Best instant ramen/noodles?

[Anonymous No.10301645]

[Anonymous No.10301649]

>>10301645
those

[Anonymous No.10301657]

>>10301649
(which isnt saying much)

[Anonymous No.10301702]

This, also don't use thread titles.

[Anonymous No.10301736]

Yakisoba. Ippei-Chan or Chappagetti.

[Anonymous No.10301740]

>>10301645

[Anonymous No.10301752]

>>10301645
This.

[Anonymous No.10301882]

>>10301740
are these actually that good? Ive been wanting to try them but the only place I can get them from is Amazon in a 30-pack

are these worth paying $30 for?

[Anonymous No.10301895]

I like to start with these, then add stuff like veggies, an egg, fish sauce, sambal olec, etc.

[Anonymous No.10301939]

any where to buy an assortment of instant noodles?

[Anonymous No.10302005]

>>10301882
hell yeah they're worth it.
add some meat and sprouts and you're golden. I like to add bok choy.

[Anonymous No.10303521]

>>10301740
these are good, but
sesame Nissin are the best imho

[Anonymous No.10303672]

>>10301702
Why not

[Anonymous No.10304222]

>>10301895
I had these, they are worse than top ramen

[Anonymous No.10305799]

I never saw the point in buying the higher end ramen. Thw\e differences are often negligable and you still feel like you're eating poor people food.

Dont get me wrong, I love ramen and eat it for lunch pretty much every day, but all the "good" brands I've tried cost 3-4x what it costs for a pouch of maruchan and dont taste any better.

For example, the one in OP's pic is like 89 cents per pack where I live while maruchan are 20 cents a pack. Once I add in my own seasonings and veggies I can barely tell the difference between the two.

Seems like if you've got the money for "good" instant ramen you'd probably be better off just buying fresh noodles and making your own.

[Anonymous No.10305841]

>>10301645
i just wish those were not so expensive

[Anonymous No.10305894]

>>10305841

Oh fuck yeah, but you're right, they're kinda towards the splurge end. You get Mama Tom Yum's for one third the price so the choice is hard.

[Anonymous No.10305896]

>>10301645
udon

[Anonymous No.10307128]

>>10304222
Ya, they need a little more than what's in the package for sure. I don't eat chicken/ beef/pork so it's one of the better ones available that I can eat. It's a great base to build onto.

[Anonymous No.10307154]

>>10305799
How the heck does it cost 80 cents for you, I've only seen them for 2 dollars or more

[Anonymous No.10307158]

For mi it is the mi goreng, the best fried noodles

[Anonymous No.10308076]

>>10307158
Mi negro.

[Anonymous No.10308402]

By far

[Anonymous No.10308408]

>>10301645
They all taste the same. The broth is that matters and instant noodle '''''broth''''' is garbage.

[Anonymous No.10308435]

[Anonymous No.10308471]

>>10301740
Seconded.

[Anonymous No.10308481]

>>10305841
Soba noodles are weak.

[Anonymous No.10308488]

>>10301645
Myojo Chukazanmai

[Anonymous No.10308518]

>>10308488
Myojo it dope.

[Anonymous No.10308584]

[Anonymous No.10309126]

>no vifon
Pic related is one of my favourites

[Anonymous No.10309133]

Can someone post the guide for enhancing all the different ramen packs

[Anonymous No.10309134]

Mama noodles.

[Anonymous No.10309160]

>>10308584
So creamy, nice garlic and onion flavor. I usually pass on instant ramen because this flavor never happens to be around.

[Anonymous No.10309411]

Anyone notice instant noodles tastes better if prepared in pot on stove top vs boil water in bowl?

[Anonymous No.10309419]

>>10309411
I've only ever cooked them in a pot on stove top

[Anonymous No.10309623]

I come from a country where we eat a lot of soups. Ive read here that you are actually supposed to only eat out the noodles and leave the "broth"? Seems like a waste.

[Anonymous No.10309637]

Why does nobody ever seem to mention these?

[Anonymous No.10309702]

>>10309637
These are good.

[Anonymous No.10309733]

>>10309637
These are the only ones my Japanese friend buys

[Anonymous No.10309738]

>>10309126
Vifon tastes just like shitty cheap noodles.
Try some noodles imported from korea anon

[Anonymous No.10309827]

Anyone remember the sapporo ichiban kitsune udon

[Anonymous No.10309832]

>>10305894
This stuff, goddamn

[Anonymous No.10311775]

[Anonymous No.10311807]

>>10309827
YES, it's my favorite. So sad it isn't being imported anymore.

[Anonymous No.10311845]

I just get this stuff, the mix is pretty good when you mix it with sambal oleg. Also I add frozen veggies and boiled egg. In general though I dunno why ramen is so romanticized. Its pretty low tier food in general.

>>10309623
you can drink it, theres no hard and fast rule but
some of them are too salty to drink imo

[Anonymous No.10312039]

learning the art of aldente can seriously bring the cheap noodles to be on par with the rest.

personally, i think the difference is probably lab researchers making the noodles to be firmer when its the case of people not learning the art of aldente, and also green onions bring the broth to life.
have you tried using different waters? i noticed a huge difference in tap water, namely using the bathroom sinks and maybe it comes down to your sink brand and filter.

[Anonymous No.10312077]

>>10312039
>eating instant noodles so often that you develop an "art" to preparing them
Get your life in order.

[Anonymous No.10312100]

The undisputed best ramen, if you've had it you know

[Anonymous No.10312137]

>>10312100
Yakisoba, but delicious.

[Anonymous No.10312156]

>>10312077
It really is on the line though. Water choice does make a good broth.
People can get picky with noodles but ignore the tap completely. Try the sinks in your house then trail and error in bottled sources. Dude try it with beer, make a beer broth and notice the difference since beer suppliers filter differently.

[Anonymous No.10312296]

What is the best non-spicy instant ramen that's not readily available?

[Anonymous No.10312756]

>>10301752
Please, fuck my mouth

[Anonymous No.10312780]

>>10301702
Drop an egg in it as it's cooking

[Anonymous No.10312819]

What are some good things to mix in with a spicy chicken flavored noodles?

[Anonymous No.10312844]

>>10312819
fired egg, sliced seasoned (pepper/salt) beef, baby bok choy

[Anonymous No.10312861]

Where do you normally get these(in the US)? Not that I've looked, so it could just be in the typical 'foreign' section, but I'm obviously not gonna go to the store at 11 to check.

[Anonymous No.10312865]

>>10312756
>>10312780
Why so sexual?

[Anonymous No.10313206]

>>10312861
Yeah it's usually in the foreign/ethic section

[Anonymous No.10313277]

>>10301645

Nongshim Spicy Chicken/Hot & Spicy bowls.

I also think Paldo's Spicy Chicken/Hot & Spicy bowls are also pretty good.

[Anonymous No.10313377]

[Anonymous No.10313720]

>>10309623
Some idiots here brag about tipping out the broth. As you said, this is stupid and wasteful, if you don't want to drink the broth then put less water in.
Of course, the type of people to pour out broth would probably be the type of people to be mortified at the noodles tasting stronger as a result.

[Anonymous No.10313728]

>>10309637
Those in chicken flavor are my favorite. Absolute best noodle.

[Anonymous No.10313740]

>but that's not real ramen!

I don't care.

[Anonymous No.10313842]

>>10313720
If you made real soup with beef stock or something it's different, but don't feel obligated to drink spicy MSG water.

[Anonymous No.10313913]

>>10301645
dry?

[Anonymous No.10314202]

>>10307158

Indomie is the best you can get while still paying a reasonable price for instant ramen.

[Anonymous No.10314224]

>>10313740
I've never seen that and am intrigued.

[Anonymous No.10314228]

>>10313377
Chow mein and Shio?

[Anonymous No.10314230]

[Anonymous No.10314248]

>>10314224
Imagine the Knorr cube broth with a lot of sour cream and extremely artificial cheese flavoring. It shouldn't work but it does.

[Anonymous No.10314302]

>>10301645
Shin black, shin red, and mi goreng gotta be my top 3. Spicy seafood is really good with an honorable mention, probably the best noodles of the bunch. The nissin tonkatsu multipack with 4 of each 4 flavors is super good. Noodles aren’t as “high end” as shin but the broth is a more simple subtle sorta thing. Like what you’d eat comfortably when sick, where as anything remotely spicy you’d stay the fuck away from. I also recently tried the mama shrimp and holy crap the noodles are absolutely bottom tier worse than maruchan type garbage. The broth is fine, maybe good, but the “noodles” totally ruin it. I dunno how anyone could recommend them seriously. Are all mama noodles like this? wtf. Also pic related is supposed to be top tier and I look forward to trying soon

[Anonymous No.10314462]

[Anonymous No.10314564]

What's the most high-end "luxury" instant ramen I can get?

[Anonymous No.10315819]

>>10301645

>Get ramen noodle pack
>Cooks like shit, 0 flavor
>Get cup noodles or yakisoba box
>Perfect noodles every time.

Fuck. What am I doing wrong?

>>10301645
Saw these at my local asian supermarket, so I might give these a go if they're really as good as people say they are..

[Anonymous No.10315835]

>>10301752
>>10305894

>Tried this on recommendation before, only flavor was pork
>Was really bad.

Is the pork just shit or was it a bad batch?

[Anonymous No.10315845]

Can anyone recommend a good Low Sodium ramen brand that doesn't taste like cardboard?

I was looking at Ramen at my asian grocer today and literally all of the fucking sodium levels are 80% all the way up to 140%. WTF?

[Anonymous No.10315886]

>>10315819
cover them maybe? its important to cover the bowl with a plate/the lid.

[Anonymous No.10315899]

>>10315886

Anything to make my Picante beef taste better. Stovetop hasn't been working. Maybe I should just microwave meme it

[Anonymous No.10315917]

>>10301752
>not green curry

[Anonymous No.10315919]

>>10315845
Just cook them in broth instead of using the flavour packet

[Anonymous No.10315925]

>>10301702
this is my fav. i toss in nori strips and chunks of surumi in it.

[Anonymous No.10315942]

>>10308488
excellent choice

[Anonymous No.10315967]

any other answer is wrong

[Anonymous No.10316639]

>>10309126
Mah nigga
>>10309738
as a entry level ramen it's quite nice, if you compare it to, for example UK's Bachelors noodles you will be surprised how a cheap ramen can be awful.

[Anonymous No.10316655]

>>10312296
Non-spicy? Why would anyone ever eat non-spicy ramen?

[Anonymous No.10316676]

>>10315967
I just had a big bowl of the spicy (black bag) of this brand. Shit's amazing with a soft boiled egg, some kim chi, and some pork belly

[Anonymous No.10316710]

>>10315967
this, personally fan of the Mala. If the curry flavored ones was more of a yellow curry like indomie's chicken curry that might be my favorite fire noodle, but sadly its not.

desu tho as a whitey mc caucasain i wish samyang would do like 1/2 fire noodle, i like relaxing while eating noodles and its a bit too spicy for that

[Anonymous No.10316730]

>>10316676
probably will sound like heresy but i've NEVER enjoyed egg with ramen. I love egg, i love ramen, but adding them together doesnt seem to work regardless of how i do it. They are both mooshy flavor carriers, one protein and one starch and adding putting them together seems to detract from it all. Pity cause i'd like more easy protein with my ramens

maybe haven't found the method i like, but scrambled/plain left in water, scramble in pan and added to noodles, nah. And just personal preference but fuck hard boiled eggs

[Anonymous No.10316792]

>>10316730
Have you tried egg drop style? Or soft boiled/poached?

[Anonymous No.10316853]

>>10315819
You are just using to much water for your taste, ignore the packs directions and cook it in less water if you want. Cups probably taste good to you because you can't as easily overfill them.

>>10315845
Any of the noodles that come with a syrup or oil+powder flavor packs which are meant to be added after water has been strained from cooked noodles have about 50% the sodium of typical cheap ramen (when people say "Dry" they mean this type). Indoemie and Samyang (Fire Noodles) being the two popular brands previously mentioned are about 1000-1100 sodium, compared to 1800-2000 on most normal instant noodles. In both cases if you eat either of those without adding veg/meat stir fried into it the flavor is a bit too strong, so you can remove about 15-25% (to taste) of the sauce for just plain noodles bringing it down to about 750-850mg sodium (35-40%ish daily recommended sodium intake)

Poor American person option if you aren't near a asian grocer that carries either of those (that said i'd recommend trying them, both are great) is to order low-sodium Maruchen at your local Walmart. They are similar at around 1200-1300mg iirc and if you dont drink the broth lower ofc, Added benefit with those is they got like 600mg potassium in them to replace some of the sodium, taste is a little different i started vastly prefering those to regular maruchen. If i had to eat peasant ramen they would be my pick just cause i prefer the flavor vs normal sodium.

>>10316792
i might like eggdrop style for wet/stew noodles but never mastered it properly. Softboil i wouldn't care for, poached i may have to try. I can fry rice with lots of eggs and enjoy the shit out of it but can't for the love of me make it work with ramen, its just too "watery" regardless.

[Anonymous No.10316944]

>>10301645
Maybe I'm a fucking pleb but I just eat top ramen. Tastes just fine.

I will agree though while their broths are good.... God maruchan noodles are hot garbage. Probably the only brand that grosses me out. Shame it's the one that everywhere in the states.....

[Anonymous No.10317067]

I was helping a Korean friend move and he whipped up these instant noodle style things that was fucking delicious and due to reasons I can't ask him what brand they were.
Things I remember: He boiled the noodles alone, drained the water and then added dark brown flavouring sauce that came in the packet. And that was it. And it was absolutely delicious, legit couldn't believe something like this existed. Anyone have any idea what this might have been?

[Anonymous No.10317119]

>>10317067
jjajang / black bean noodle

probably pic related

[Anonymous No.10317135]

>>10317067
>due to reasons I can't ask him what brand they were

[Anonymous No.10317298]

>>10316730
Really the only way I like egg in ramen is if it's soft boiled. That way when you pop it open in the ramen it makes the broth a little creamier and then you have another "meaty" texture in the soup. I completely agree though, fuck hardboiled eggs and everyone who has ever served me one of those green yolked abominations.

[Anonymous No.10317459]

>>10307158
>>10314202

Where the fuck do I get these in the US?

I miss this shit

[Anonymous No.10317471]

What's the right way to do egg drop?

How many minutes before you're done cooking, what temperature water, etc

[Anonymous No.10317518]

>>10305799
t. maruchan shill

literally the worst and objectively inferior brand

[Anonymous No.10317620]

>>10307154
where the fuck do you live mate
not who you're replying to but they're like 80-90 cents at the local ameriburger wallymart

[Anonymous No.10318182]

>>10317459
Wegmans that's it

[Anonymous No.10318251]

>>10307158
hot n spicy tho

[Anonymous No.10318829]

>>10318251
Also known as 'extra pedas'

I'm Indonesian bro. It's one of my many favourites.

[Anonymous No.10318872]

>>10315835
The pork is shit imo, and so is the chicken
Shrimp is god tier

[Anonymous No.10318942]

>>10317135

After we finished moving i told him it would be dishonorable for him not to fully service me like a man and sense he cooked so good he could just blow me and i'd save his sweet ass for next time.

[Anonymous No.10319280]

>>10317459
I order all my shit from amazon. Also since no one commented earlier am I seriously the only one that thinks the mama brand “noodles” are absolute trash. Like eating strips of paper that have no chew whatsoever. Don’t make me dig those fuckers out of the trash to take a picture

[Anonymous No.10319586]

>>10301645
Indomie. They make you drain all the water and mix the seasoning and it's salty af, high cholesterol ty

[Anonymous No.10319603]

>>10301645
WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE RAVE ABOUT MI GORENG?!?!? IT HAS SEASONING PACKS, YES BUT THE NOODLES ARE TOO FUCKING THIN!!! ANGEL HAIR RAMEN? NO!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.10319833]

>>10319603
Why you need fat noodles? To pretend it's day cocks going in your mouth?
Thin noodles like mi goreng are good.

[Anonymous No.10319854]

>>10319603
>>10319833
skinny noodles pick up sauce better.

[Anonymous No.10319870]

>>10316853
>Any of the noodles that come with a syrup or oil+powder flavor packs which are meant to be added after water has been strained from cooked noodles have about 50% the sodium of typical cheap ramen (when people say "Dry" they mean this type). Indoemie and Samyang (Fire Noodles) being the two popular brands previously mentioned are about 1000-1100 sodium, compared to 1800-2000 on most normal instant noodles. In both cases if you eat either of those without adding veg/meat stir fried into it the flavor is a bit too strong, so you can remove about 15-25% (to taste) of the sauce for just plain noodles bringing it down to about 750-850mg sodium (35-40%ish daily recommended sodium intake)
>Poor American person option if you aren't near a asian grocer that carries either of those (that said i'd recommend trying them, both are great) is to order low-sodium Maruchen at your local Walmart. They are similar at around 1200-1300mg iirc and if you dont drink the broth lower ofc, Added benefit with those is they got like 600mg potassium in them to replace some of the sodium, taste is a little different i started vastly prefering those to regular maruchen. If i had to eat peasant ramen they would be my pick just cause i prefer the flavor vs normal sodium.

This might be one of the better posts I've seen on /ck/ yet. My high blood pressure thanks you.

[Anonymous No.10320360]

>>10301645

[Anonymous No.10320420]

>>10308435
Jesus, what is that for?

[Anonymous No.10320423]

[Anonymous No.10320426]

>>10320360
local asian mart stopped carrying the 2x variety. major bummer

[Anonymous No.10320865]

These noodles are god tier. They have a really good noodle thickness to seasoning ratio and the spice works well with other added ingredients like eggs.

[Anonymous No.10320873]

>>10320865
forgot to add image, my bad

[Anonymous No.10320913]

any recs on salt-free ingredients to put in with the noodles? i toss the seasoning packet out and put in some salt free chicken bullion with green onions, some black pepper and maybe some pork if i have some

[Anonymous No.10322592]

Also love indomie classic

[Anonymous No.10322748]

>>10307158
Definitely these.

[Anonymous No.10322776]

>>10301645
I just had that today with American cheese, truffle cheese, 1tsp of butter, and kirimochi added in. 10/10

[Anonymous No.10324214]

this is my personal favorite. it doesn't have msg either which is cool

[Anonymous No.10324351]

>>10313277
These are delicious but the discontinued sabor picante flavor in the styrofoam bowls were the best I've ever had. I really miss em. There's a similar looking bowl just called hot and spicy but it's definitely not the same.

[Anonymous No.10324709]

>>10320913
i like to use a low sodium chicken broth rather than bouillon, i also use black pepper, and i'll throw like half an onion and some garlic in there, some cumin, little bit of cayenne. if i have leftover meat/vegetables sitting in the fridge i'll add them too, if not i stir an egg in a la egg drop soup

[Anonymous No.10324896]

>>10315967
These are amazing but they don't fuck around with the spicy.

[Anonymous No.10324941]

>>10305799
classic pasta

[Anonymous No.10325042]

>>10314302
i wish i could find this

[Anonymous No.10325389]

Technically not instant, since these noodles take 10~15 minutes to cook, but I've been really enjoying these. It's a kind of sour and spicy dish with pickled vegetables. Warning: the oil packaged in this brand is incredibly spicy.

[Anonymous No.10325619]

This is my goto

[Anonymous No.10325654]

>>10325619

[Anonymous No.10326017]

>>10307158
This

[Anonymous No.10326726]

>>10301645
>>10320360
>>10315967
This shit with soft boiled eggs.

[Anonymous No.10326771]

Pic related is apparently the best instant ramen but it’s only available in Taiwan :(

[Anonymous No.10328321]

>>10301752
Ballin!

[Anonymous No.10328324]

>>10305894
Shrimp creamy!

[Anonymous No.10328325]

>>10301740
I love these but it's fucking 90% of your dv of sodium so I don't eat them regularly