National Noodle Day Timeline

1958

Instant Noodles

Instant ramen was invented in Japan, where it initially was considered a luxury food and was priced at 6x fresh noodles!

1789

American Noodles

Thomas Jefferson returns to the US after several years in France and brings back two cases of pasta.

1200's

European Noodles

Noodles become popular in Europe, especially Italy. Some now credit Marco Polo with bringing them back from China, though he was not the first. Arab traders may have brought them first.