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麺麻 (Menma)

Menma

  • めんま
  • Menma
  • Pitch 1
  • ingredients
  • pickled salted or fermented

Meaning

麺麻 (めんま, Menma) is Menma, a Japanese food (ingredients, pickled salted or fermented).

What is Menma?

Menma is a condiment made from lacto-fermented bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots are dried in the sun or through other means before the process of fermentation. Menma is a common topping for noodle soups, notably ramen. It is produced primarily in China. Menma is also known as shinachiku (支那竹 ), "Chinese bamboo". This word sometimes is written as "麺碼".

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