Shin Ramen is the best.
(Namja ramen being a good second ;))

Educate me then, Lina, is "Top" the brand then? I only know about Ramen from seeing people talk about it on here, and watching a video of Hayao Miyazaki cooking some for his studio staff ><

My favorite is the mix I've made. Wheat noodles, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sriracha garlic paste, diced onion, and chicken broth.

That's using ordinary dried noodles though, not ones that come with a packet of nasty seasoning and dried floor sweepings vegetables?

Well, to be fair I do cheat. I use the noodles from those packets and toss out the seasoning. The only noodles the closest store to me has are rice noodles, which is like chewing snot.

You have a bit of a mucus obsession today.

Fufufufu, it may be that I'm going through that nasal thing right now. I hope it's not the beginning of something bad. Ugh. I hate getting sick because I usually have nothing that can help stop it. Well, I do have some DayQuil, but I save that for the thick of it. No need to waste cold medicine if it turns out to be something else.

I recommend ginger. Ginger and garlic! But a ginger supplement is good for keeping colds at bay, it's just finding ginger in capsule form xD I have some with is powder inside a capsule shell, I take a couple of those 30 minutes before a car journey, because another of ginger's skills is quelling nausea, of course. :D It's a good miltitasker.

Well, Top is the name of it, and Nissin is the brand, I think. Japanese brands are sub par instant ramen (ironically). Better off with eating the real one. In my opinion anyway.

There are other kinds of ramen too! From different countries like Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand... Not sure if I'd call them all 'ramen' but they are noodles...I tend to stick with Korean brands. :3c

But, if you have a local Asian market, you should definitely go to one and try some different ramen out! They will be labeled with a English ingredients list so you can see what's in what there. 8D Some older versions of ramen may still have MSG in it though. I tend to think Taiwan and Korea has the best ramen. Not as salty or full of MSG as others.

XD Oh really? Haha, I kind of find that cute to picture...Miyazaki cooking ramen. uvu <3




Yess Alexander, I don't understand when people just eat the ramen and base by itself if they can help it XD I need to customize my ramen.
Oooh you just make your own broth! nice. I can't do that. Too laze. XD Yours sounds nice! I like to just stick with the packet and add eggs, green onions and any type of spicy peppers. (Either jalapenos or bird chili)

Mmm I'm so hungry now XD

My favorites are that one, chicken stock ramen with scrambled eggs and green onions, and "fancy ramen" with noodles, broth, soy sauce, boiled egg slices, strips of baked chicken or pork slices, green onions, carrot shreds, minced garlic, and diced onions. I make this once in a blue moon 'cause I'm so damn lazy.

Edit: There are some ramen that I still eat with the packet. There's a blue ramen with anime characters on it, I'm having trouble finding a picture (might just have to take one the next time I buy it) but I could only use a fraction of the packet on my noodles, so I saved it and added some to chili. That stuff burned like no tomorrow, but it was one of the most delicious thing's I have ever eaten.

I think top is what I have in our cabinets... I like to add chicken bits and cheese to mine.

I only recently heard of cheese ramen when I saw an episode of Celebrities React from The Fine Bros where there was a strange commercial for pepper and cheese flavored ramen.

It comes in cheese flavor... I do t know if I'd like that. I like the melty stringy bits of cheddar cheese on the noodles.

=3

It can't be bad if I like cheesy rice. How do you make yours?

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Miyazaki ramen!!

is it this ramen? ahah im sorry my roommate is thai and i instantly thought of this brand...


cheese..o_o sounds interesting....i would not eat haha


omfg miyazaki is such a cute old man eeeeee! >v<

There are only a few types sold where I live.
Nissin and Maruchan are the top two.
My favourite is this one:

That video made me feel so warm and happy!

I love instant ramen, I always have. It is one of my special comfort foods. I try not to buy it too much though, cause I get lazy about my food if there is too much convenience stuff in my cupboard.

The main brands available in my area are Top Ramen and Maruchan. I did some taste tests between them a little while ago and found them to be essentially identical, so I just buy the cheaper one, which is Maruchan.

I like to spice up my ramen with extras, and call is Ramen+. (Way before google+ happened.) My default additions are sliced mushrooms and green onions, with a dash of sesame oil. I experimented with adding seaweed earlier this year with mixed results. Sometimes my ramen developed this really thick slime—it didn't taste bad but slime is never a good texture in your soup. I couldn't figure out what exactly was causing it, if it was the seaweed itself, or the seaweed in combination with something else.

Originally Posted by linapoo

is it this ramen? ahah im sorry my roommate is thai and i instantly thought of this brand...


cheese..o_o sounds interesting....i would not eat haha


omfg miyazaki is such a cute old man eeeeee! >v<

FFFFF- THAT FIRST ONE!! That's it! Take that spicy bad boy, pop it into chili, add extra tomatoes to fight the heat, and you've got instant deliciousness.

My stomach started growling as I was reading all this.
One day can you all feed me your yummy ramen?

I dunno. Apparently mine suck sometimes because, despite my hatred of rice noodles, I'll cook wheat noodles until they're darn near transparent sometimes.

I don't think I've ever had wheat noodles.
I tend to stay away from wheat things because I can taste the wheat in it.
It's so bitter..

Do you have an allergy, or is it just not your thing?

I think it's just not my thing.
But my rule is to try something once so I'd be up to trying wheat noodles.

If you season them right, they're amazing.