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17 September 2007

I like ramen. Am I in the minority here?
I mean, I don't eat it regularly, or even semi-regularly, but sometimes I do get a taste for it. I don't eat it all soupy-like, but rather just the noodles with a bit of broth left in. Yes, I know ramen is pretty bad for you. I guess it's one of my guilty pleasure foods I have once in a blue moon. I wasn't ever in a position where I had to eat it regularly, so perhaps that factors in.
posted by viachicago 17 September | 23:14
Eh, maybe. I love it, myself. My standard college lunch was 1 ramen, 1 can of pepsi, three banana peppers. Good times. 35 cent lunch.

More recently, I've halved the amount of flavoring and add sharp cheddar to the top and mix it in. Yummy!
posted by lysdexic 17 September | 23:14
Love it. It's my go-to late-night snack. I always throw away the flavor packets, though. (And I buy the shrimp-flavored ones, because they're the only ones that don't seem to contain chicken or beef base, so it's only shrimps that died for my sins.)

I use about 1-3/4 cups water, add enough soy sauce to make it the right color, a smashed clove of garlic, a teaspoon of grated ginger (which I keep in the freezer, so that it's always on hand), some crushed red pepper flakes, and a dash of sesame oil. Bring to a boil, add noodles.

I often don't have other things to add, but I'll throw in some chopped carrots or cabbage, or frozen peas, if they're around.

Drain, top with lots of fresh ground pepper.

And dammit, via, it's coming on the ramen hour, and I have none. *shakes fist*
posted by mudpuppie 17 September | 23:17
See also.
posted by mudpuppie 17 September | 23:24
Also see also.
posted by mudpuppie 17 September | 23:25
I cook the noodles in the water, just enough to cover them in a small saucepan, as the water comes to a boil, with the shrimp packet just dumped right on top, then I mix it up and drop an egg in. Maybe add some onion or sri racha. slerp NOM!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur 17 September | 23:29
Ugh I can't stand the instant stuff. Fortunately where I live I have a wide choice of ramen restaurants.
posted by gomichild 17 September | 23:30
I eat that shit raw.
posted by delmoi 17 September | 23:44
My son likes it when I drop in a big chunk of frozen spinach as it boils.
posted by mischief 18 September | 00:15
Yeah, I crave it every now and again. I usually boil the noodles, drain them, and mix in about half the flavoring packet (usually chicken). Thankfully I don't have any sodium issues. Yet.
posted by bmarkey 18 September | 00:35
Also, I am sad to find that Tung I ramen apparently no longer comes in chicken flavor. I actually made the soup with that stuff.
posted by bmarkey 18 September | 00:46
With an egg cracked into the pot right before turning off the heat so it's just barely poached when I finish ladling out the soup. Have been doing so since I was a kid, any bowl feels incomplete without the egg.
posted by casarkos 18 September | 01:10
casarkos: The noodles already contain egg.
posted by delmoi 18 September | 02:32
I get the noodles that are already cooked... they come sealed up in; you just cut the bag open and throw those in with a stir fry at the last moment. They are FAR superior to ramen... check em out.
posted by chuckdarwin 18 September | 03:24
I'm ok with it so long as the flavor packet is out and delicious things are put in like veggies. But as I told you before, the idea of standard instant ramen makes my kidneys hurt just thinking about it. Ate it waaaay too many times when I was younger. Blurg. I feel the same way about macaroni and cheese from a box, though.
posted by SassHat 18 September | 06:32
I have decent access to great noodles and great cooking, and yet sometimes I'll crave some ramen. It was childhood comfort food.
posted by typewriter 18 September | 06:36
I garnish mine with French truffles and lots of saffron.
posted by sourwookie 18 September | 07:02
Ramen's okay but it reminds me too much of being poor.
posted by miss lynnster 18 September | 07:15
My sister used to eat it. I'd eat it on occasion. Cereal was my convenient, poor-man's food of choice.

Mudpuppie's concoctions sound delicious. I know I would like a bowl of that.
posted by LoriFLA 18 September | 07:27
mudpuppie, I do the same sort of thing, except with peri peri sauce, soy sauce, olive oil, chopped garlic and an oxo cube if I am feeling like it. Mmm!
posted by By the Grace of God 18 September | 08:06
oh, and ginger/sesame oil instead sounds like a GREAT idea!!
posted by By the Grace of God 18 September | 08:07
Yep, still like it even tho' it was a staple during less affluent times. I only ever have the instant kind tho', packet 'n' all.
posted by deborah 18 September | 08:49
I don't generally like it, although I do use the noodles for stir fry. But my teenage son is the King of Ramen Chefs - he makes it late at night, usually, and mixes all kinds of wacky things in: curry powder, eggs, pepper jack cheese, whatever's in the fridge. And it's really pretty good, if a little on the bizarre side.
posted by mygothlaundry 18 September | 09:15
I love ramen. My favorite NYC ramen-ya are Menkui-Tei by Cooper Square and Momofuku on First Ave (the broth's a little better at Momofuku but at Menkui-Tei the Japanese is real and the gyoza kick ass).

Both, though to a higher degree Menkui-Tei, are Tokyo-style ramen-ya where a variety of Chinese food is served; however, like ramen, it's Japanese-style Chinese food. The menu there is top-to-bottom good.

The day I spent at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (before attending a BayStars game) was one of the best I've had, both for the food and for the company. Fills me with joy to think about it, and that's really something. Thanks.
posted by Hugh Janus 18 September | 09:20
Not ramen but udon and soba noodles. I live right next to Japan Town in San Jose, which has an excellent Japanese market and lot's of good restaurants.
posted by doctor_negative 18 September | 09:26
In my family, we always called it lamyun. I think maybe that's just how Koreans pronounce it.

Anyway, I hardly eat ramen any more -- I think I lived on it too much in college -- but once in awhile I'll have some Nong Shim kimchi ramen with a side of katugi (radish kimchi).
posted by brina 18 September | 11:22
doctor_negative: I like going to Cupertino's 99 Ranch and the shopping center its located in, but where are you talking about? I should explore there...
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur 18 September | 16:46
Love it. It was cheap, back when I was young and we were poor. I'd eat it after school as a snack, packet and all, but I'd pour most of the water out first before stirring in the packet. The shrimp was my favorite flavor. I still have some right now in my cabinet, for something quick and comforting.
posted by redvixen 18 September | 18:38
AV, Nijiya Market is much smaller than Ranch99, and it's strictly Japanese but is very good. They actually have a better selection of noodles than Ranch 99. That 3 block section of Jackson Street (and the surrounding 2 block radius) is Japantown. From 880 get off on 1st Street and go south to Jackson, then go left. There's 6 or 7 Japanese restaurants, a Buddhist Temple and the San Jose Tofu company all in a couple blocks. It's one of San Jose's little surprises.
posted by doctor_negative 21 September | 02:52
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