Yum.

I figured you’re sick of all those ramen packages lying around your garage, so here’s a recipe I came up with that will leave you wondering why you hate it so much in the first place. This recipe is inspired by the Japanese, who actually know how to cook it. This recipe also happens to be completely vegetarian by design.

Ramen (ラーメン or 拉麺, rāmen    , IPA: , listen ) is a Japanese dish of noodles served in broth that originated in China. It tends to be served in a meat-based broth, and uses toppings such as sliced pork (チャーシュー, chāshū    ), dried seaweed (海苔, nori    ), kamaboko, green onions, and even corn. Almost every locality or prefecture in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the tonkotsu ramen of Kyūshū to the miso ramen of Hokkaidō.