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How a Ramen Noodle Factory Makes 300,000 Noodle Orders a Day - The Experts

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2023 ж. 19 Жел.
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“Ramen to me is life,” says Kenshiro Uki who grew up eating ramen every Sunday. His family has been producing traditional Japanese ramen noodles since 1981 when his parents opened Sun Noodle. Today, the company produces 300,000 portions of noodles every day that it delivers throughout the country, including to popular restaurants like Momofuku and Ivan Ramen in New York City.
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Producer: Carla Francescutti
Directors: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Carla Francescutti
Editor: Christian Moreno
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Supervising Producer, Operations: Stefania Orrù
Supervising Producer, Development: Gabriella Lewis
Audience Engagement: Frances Dumlao
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  • Minca was the first ramen place that I fell in love with in NYC. My friend Mindy lived in the neighborhood and took me there. Really awesome to hear that it was instrumental in helping establish Sun Noodle in the city.

    @BrandonSugiyama@BrandonSugiyama5 ай бұрын

    • Minca was the first place I ever heard about Sun Noodles. That place is so amazing.

      @at0mly@at0mly5 ай бұрын

    • Same, Minca is amazing

      @GDIGhostStalker@GDIGhostStalker5 ай бұрын

    • Mindy is great

      @CptVein@CptVein5 ай бұрын

    • I love minca ramen

      @spongebracket@spongebracket5 ай бұрын

    • I lived in alphabet city and one of my roommates at the time took me there. Over the next few months went back and tried almost everything on the menu, everything was amazing. I now live in Chicago and there is no shortage of good ramen here but I sometimes miss when I could walk over to Minca. I had heard of Sun noodles but had no idea Minca was their first NYC customer, learn something everyday!

      @nadtz@nadtz4 ай бұрын

  • Kenshiro and the Sun Noodle team is so committed to quality and integrity! We are so lucky to have them creating the best ramen out there!

    @flybyjing@flybyjing5 ай бұрын

    • If only they were as committed to shipping at a non-cost prohibitive rate...

      @whitexeno@whitexeno5 ай бұрын

    • It's your opinion, but there are millions of people like me who don't agree. Obviously, I'm not going to be in this comment section telling your to mind your business or be as angry to ask you to shut your mouth, especially when you consider the political climate, actual climate, and it's just honestly not how I do things and so I respect you big time. Just know that they're not that great and millions are extremely better, that's not being anything other than a generous.

      @CrabbinFever@CrabbinFever5 ай бұрын

    • ​@@CrabbinFeverwho's gonna read that essay lol

      @vyneshindenmc6181@vyneshindenmc61814 ай бұрын

    • ​@@CrabbinFever What a wordy way to say you don't agree 😂

      @Yeagerallday@Yeagerallday3 күн бұрын

  • Whether it's in a food factory or the kitchen of a restaurant. It's great to see how things are made each day. And the history behind it.

    @ArielK1987@ArielK19875 ай бұрын

  • Those noodles could wrap me up in my sleep and I wouldn't complain about it. So satisfying to see this whole process unfold. Mesmerizing and just tingly to the touch.

    @nerd26373@nerd263735 ай бұрын

  • When I see videos like this that show the factories, I'm in awe. As amazing as the food products are, It's really cool to see how people created these machines and components to automate and make the food processing easier.

    @llow1170@llow11705 ай бұрын

  • Sun Noodles is a 20 minute drive from my home. It is my favorite brand of noodles. I just learned that the owner of the Company is originally from Tochigi Prefecture where my mother was from, and my family ancestry goes back over 800 years. I was just there in late October in Nikko, and Ashio. I have family in Utsunomiya too. Nice to find a connection with my favorite noodles. 😁👍

    @jif.6821@jif.68215 ай бұрын

  • I grew up in Hawaii, and I think it was the original location of the OG factory that my mom went to and would buy a bag of their ramen noodles. It was cheap since it was just a paper bag back then if you go to the factory directly. They've since moved from the neighborhood but I get to buy it at the stores, sadly the stores only have a limited number of type of noodles they sell. It's mostly prepacked noodles with soup base.

    @rickmarr8784@rickmarr87845 ай бұрын

  • You can really tell that the man knows and loves his craft

    @chaitoast@chaitoast5 ай бұрын

  • Nice to see the family continuing the tradition of making quality noodles.

    @GodzHarleyGirlStudio@GodzHarleyGirlStudio5 ай бұрын

  • Wonderful segment. I’ve always admired the Japanese way of life. The artisans take an immense pride in their craft. Happy Holidays from Brooklyn, NY.

    @freddyvelasquez4168@freddyvelasquez41685 ай бұрын

  • Amazing, what a great process and the fact they make it to taste of their costumer is stunning. Also the older chap at Minca - damn i want his ramen so bad.

    @Jim-nz2kr@Jim-nz2kr5 ай бұрын

  • A well made video showing the whole process, kudos to everyone involved in the making.

    @rohittalekar1989@rohittalekar19895 ай бұрын

  • Minca was the first place that I had proper ramen. Still my favorite Ramen shop.

    @JBoogie1977@JBoogie19775 ай бұрын

  • This man understands his craft well and is passionate about it! No wonder he is successful!

    @taliwilkinson2008@taliwilkinson20084 ай бұрын

  • This is wonderful hearing from a family with a passion for something, working to perfect it, and developing lifetime relationships. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing Kenshiro Uki with us.

    @RoseThistleArtworks@RoseThistleArtworks3 ай бұрын

  • Seems like such a cool dude. Props to him for saving his family business and taking it to new heights!

    @woosteppa7017@woosteppa70175 ай бұрын

  • I really wish they would sell just the noodles commercial instead of wholesale

    @DoctorMcHerp@DoctorMcHerp5 ай бұрын

  • incredible attention to detail. what a craft.

    @etf42@etf425 ай бұрын

  • I had no idea ramen noddles were so diverse. I thought Ramen was Ramen. What an interesting episode.

    @Dexterity_Jones@Dexterity_Jones5 ай бұрын

    • Admit it, you thought Ramen was Instant Noodles 🤣

      @user-sd9sn7wf3o@user-sd9sn7wf3o5 ай бұрын

  • What a wonderfully informative video of the operations at your factory. And thank you for sharing stories of your family's passion for Ramen noodles!

    @Darth.Ramen.Wednesday@Darth.Ramen.Wednesday3 ай бұрын

  • Love this, defo need to check out the ramen shop he mentioned, the senpai is the definition of a Japanese ramen master og

    @ZACCCHEN@ZACCCHEN5 ай бұрын

  • Love the details of the noodles

    @lidang1418@lidang14185 ай бұрын

  • So simple and so perfect product

    @miktormiktor@miktormiktor5 ай бұрын

  • Now I want a bowl of ramen after watching this.

    @jeffchen1931@jeffchen19315 ай бұрын

  • 10:07 shawn says, "not to mention momosan" LOL

    @scottkim1646@scottkim16465 ай бұрын

    • momofuku and ivan ramen too! all big name shops

      @ciello___8307@ciello___83075 ай бұрын

  • Well done guys. Keep it up, stay positive. Good luck and prosperity to you.

    @kvai-gon7488@kvai-gon74885 ай бұрын

  • I always appreciate the effort Japanese put in there dishes

    @JB-uy9ts@JB-uy9ts5 ай бұрын

  • Thank you Eater! I always learn something and find inspiration. I will definitely find these noodles! I think for New Year 2024

    @smokyo7855@smokyo78555 ай бұрын

  • You might wanna work on fixing the volume between different scenes. I had to constantly adjust the volume cuz in some scenes his voice was super loud and in other it was so low I had to turn it up quite a bit

    @vr0k3n@vr0k3n5 ай бұрын

  • awesome story/video

    @dobbmob@dobbmob5 ай бұрын

  • My goodness, I don't even eat Ramen like that, but i seen a few dishes I want to try! Happy New Years all! #BeSafe!

    @JulianJohnston919@JulianJohnston9194 ай бұрын

  • Great episode 😊

    @Zantides@Zantides5 ай бұрын

  • All the dishes look delicious! I'll be your taste tester anytime! 😆

    @juliepark4717@juliepark47175 ай бұрын

  • its true that for a while, Sun Noodle as a brand didn't have the best reputation. cool to see how it is turning itself around

    @ciello___8307@ciello___83075 ай бұрын

  • Wonderful!

    @bradenharris4997@bradenharris49975 ай бұрын

  • Good to see a familiar SUN Noodle factory from "Alex French Guy Cooking" ramen series.

    @Avetarx@Avetarx5 ай бұрын

  • Awesome to see what you have built up in 10 years

    @polasboek@polasboek5 ай бұрын

  • I lived in Tochigi prefecture in 2015 for a year. I would eat ramen at least twice a week. Tonkotsu was myf favorite. However the city I lived in was known for their high quality beef.

    @jdrobin1@jdrobin15 ай бұрын

  • Nice work

    @benye4804@benye48045 ай бұрын

  • Really interesting I love ramen always eat it when I go to Japan but we are getting many new ramen shops in the U.S. it wasn’t popular 20 years ago except in Asian communities but now it’s mainstream

    @purberri@purberri5 ай бұрын

    • Cause people now are more open to new things. Back then we got made fun of having noodles dishes that weren’t pasta or spaghetti

      @damnitschris_@damnitschris_5 ай бұрын

    • that's also because back then ramen was only really known in america as the Nissin/Cup Noodle type dry ramen. People have learned ramen is actually much more complex as a dish than that.

      @joshwertheim@joshwertheim5 ай бұрын

  • Best one to date.

    @erictc37@erictc375 ай бұрын

  • Gluten, my favorite. Crunch smooth flavor to die for.

    @frankojudoka@frankojudoka5 ай бұрын

  • Kenshiro and the legend of the Sun Noodles

    @ammo749@ammo7495 ай бұрын

  • I love ramen!

    @therealchucktaylor3392@therealchucktaylor33925 ай бұрын

  • I wish I could buy Sun Noodles (on their own not in a ramen kit) in the UK, I've been waiting for years!

    @protopigeon@protopigeon5 ай бұрын

  • I could eat Japanese food every single day and never get sick of it 🤤🤤🤤

    @G-man45444@G-man454444 ай бұрын

  • Its funny how you mentioned Ivan ramen I went there a while ago and dying to go back

    @Mooch1222@Mooch12225 ай бұрын

  • 日本では、ラーメンの文化がある都市なら、ほとんどの都市に製麺所があります。日本以外の国ではどのように麺が供給されているのか知りたかったので、疑問が解決しました！ そして、日本の製麺所と変わらないクオリティーで作られる麺に驚きました。 わたしもラーメンが大好きです。スープ、麺、具材、すべてが揃わないと美味しいラーメンは完成しません。 ああ。早くラーメンを食べに行きたい！

    @miyasanto@miyasanto5 ай бұрын

  • Can anybody tell me which NYC Ramen shops make their own noodles???

    @ReadySetBret@ReadySetBret5 ай бұрын

  • heaven

    @f_r_e_d@f_r_e_d5 ай бұрын

  • I work at momosan and the noodles are super good, but sometimes I think delivery services like squish the boxes together and rough them up so some noodles just stick together 😢

    @sazr9569@sazr95695 ай бұрын

  • Really miss ramen lab!

    @wymanwong2129@wymanwong21295 ай бұрын

  • I wish they have retail

    @frankm7707@frankm77074 ай бұрын

  • where can i buy them?

    @thedarkknight3721@thedarkknight37215 ай бұрын

  • “All the flours we have here have a purpose” Man all these all purpose flours finding their purpose in life and I’m still confused af 😂

    @Dog8myhomework@Dog8myhomework5 ай бұрын

  • Most of the video sounds like someone forgot to turn the radio off in the background. Your audio mixes need work, it's supposed to add to the video, not distract. Did anyone even listen to the audio mix before hitting the publish button?

    @Stephan5150@Stephan51505 ай бұрын

  • Too yummy

    @tintinbenjy@tintinbenjy5 ай бұрын

  • That kimchi ramen looks insane

    @anothertarnishedone5960@anothertarnishedone59605 ай бұрын

  • could you maybe upload the diagram shown at 0:51 ?

    @hunhun7155@hunhun71553 ай бұрын

  • which retail store sells this?

    @thedarkknight3721@thedarkknight37215 ай бұрын

  • Best Noodles

    @ouadiez4328@ouadiez43285 ай бұрын

  • I’m allergic to gluten, why on earth am I torturing myself with this video 😂

    @lilacscentedfushias1852@lilacscentedfushias18524 ай бұрын

  • Jake really said “pizzas on me” and then only bought one slice

    @antoniotrevino7965@antoniotrevino79654 ай бұрын

  • I use these.. the Japanese international students always comment that the noodles are oily.

    @jordanbabcock9349@jordanbabcock93493 ай бұрын

  • I have 2 shoyu sun noodles defrosting as im watching this... Thank god. 1 baggy is never enough

    @deedook4736@deedook47364 ай бұрын

  • I guess I'm buying some noodles right now, lets see how Sun Noodles are.

    @Pasiego7@Pasiego75 ай бұрын

  • ...mmmmmmMMMM DALACIOUS 🍜🍜🍜 RAMEN.!!! 😋😋😋

    @melonshop8888@melonshop88885 ай бұрын

  • As a Chinese we call the thick noodle mee pok, thin noodle mee kia

    @darrenlp560@darrenlp5605 ай бұрын

  • Imagine being an up and coming noodle guy in 1980s Japan.

    @BigboiiTone@BigboiiTone5 ай бұрын

  • How do I apply to be on the QC team and eat noodles everyday? lol

    @jayvang33@jayvang335 ай бұрын

  • Man the only ramen I eat is maruchan 😩 gotta expand my cultural horizons.

    @Villalobos63@Villalobos635 ай бұрын

  • I love noodles. I’m a noodlehead.

    @frankojudoka@frankojudoka5 ай бұрын

  • Even the noodles are actually from Jersey. Go Big Blue 💙🏈🗽🗽

    @skizztrizz4453@skizztrizz44535 ай бұрын

  • 45 minutes to eat a bowl of ramen? Why such a long time? I’m done in 10-15 minutes and I get on with my day 😅

    @RudieObias@RudieObias5 ай бұрын

  • Wawww…

    @herupurwanto3770@herupurwanto37705 ай бұрын

  • Woo

    @michaelalexanderacostaball6928@michaelalexanderacostaball692824 күн бұрын

  • Very impressive. It makes me sad to see people getting ramen to-go or delivered.

    @blakeward2@blakeward25 ай бұрын

    • People are starting to appreciate eating out again

      @Ajibolaa@Ajibolaa4 ай бұрын

  • Nice noodles, but Minca seems to overcook the ramen egg. I don't like hard-boiled eggs. The yolk should be like jelly and preferably soaked in shoyu and mirin overnight in the fridge to boost the flavor.

    @MikeTrieu@MikeTrieu5 ай бұрын

  • I'll be damned if it takes me 45 mins to eat Ramen. American's need to speed it up!

    @trevorstroud9334@trevorstroud93345 ай бұрын

  • My first question was who the hell spends 45 minutes eating a bowl of ramen.

    @hitormiiss@hitormiiss5 ай бұрын

  • Canada YEHHHHHHHHHH REPRESENTED xD

    @dealesun5585@dealesun55855 ай бұрын

  • He's so cute

    @jaybonline@jaybonline4 ай бұрын

  • Slurp like that near me and they'd be wearing the bloody stuff.

    @jimscarlet@jimscarlet2 ай бұрын

  • I thought you Americans only know instant noodles as ramen. Really surprise that you actually know what is ramen noodle

    @user-sd9sn7wf3o@user-sd9sn7wf3o5 ай бұрын

  • 💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥💚💚💚💚🔥💪💪😘😘

    @infinitehealth2024@infinitehealth202421 күн бұрын

  • A Hawaiian company selling flour to Japan.

    @kristinesharp6286@kristinesharp62862 ай бұрын

  • 1:36 this flour looks like a scam. it is probably great quality, - but might be overpriced. does anyone know why they are not using semolina flour for the noodles?

    @arishem555@arishem5553 ай бұрын

  • Tarea 9

    @Natalia-eh9lv@Natalia-eh9lv24 күн бұрын

  • This is aggravating my Celiac

    @jeffreyrobert9460@jeffreyrobert94605 ай бұрын

  • Delicious! JO JO

    @joanneganon7157@joanneganon71575 ай бұрын

  • macaroni lol

    @formula1marshal@formula1marshal5 ай бұрын

  • Wish they were kosher. How do we make this happen??

    @ekoller@ekoller5 ай бұрын

  • Thank god I can watch advertisements for free. Thanks America !!!

    @aramdeara1@aramdeara15 ай бұрын

  • so what's the secret ingredient of the secret ingredient soup

    @metadaemon@metadaemon5 ай бұрын

  • First

    @fariskamaludin9900@fariskamaludin99005 ай бұрын

  • Flour from cowardly Canada? SMH cause I love these noodles

    @finnabinnaconna9836@finnabinnaconna98365 ай бұрын

  • Who the hell takes 45 mins to eat ramen

    @rdman86@rdman865 ай бұрын

  • at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.

    @RyanCoomer@RyanCoomer5 ай бұрын

  • Misophonia friends heads up right at the opening

    @GamingFoodie@GamingFoodie5 ай бұрын

  • fish powder. dude, i lose value on stuff like niboshi, kombu or katsuobushi..

    @brinsky809@brinsky8095 ай бұрын
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