What is Momofuku Ando?
{{Infobox person | name = Momofuku Ando | birth_name = 吳百福 (Gô͘ Peh-hok) | image = The statue of Momofuku Ando.jpg | caption = The statue of Momofuku Ando | nationality = Japanese | alma_mater = [[Ritsumeikan University]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|03|05}} | birth_place = ''Phoh-á-kha'', ''Kagi-chō'', [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese Taiwan]], [[Empire of Japan]]<br /><small>(now [[Puzi]], [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan]])</small> | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|01|05|1910|03|05}} | death_place = [[Ikeda, Osaka|Ikeda]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]] | known_for = Inventing of [[instant noodle]]s | children = [[Hirotoshi Ando]]<br>[[Koki Ando]]<br>[[Akemi Horinouchi]] | spouse = Masako Ando }} {{nihongo|'''Momofuku Ando'''|安藤百福|Andō Momofuku}}, born ''' Wú Bǎifú''' (吳百福) in [[Taiwanese language|Taiwanese]] (5 March 1910 - 5 January 2007) was the founder and chairman of [[Nissin|Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.]], and the inventor of the modern [[Instant noodles|instant noodle]], [[ramen]]. Ando was born to Taiwanese parents in Kagi (currently [[Chiayi City|Chiayi]]), [[Taiwan]] and grew up an orphan in [[Tainan City]]. In 1948, Momofuku Ando founded what was to become Nissin in [[Ikeda, Osaka|Ikeda]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Japan]]. It was a small family-run company at first. On August 25, 1958, at the age of 48, and after months of [[trial and error]] experimentation, Ando announced that he had finally perfected his flash-frying method and therefore invented the instant noodle. Called [[Chikin Ramen]], after the original flavour, it was originally considered a [[luxury]] [[food]] item as it cost around six times that of traditional non-instant [[udon]] and [[soba]] noodles. Ando began sales of the [[Cup noodles]] on September 18, 1971. As prices dropped, ramen soon became a booming business. An estimated 70 billion servings were sold in 2004. In 1964, looking for a way to prom