What You’re Doing Wrong When You Eat a Bowl of Ramen

Don’t make enemies with your bowl of noodles.
To Slurp or Not to Slurp, the Rules of Ramen

For fans, ramen is a thing of beauty, taut noodles in a steaming rich broth, ready for instant consumption.

Yet devouring a bowl of ramen can be ... daunting. Few foods inspire such a cultlike following, and yet it's kind of unwieldy to eat. Do you slurp up the long noodles, or attempt to "cut" them up with your chopsticks? Do you copy the guy that picked up his bowl and drank from it, or has he just never been to a restaurant before?