topping.
    I always add extra menma to my ramen.

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    Ramen: History, Variations & How to Eat | Japanese Food | japan-guide.com

    07:36Ramen: History, Variations & How to Eat | Japanese Food | japan-guide.com
    • Some popular ones are chashu meat, bamboo shoot or menma in Japanese, dried seaweed or nori, leek, a soft boiled egg, and several others.

      Some popular ones are chashu meat, bamboo shoot or menma in Japanese, dried seaweed or nori, leek, a soft boiled egg, and several others.

    • Kitakata Ramen in Fukushima Prefecture, which has a light shoyu base soup with thick and wavy noodles topped by green onions, menma and chashu pork.

      Kitakata Ramen in Fukushima Prefecture, which has a light shoyu base soup with thick and wavy noodles topped by green onions, menma and chashu pork.

    B1

    MICHELIN STARRED RAMEN in Japan

    03:31MICHELIN STARRED RAMEN in Japan
    • So menma, the pickled bamboo shoots, they cook their menma in the stock along with red water.

      So menma, the pickled bamboo shoots, they cook their menma in the stock along with red water.

    • So the Menma

      So the Menma

    B1

    Must-Try Japanese Street Food Hidden Gems in Tokyo Asakusa

    15:43Must-Try Japanese Street Food Hidden Gems in Tokyo Asakusa
    • 350 yen ramen just inside of the he's a got dirty shopping street This local shop is hidden way above its pay grade their light shoyu ramen is perfect to finish off a daytime drinking session After buying a ticket head to the guy and wait at a seat until you're called This is a 350 and that's about two dollars and 30 for this a bowl of ramen you have some onions here You got menma you got sprouts chashu.

      350 yen ramen just inside of the he's a got dirty shopping street This local shop is hidden way above its pay grade their light shoyu ramen is perfect to finish off a daytime drinking session After buying a ticket head to the guy and wait at a seat until you're called This is a 350 and that's about two dollars and 30 for this a bowl of ramen you have some onions here You got menma you got sprouts chashu.

    • Let's see how firm it is Mmm That's like the perfect firmness the chashu itself isn't too bad It's not like the biggest chashu in the world But again, this is value the menma is pretty soft and this naughty pretty soaked in by now So I'm assuming it's gonna be pretty soft as well And it's soft.

      Let's see how firm it is Mmm That's like the perfect firmness the chashu itself isn't too bad It's not like the biggest chashu in the world But again, this is value the menma is pretty soft and this naughty pretty soaked in by now So I'm assuming it's gonna be pretty soft as well And it's soft.

    B1

    Behind the Counter at a local Japanese style Chinese Restaurant

    13:55Behind the Counter at a local Japanese style Chinese Restaurant
    • Apparently he took over the shop from his father when he was 29 years old making him the fourth generation owner in his family But he actually started his career at the age of 16 Studying under his grandfather's friend at a traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant in Shimane Prefecture After which he worked in other industries to gain more life experience before settling back down here The first thing he does in the morning is just take care of the desalinated menma, bamboo shoots used in their ramen So how old is this restaurant again?

      Apparently he took over the shop from his father when he was 29 years old making him the fourth generation owner in his family But he actually started his career at the age of 16 Studying under his grandfather's friend at a traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant in Shimane Prefecture After which he worked in other industries to gain more life experience before settling back down here The first thing he does in the morning is just take care of the desalinated menma, bamboo shoots used in their ramen So how old is this restaurant again?

    • The first thing he does in the morning is to take care of the desalinated menma, bamboo shoots used in their ramen.

      The first thing he does in the morning is to take care of the desalinated menma, bamboo shoots used in their ramen.

    B1