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Spaghetti in spicy pork stock?

Fuck ramen
Most overhyped hipster fucking meme food in the world.

i used to think i didn't like ramen but i finally went to a good place

it's seems to be a lot of hype and memes, regardless

Authentic ramen takes days to make and you can't really know unless you try it yourself. It's not like the stuff you make at home. I think it's delicious, if you like savory things you'll like it.

>>13373466
sounds good

Ramen is disgusting raw pig eyeball soup

t. Former ramen food prep

>>13373458
Ramen shops here in US have been shit for me. But I live only in two cities so all I get to see is hipster shit. Usually $18+ to get that shit loaded w the proper meats, veggies, and egg. And it still is all shit. We still have good pho at a reasonable price though. Atl and Boston

>>13373804
^this
t. An ex-ramen prepper

Ramen is good but overhyped. Personally I prefer pho

>>13373458
Reminder that this costs <$1 and takes under six minutes to make.
Take pic related (74¢ at Walmart) and add required water.
Throw in microwave for three minutes.
Add one generous pat of butter and crack two eggs into the container on opposite sides. Keep the yolks intact if possible.
Microwave for an additional 2:40-3:00 minutes, stir with included sauce packet, and enjoy your delicious and nutritious sub-$1 meal

>>13373458
Overpriced hipster garbage outside of Japan

>>13373804
How would it be raw eyeball if the soup is hot?

>>13373458
I read hyped up hymen spot haha

>>13373458
Why don't you try it for yourself and then you'd have an informed opinion

>>13376481
Shut the fuck up retard

>>13373466
>>13373482
>>13373504
>>13373712
>>13373979
>>13374587
>>13375420

If you think ramen is literally retardation or that pho > ramen, you either live in a flyover shithole (yes the east coast is flyover shithole territory unless you’re north of Virginia, explicitly) or you’ve never gone to place that has cheap, good ramen. Ramen isn’t supposed to be expensive, and it’s definitely better than that Pho garbage made by dog-eating mongoloids

>>13376518
>or that pho > ramen
To be fair, I like ramen better but there's a local pho place that makes an AWESOME bowl of pho. Tripe, duck confit, it's amazing stuff

>>13373482
>haha, DUDE, it’s a RESTAURANT where they serve RAMEN but it’s not the SAME kind of packaged CRAP we ate in COLLEGE! It’s GOURMET ramen cooked in a KITCHEN by an actual CHEF! I’m so STOKED bro.

>>13376523
But if you have actually good ramen I’m sure it’ll be better because high-quality ramen uses high-quality ingredients instead of garbage like tripe

If you like tripe you unironically have to be brown, white people only eat that shit if they need to but darkies fucking love that slimy scaly texture

>>13376528
>I'm being retarded... on purpose!
Cool

>>13376527
>How dare people eat food and like it

>>13374616
>Nutritious

>>13373458

Good ramen is undoubtedly one of my favorite foods and quite tasty when made properly. It is labor intensive and time consuming so I don't care to make the stock so I enjoy going out to places that make it.

It is a meme though that all the fuckin soibois come out in force, so I tend to avoid eating at the most popular places and find a smaller spot that I like. The right broth thickness and richness, with some good chewy noodles and a side of karaage or tempura is kino, I'd never wait more than 15-20 minutes to get some, and even then I'd probably just go get some udon or bun bo hue where I dont have to wait.

t. seattle fag

I know a really good one that i never have to wait for a table

>>13376518
>yes the east coast is flyover shithole territory unless you’re north of Virginia, explicitly
what

>>13376917
South carolina is definitely flyover
t. have family there

>>13373458
I've had "real" ramen from Japanese joints and honestly I still prefer the instant crap.
I think it's the deep-fried noodles in the instant packs that makes it so much tastier to me.

>>13373482
>>13376527
Based

>>13376518
Cringe. By all means keep eating it so you don't drive up the price for the real good food

The only ramen I'll eat is the kind from Japan that's authentic and doesn't cost more than $10-15 a bowl. Santouka and Shinsengumi in LA are good examples.

Anything more than $20 and you're paying a huge hipster tax

how do you guys cook ramen at home besides using just the flavor packet on the cheap stuff?
Last time i bought a ramen base and got some good noodles.

I'm on a high protein diet. could I use bone broth and some other stuff?
trying to decide if i should put in steak or what.

thank you =]

I love ramen especially in the winter. Also watch pic-rel.

>>13377109

Only time i bother making ramen is if i have leftover chicken stock, otherwise it's just shit. No pre-packaged broth makes a proper ramen.

>bone broth

It's called beef stock, don't be a hipster

>>13377223
there's a difference when you're buying them in the cartons

>>13373458
another redditor pepe thread

>>13373458
Nigga, you want ramen, just go buy some 20 cent packs, wtf

>>13377174
is that Tom Popo?

>>13376934
SC is probably the only flyover state south of VA

>spending more than ¥600 on a bowl of ramen
ISHYGDDT

>>13376518
>florida
>flyover
wow this is incredible bait. are you legendary bass fisherman bill dance?

>>13373458
I live in Japan and there actually is a difference between good or bad ramen places.

Bad places have a more oily broth, rubbery meat, and sometimes the noodles are just flavorless and stiff. Good places have a clean broth, choice cuts of meat, and soft noodles. I seriously can't go back to the big chain place by my house after having good ramen.

That said, I'd never actually stand in line to get ramen someplace. That's just silly.

>>13373979
>>>13373458 (OP)
>But I live only in two cities so all I get to see is hipster shit
I can't imagine. I'm lucky to be able to live in 4 cities.

>>13376518
Literally the only reason ramen is even remotely popular in the US is because people ate it when they were poor college students. They got bored of it and wanted to learn how to dress it up.

>>13376934
georgia minus atlanta

>>13377109
I make dashi stock by soaking shiitake mushrooms and konbu seaweed in water overnight. I add miso to it for miso ramen. You could also do some soy sauce and a dash of sesame oil instead of miso. You can easily sub chicken or beef broth, and then add miso, it's still real tasty.

For your choice of meat topping it's just whatever, chashu pork is pretty good (pork belly slow cooked in a sweet marinade) but yeah, steak or even baked chicken breast still works, just season it nicely. I personally like extra firm smoked tofu. Egg is really delicious as a topping, I love the marinated (ajitsuke tamago) eggs. Mushrooms are great too (I like enoki and shimeji). www.justonecookbook.com has a bunch of ramen recipes.

>>13376518
Haha sweatie no, even new yourk city is flyover these days. You want to be in LA, babe.

>>13373458
>ramen restaurant
>ramen
>$1 for a 5 pack
nah

If you're in LA go to Silverlake Ramen (there are a few locations). I've tried a few other places here and nothing even comes close.

>>13376528
Don't boast about having a limited palate.

Ramen is kinda shite. Can you imagine how much msg and shit they use to make the broth nice?

The real deal are Chinese DRY noodle dishes. They boil and drain the noodles then mix it into a nice sauce. Two examples are reganmian, where they use a sesame/peanut sauce and pickles; and dan dan mian where the sauce is ground pork and spices.Those dishes are way better than any noodle soup Japan or China has to offer because they don't rely on MSG. Although they do often contain MSG.

>>13376550
Although fuck Seattle and all of the faggots living there, this.