by Alexia Nader As a Japanese fast food phenomenon, a budget meal solution, a hangover cure, and — especially recently — an upscale menu item, ramen has proven to be an infinitely variable dish. This comes as no surprise, though, because, as Masahiro Nakano, a director of Japan's Shinyokohama Ramen Museum, explained to an audience at New York City's Japan Society last week, ramen has a long history of transformation.
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