Ramen Noodles

[MrDawn]

Do you ever eat ramen?

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

My wife is Asian, so obviously the answer is yes (though for me we need to pick up specialty GF ramen noodles...which is actually pretty easy with a decent Japanese grocery store within walking distance).

 

[Crystal]

I admit to eating the garbage ramen frequently. When you're broke...

Proper ramen is amazing, though!

 

[MrDawn]

I admit to eating the garbage ramen frequently. When you're broke...

Proper ramen is amazing, though!

I used to eat Ramen almost every day for lunch and dinner. That's before I got tired of it. My kids love it.

 

[Crystal]

I used to eat Ramen almost every day for lunch and dinner. That's before I got tired of it. My kids love it.

Yep, it's something everyone goes through a phase with, I think. And experimenting with different ways to make it, lol

 

[Fool's Requiem]

fucking love Ramen

Especially proper ramen from a Japanese restaurant.

 

[Gloom-is-good]

We just had Ramen for dinner lol

 

[Fool's Requiem]

We just had Ramen for dinner lol

same

and a dragon roll and takoyaki.

 

[Gloom-is-good]

same

and a dragon roll and takoyaki.

I had a spam and egg and a salmon rice ball for lunch

 

[Crystal]

 

[Mark]

I am SO white and juvenile when it comes to my food tastes, so I’ve only had brick ramen. My idea of “fancy ramen” was what my friends would make after they got outta jail/prison. Anything you could think of to dress it up off of the commissary they’d grab on the outside after release. Especially the ones that did longer bids. You’d be surprised how long it takes for those guys to readjust.

 

[Crystal]

I am SO white and juvenile when it comes to my food tastes, so I’ve only had brick ramen. My idea of “fancy ramen” was what my friends would make after they got outta jail/prison. Anything you could think of to dress it up off of the commissary they’d grab on the outside after release. Especially the ones that did longer bids. You’d be surprised how long it takes for those guys to readjust.

Damn some of the things people can come up with in prison is incredible! Making everything out of whatever they can get. Some pretty complex dishes, too!

 

[Mark]

Damn some of the things people can come up with in prison is incredible! Making everything out of whatever they can get. Some pretty complex dishes, too!

Oh yeah, that’s the only reason I tried it because I saw everything going into it. They’d fry up spam for protein, mix in hot sauces and seasonings, it was a whole process compared to just making the brick soggy and adding the packet.

 

[Crystal]

It's an artform, that's for sure. It has to be, given the state of typical prison food.

 

[Nae'blis]

I eat it from time to time, when lacking inspiration for cooking and stuff, if the kids are at their mother's.
Quick, easy, oddly comforting.

Would love to try a real ramen dish some time!

 

[Phoenix Wright]

A proper tonkotsu ramen made by people who know what they're doing is one of the best things on the planet. I stopped by some hole in the wall place in Vegas, wish I could remember the name of it, where they just had Japanese street food. The Takoyaki and ramen were the best I'd ever had. It was in the small Chinatown area where they have the statue of Sun Wukong and his cohorts in the middle of it, if that helps anyone who knows the area.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I don't know if I've ever had real Ramen.

But I like to break up the uncooked noodles in the cheap packets, pour in the seasoning, and eat them like chips.

 

[Gloom-is-good]

I don't know if I've ever had real Ramen.

But I like to break up the uncooked noodles in the cheap packets, pour in the seasoning, and eat them like chips.

That was a middle school staple for me!

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I never ate instant ramen noodles like that and I will never do that.

If I want instant ramen, I'll fry up some frozen non breaded chicken tenders, get put a bunch of veggies, and some seasonings, and make some good instant ramen. I don't just do the packet anymore. I need to find ones that have the stuff you need to make tonkotsu ramen and find slices of pork belly like they serve in the restaurants.

 

[Squall_Lionheart]

yes, i live in korea
the best are:

shin
raccoon (너구리) - anyone seen this one?

 

[Nae'blis]

 

[Crystal]

yes, i live in korea
the best are:

shin
raccoon (너구리) - anyone seen this one?

Never even heard of raccoon ramen

 

[Lunar Kreskents]

Definitely miss ramen, and especially udon, from living in Japan.
Now I eat the brick ramen but instead of the seasoning packet I'll make it with a hondashi+mirin+soy sauce, or with a curry cube, and I'll often put an egg in it and/or some kind of seaweed like wakame.

 

[Crystal]

Definitely miss ramen, and especially udon, from living in Japan.
Now I eat the brick ramen but instead of the seasoning packet I'll make it with a hondashi+mirin+soy sauce, or with a curry cube, and I'll often put an egg in it and/or some kind of seaweed like wakame.

Sounds delicious!

 

[Gloom-is-good]

Definitely miss ramen, and especially udon, from living in Japan.
Now I eat the brick ramen but instead of the seasoning packet I'll make it with a hondashi+mirin+soy sauce, or with a curry cube, and I'll often put an egg in it and/or some kind of seaweed like wakame.

Do you know how to make the egg the way they do? I keep trying and failing. It's always too soft or too hard

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Do you know how to make the egg the way they do? I keep trying and failing. It's always too soft or too hard

I think they're supposed to be soft boiled.

How to Make Soft-Boiled Eggs

It’s as easy as hard-boiling (but faster).

www.foodnetwork.com

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

Look what came home today

 

[Nae'blis]

Why did I read GF as girlfriend and not gluten free?

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

Why did I read GF as girlfriend and not gluten free?

You want a girlfriend lab dedicated to noodles.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Not exactly ramen but we have a good pho place near us and my wife and I really love it, and I'm not a drink your food type person.