A story:

One frigid winter morning, some friends and I decided to go to Sapporo Ramen. I was in town visiting my girlfriend. She was a visiting student at Harvard for the semester, so she had an apartment nearby. Me, I had a cold. So did Paul. "Nothing is better for a cold than ramen. Better even than chicken soup." said Paul. Tsubasa agrees. So we're off.

We order our ramen. I had miso broth. Paul and Adam get theirs. It is very very hot and tasty. In mid-slurp:

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Fire alarms go off! Lights flash all around! Stores close, and people evacuate the building.

We stick our fingers in our ears and keep eating.

It was really good ramen.