A fun museum where we learned about the invention of the Cup of Noodles. The innovations that made this place museum-worthy were actually interesting.
1. In order to get the noodles to properly cooked, then able to be rehydrated well with just boiling water, they are first deep fried.
2. First use of freeze drying to create the toppings for the soup.
3. The genius was the packaging! Not just the fact that the cup acts as package, cooking and serving utensil, but the machines invented to get the dried noodles into the cup (they put the cup on top of the noodles, then flip it over to fill with toppings.
At the end of the tour, you get to make your own Cup Of Noodles, right down to decorating the cup, picking your flavorings and shrink wrapping the package. Most people take them home as souvenirs but we plan to eat ours.
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