I'm very surprised to see that there is not a ramen thread created yet! How do you cook your ramen? What brand do you like? Any special spices? Good techniques? Ways to make it taste better?
This thread is of course, open to discussion about instant ramen and the more "fancy" kinds!
Has anyone gone to a ramen shop in japan? What are they like?
I'll go first!
I generally just make my ramen (Maruchan, I really hate Top Ramen) dry. I like the "hot" taste it has too it. My favorite flavors are probably the standard chicken, creamy chicken, and beef.
I used to add a few things to my ramen, like tabasco sauce, curry powder, or soy sauce, however now I generally just use the package of flavoring that comes with it. When eating ramen with soy sauce you don't even need to add the included flavoring, as the taste is pretty strong.
My ramen stories are not very interesting. Anyone have anything else to share?
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Chinese nudles are colled Ramen in Japan.
Have you ever tried making a ramen ommlette? Its strangely appetizing.
Anybody here have the guts to try Ryoko Hirosue's favorite instant ramen recipie/ritual from the movie "Collage of Our Life"? It is basically Nissin Instant Ramen with mayonnaise. I remember Nissin did actually release this ramen-"flavor" for a short while as a promo item for the movie.
I wanted to try this out a couple of times, but I'm too scared! Ryoko seemed to enjoy this in the movie, through...and she's so very cute...try it out guys, for her sake!
It sounds as apetizing as mayonnaise pizza. Is it just dumping some mayo in the soup?
>>39
sort of...this is what she does:
2. Squeezed a fair amount of mayonnaise into the cup. Then stirred it up.
3. Freaked out her insecure, aspiring photographer boyfriend by eating the noodles with childish delight. Then made him even more quesy by encouraging him to try it.
I don't know what flavor the cup noodles were. I always assumed it varied. The one Nissin produced already had the mayonnaise flavor in it.
>>40
As gross as that sounds I think it might work with the right kind of mayo, if you drained the broth first. The jarred stuff you get in north american supermarkets is much too thick and goopy. I tried this other kind from a certain region once. It was a lot creamier and smoother, with a noticeable citrus tang that balanced out the "fattyness" of the mayo.
Wikipedia sez:
Japanese mayonnaise, typically made with rice vinegar, tastes somewhat different from mayonnaise made from distilled vinegar. Sold in squishy plastic squeeze bottles, it is complementary to sushi and Japanese cuisine. It is even used on pizza. Kewpie is one popular brand of Japanese mayonnaise, advertised with a Kewpie doll logo.
The use of English is strongly basically hoped for.
The use of Japanese is strongly basically hoped for.
Anyone familiar with Saimin?
I had some from a local Hawaiian place just now, but found it extremely boring. The broth tasted like plain chicken stock from boullion, far less flavorful then either ramen or pho... only a generous injection of soy sauce and the chunks of spam made it halfway decent. Does my Hawaiian BBQ suck or is saimin just not an exciting food?
For $3.25 I suppose I shouldn't be complaining, but I could have had their much tastier loco moco for a buck extra.
Sapporo Ichiban(miso) is the best.
But never use water when you cook.
Use MILK instead.
>>48
What's the difference? Is any milk good, or is whole/homo/1%/2%/skim better?
>>49
Hey you have been thinking about such a small thing for 24 hours!
Don't think too much. Just try!
I hate packaged ramen but I love the real thing. My favorite is kimuchi ramen (kimchee), even though I hate kimchee by itself. There's a Tokushima-style ramen place near where I live, but the broth tastes too strong and ... single-flavored?
> Tokushima-style ramen
What is it?
ramen is noodles but are noodles also ramen?
ramen is noodles but are noodles also ramen?
Yeah, that Homo-milk is pretty good. Has a bit of a salty flavor, though. XD
>>57
Homo = homogenized. You need to get your mind out of the gutter.. It's not gutter friday yet.
I boild noodles. Drain them. Then add seasoning. The have quite a bit of flavor...but are kinda dry :P
I'm sort of happy to find a Ramen thread! Yes, Ramen is one of my favorite food. This is a bit silly question, but I've never heard there are Ramen restraunts except in Japan. Do your country have one?
Ramen is my passion. I live to eat Ramen. No other food could make me satisfied when I eat up. But it seems like some contries only have instant noodles, that's too bad. Soy soup ramen is really awsome. Hope you will have a go one of these days.
Which is the best ramen restaurant in Japan?!
>>62
Good question, I don't know!
It's all up to your tougue. There are many kinds of flavors such as soy sauce, miso, and fatty or not.
But there are many popular and famous ramen restrants here,
top among them, Nakamuraya. It was awarded in a Ramen competition, if I remember correctly.
I hereby declare ramen replace spagetthi one of these days.
Have you ever had a bowl of Abura Men?
That taste wonderful. I'd call it a new era of Ramen.
I just made some ramen to eat for lunch, and added spring onion, corn, and baby peas to it. It's really tasty, but it's tongue-numblingly hot and spicy! It's still a pleasing taste though, and the aroma is wonderful.
I eat ramen with mayonnaise, make it first, drain it, add the mayo and mix it in. It's great but probably not brilliant to eat too often.
mayonnaise tastes pretty good with ramen.
I've tried cooking the ramen, draining it and then sprinkling powdered Parmesan cheese into it. It tasted yummy.
Never seen a ramen shop here. I lived in California for 22 years then Utah for 9. Strangely California has a lot of different ethnic foods (everything from Armenian to Thai) but no Ramen shops that I ever knew.
Ramen in the US is just the instant packages for sale about $.15 a package. Just imagine how awful it is if it's only worth $.15! I bought some Japanese instant ramen at an import store. It was very good.
For me, I just add egg to mine. I'll either beat the egg first and put it in, or just add 1 whole egg and mix it in. Either way it tastes the same.
tooooo expensive :o
I find that 'instant Ramen' in microwave with a bit of Diet Coke mixed in has a rather unique and enjoyable flavour to it.
pssh, there are no ramen shops where i live... which sucks. i'm gointo japan one of these days to eat some good food
>>72
i'm going to try that if for no other reason than it sounds kinda crazy. but you may very well be right! if it doesn't kill me, i'll reply with my findings
There's these Korean instant ramen that I like that come with Kimchee packets...they are SO good.
Myojo Chukazanmai brand are really good too. I like those a lot but they can be expensive.
try this with any beef kind i liked it =3 Cook your ramen in water normally then after it comes out drain most of the water and add
chopped lettuce
green onions
leftover beef ( not too much)
crushed tortilla chips( not too much)
taco seasoning
ramen seasoning
crushed red pepper
garlic powder
optional: ketchup ( i use a little bit)
viva le ramen
You only need some vegetables OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!!!!
Bump. Ramen are cool. We should talk about them.
As for me, I've fallen in Love with Nissin Mushroom & Chicken latery.
this winter vacation I went to quebec in canada to go snowboarding for a week. I went with my friend's collge. Before checking in we bought about a dozen packs of some generic ramen, the ones that come in squares, not cups. By the end of the trip we had about half of them left.
So I was like, "we need to check out soon, what are we gonna do with all this ramen?" So I thought of it, and I went out the balcony. We were on teh second floor and from the balcony, we could see the hotub.
I chucked the remaining ramen into the tub.
>>70
Sorry to hear that.
We have many ramen shops here in Japan. Fresh ramen is served there. Also, we can buy packed fresh ramen in supermarkets.
Take a look at those images:
http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&q=%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3&btnG=%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2
In my opinion, fresh ramen tastes far better. Hope some American starts doing Ramen buisiness where you are.