Long before the invention of instant noodles, in ancient times, people in the East and the West cooked noodles and served them with soup. In China, similar pasta is called "spaghetti" or "Yi Fu noodles" (also known as "spaghetti" in Taiwan Province province). According to legend, there was a local official in the Qing Dynasty who entertained guests at home. The cook mistakenly put the cooked egg noodles into the boiling oil pan, so he had to pick up the soup to eat. Because the guests were full of praise after eating, this dish was handed down. As for non-fried instant noodles, it can be traced back to the noodle invented by Han Xinjun in the third year of the Western Han Dynasty in China (205 years ago). When Han Xin led 654.38+ ten thousand troops in Heyang, near the Yellow River, preparing to attack Wei Bao, the king of the Western Wei State in Hedong, in order to solve the problem of carrying rations, he invented pasting buckwheat flour and wheat flour, cooking them into eight-ripe big cakes and cutting them into wide strips. This kind of bread is not only convenient to carry around, but also edible as long as it is boiled in water, so it can be regarded as the earliest form of instant noodles. Modern instant noodles, which have become instant food, were invented by Japanese Takeo Ando (formerly known as Takeo) in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture on 1958, because there was a long queue to eat a bowl of noodles. After Ando invented instant noodles, he founded Nissin Food Company to sell the flavor of "chicken soup Lamian Noodles". At first, the price was 35 yen, but immediately imitation products appeared, leading to price reduction competition.

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Nissin company actively developed abroad after inventing instant noodles. 1963 cooperated with Korean Sanyang Food for the first time, 1968 cooperated with Taiwan Province International Food Company to produce chicken soup-flavored noodles. The original vitality noodles didn't sell well in Taiwan Province Province because they followed the Japanese formula. After seasoning and adjustment of noodle taste, it has become a best-selling product in Taiwan Province Province. Most customers buy their goods for midnight snack or cooking with eggs. At one time, "Victory Face" almost became synonymous with this kind of products. However, due to poor management, Shengli finally withdrew from the market. As of 2005, only one Shengli noodle restaurant in the past international food companies continued to operate in the emerging area of Kaohsiung City, but it has withdrawn from the instant noodle market. Although instant noodles were widely praised in Asia, they could not be successfully opened in the United States in the late11960 s, because the average American did not have the habit of boiling water, and the tableware at home was mainly plates. In order to make people who are not used to using bowls consume instant noodles, Nissin Company invented a cup noodle with expanded polystyrene as a container, which was listed in Japan on 197 1 and the price was 100 yen (0.25 USD), which was more than three times the price of bagged instant noodles at that time. During the interview, the cups were sold in gymnasiums and racetracks, and were not popular because of their high prices. Finally, it can only be sold in some units that have to be on duty at night, such as the fire brigade and the Japanese Self-Defense Force. In order to open the market, Ando Baifu cooperated with Mitsukoshi Department Store in downtown Tokyo to promote sales, setting a record of selling 20,000 copies in four hours, laying the foundation for Japanese to accept cup noodles. Because the cup noodles take a high-priced route, the ingredients include dried shrimps made by freeze-drying, and forks are also tableware. Street promotion in Tokyo makes cup noodles stand firm in Kanto. 1In February, 972, the Asakusa Villa incident occurred in Japan where the Red Army Company took hostages and confronted the police. Because the police ate a cup of noodles wrapped in belly, which was broadcast live on TV, the cup noodles became an instant hit.