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Saga Ramen

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Saga Ramen
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Saga Ramen from Saga City, featuring slightly thick, soft noodles in a tonkotsu (pork bone) broth that is restrained in salt and fat, topped with a raw egg.

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Main ingredients
pork bones, slightly thick straight noodles, raw egg (egg yolk), Saga nori (seaweed)
History and origin
It is said that a man who had run a tonkotsu ramen shop in Kurume opened a shop in Saga City in 1956, and that the owner of another shop, who experimented together with that man's employee, developed Saga Ramen from Kurume ramen. The style of topping it with a raw egg is thought to have spread from 1955 onward.
How it is eaten
The noodles are boiled on the soft side and eaten in the tonkotsu broth, often topped with a raw egg rather than a boiled one. Because some customers disliked the egg white, many shops top it with the yolk only.

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