You're a small restaurant owner specializing in ramen (noodles in broth, possibly with vegetables and/or a slice of beef), and you want to deliver your dishes to offices and homes in the area. But, you have three problems. 1) You're trying to transport bowls of steaming hot soup. 2) With the narrow twisty streets, and high fuel and parking costs, you can't afford to use a car or van. 3) The crazy drivers (your own and the others on the streets) will cause the soup to spill if there's a sudden stop or swerve.
Answer? Put a swing shelf on the back of a scooter. The shelf moves naturally in the turns. You can put the bowl of soup in an insulated styrofoam box to keep it hot. And shock absorbers at the top of the swing reduce the impacts from speed bumps and the such. Ramen bikes are not quite as common now as they were a few years ago, since more people have been choosing to eat at Denny's or other family restaurants, but they're still out there and the scooters keep getting updated to look more stylish.
2 comments:
That's quite interesting. Is the ramen good?
Of course, it depends on the restaurant. I haven't ordered delivery ramen like this myself - I always eat home-made ramen. But, the sit-down places that I've eaten at have been quite good. And, it's pretty inexpensive, at maybe $7-$10 for a large bowl. If you haven't seen it, I recommend watching "Tampopo", a Japanese movie about a woman trying to run a ramen restaurant.
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