References:

Movie Commentary for 'Tampopo'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/tampoponrhinson_a0c94d.htm

Reviewed by Hal Hinson, Washington Post Staff Writer, on June 17, 1987

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1987/09/252438.html

By Roger Ebert on 09/11/1987

http://www.1worldfilms.com/tampopo.htm

By '1-World Festival of Foreign Films'

http://members.aol.com/aleong1631/tampopo.html

Review by Anthony Leong in 1997

http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cjs/films/reviews/tampopo.html

By K. Martin on October 29, 1998

http://www.digsmagazine.com/laze/flick_tampopo.htm

Reviewed by Yee-Fan Sun on 11.16.2000

http://feedmyego.com/movies/T/Tampopo1986.html#other

Reviewed by Scott Ventura on 10.18.2001

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/1498/tampopo.html

Information on the History and Development of Instant Noodle was derived from:

http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/food/archives/food/991207.html

An article " Ramen museum an instant hit" on Mainichi Online Daily News By Hiroko Ihara, Staff Writer, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999

http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/13/fin_food_innovator_still.html

An article " Food innovator still taking on the world" on Cincinnati Enquirer Online edition by Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press, Tuesday, February 13, 2001

http://www.nissinfoods.com/cup.htm

http://www.nissinfoods.com/his2.htm

The website of Nissin Foods  (US)

http://www.mama.th.com/Shinyokohama_Ramen_Museum.htm

The website of Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

Information on the environmental effect of instant noodle

http://www.nissinfoods.co.jp/english/corp/main/env_m.html

© 2000 Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.

http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/facts/1998/recipes/instantfood_29.html

Nutrition on instant food

http://www.cfe.org/book/book08/06/

Sample cases on 'The Endocrine Disrupter Scare' by Dr. Chung-Ho Kim

Others

http://www.unilever.co.uk/ourbrands/brand_potnoodle.html

Pot Noodle

http://www.lux.com.tw/luxeeng/newpage3.htm

Manufacturing process of instant noodles

http://www.mama.th.com/Noodles%20in%20Japan.htm

Noodles in Japan

http://www.mama.th.com/Shinyokohama_Ramen_Museum.htm

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

http://www.totallyhk.com/LifeStyle/TotallyEats/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-20000911175557704.asp

Hong Kong Wonton noodle

http://www.gettinghere.com/frm_viewarticles.cfm?ID=58

Threads of Longevity

Photos of the instant food products were derived from:

http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/menschen/hohldir/soups.html

Asian instant noodle

http://www.myojosingapore.com/new.htm

Asian instant noodle

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/nipponia/nipponia14/start.html

Development of instant noodle

http://www.giantfood.com/main.cfm

http://www.greekhotel.com/cyclades/naxos/kastraki/summerland/more.htm

Healthy food products