Instant ramen, a food that originated in Japan ... Add the vegetables, eggs and sliced char siu. Roast the nori seaweed and garnish. 1. Tie the pork up, season with salt and apply the salt ...

This Japanese adaptation of the Chinese dish char siu is seasoned with sugar, sake and dark soy sauce and braised at a low temperature for a few hours. It is then ready for using in ramen.

It really is all about the ramen though, especially a roasted chicken-bone broth boasting generous slices of pork neck char siu and flavour with its own gravitational pull. As for the sake ...