# How do you take your \[instant\] ramen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373 "2013-03-27T21:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/242 "2020-10-22T04:38:27Z")
In a bowl of course. ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/243 "2020-11-05T22:19:37Z")
I posted this in the wrong thread earlier. Some bonito flakes dancing on ramen. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo-matt-ratt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo-matt-ratt/32/69567_2.png) [@yoyo-matt-ratt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo-matt-ratt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/244 "2020-11-05T22:25:39Z")
With cement noodles ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/245 "2020-11-05T22:41:04Z")
It looks living things and this will probably work its way into my nightmare tonight. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/246 "2020-11-07T19:34:35Z")
It does look alive! 👀 No cement noodles from Sun! Well renowned noodles for factory made! [https://sunnoodle.com/shop\_ec/](https://sunnoodle.com/shop_ec/) Of course homemade are nice if you have a quality pasta machine, some alkaline salt solution and wheat gluten! My Italian made pasta maker can crank em out although Kenji-Alt Lopez said he has broken machines making them. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/247 "2020-11-07T19:54:30Z")
I love making noodles… With my brother’s machine. ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/248 "2020-11-07T23:29:03Z")
I’ve been eating packaged ramen, but with a sir fried sliced zucchini thrown in. (Why in the world does Firefox’s spellcheck not recognize “ramen”?) ---
**Author:** ![Flyinghippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Flyinghippo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Flyinghippo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/249 "2020-11-08T00:47:06Z")
Sometime in the next year or two, this godforsaken plague will end and the border will open up. When that happens do yourself a favor and take a trip to Japan. In Tokyo or Osaka or any major city, find a ramen shop, preferably with a long line of eager patrons standing patiently waiting to get in, and order the shop’s signature bowl of noodles. These places are run by chefs who work from dawn to dusk dedicating their lives to making one thing and one thing only. You will be treated to bowl of freshly cooked noodles in the most savory broth. The broth is lovingly made with pork bones stewed overnight in some combination of fish stock, spices, and cardiac arresting amounts of fat and salt. There are few things to eat at a restaurant that are more unhealthy. Yet it is sooo worth it. ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/250 "2020-11-17T22:57:41Z")
I had no idea you could break a machine doing ramen noodles! Use someone else’s if you can! 😇 ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/251 "2020-11-17T22:59:20Z")
I didn’t break anything, what makes you say that? :joy: ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/252 "2020-11-17T23:01:24Z")
Kenji Alt Lopez said he broke multiple machines (see previous post) rolling out lower hydration ramen noodles! I like Kenji and his old American Test Kitchen test and Food Lab cookbook, so I trust his info. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/253 "2020-11-17T23:03:35Z")
I actually just like making normal noodles like spaghetti or fettuccine, not necessarily ramen noodles lol. ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/254 "2020-11-17T23:06:52Z")
I was all about my own noodles too. But I realized I like al dente better so now I dry my own after making fresh. No one told me fresh = no al dente. Live n learn. Well, I also wanted to make my own ravioli and it works a treat for that. Fresh ravioli with smoked trout and a sage butter cream! Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/255 "2020-11-17T23:10:33Z")
Sounds truly delicious. My grandpa wanted to start a ravioli restaurant before he passed away but unfortunately, that didn’t happen (at least I think it was ravioli). ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/256 "2020-11-19T05:33:23Z")
I like to eat’em right outta da bag… 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/257 "2025-04-23T01:55:55Z")
I used to eat it with a boiled egg and some pan seared chicken usually. Pork flavor packet version was my favorite. I developed a wheat allergy a while back and can’t eat normal ramen anymore, I’ve tried rice based ramen but it just doesn’t hit the same. ---
**Author:** ![LordKingOf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lordkingof/32/599279_2.png) [@LordKingOf](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LordKingOf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/258 "2025-04-23T02:08:32Z")
Shin Spicy Beef, soup and packet. With two medium boiled eggs, cut in half with the yolk topped with seasoned rice vinegar, soy sauce, and white pepper ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/259 "2025-04-23T02:13:52Z")
I use Shin Ramen usually to make chili noodles topped with egg. I empty the vegetable packet and about half the spice packet into a heatproof bowl. I add a minced clove of garlic. I heat up 2 tbsp ish of olive oil to almost smoking. I pour the majority of the oil into the heatproof bowl and stir, making chili oil. I fry an egg in what remains of the oil in the pan. I boil the noodles per package direction then remove them straight to the chili oil and toss. No water added. Then I top with the egg, chopped scallion, and either furikake or sesame seeds. ---
**Author:** ![MinerJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/minerj/32/629515_2.png) [@MinerJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MinerJ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/260 "2025-04-23T05:24:34Z")
Ramen is a pretty common lunch for me at work. For instant ramen/ramyun, my favorite noodles are the Nongshim brand as I prefer the texture over most others, and my favorite flavors from them are Ansung (spicy miso), Kimchi, and Shin/Shin Black. The K-Army Stew, Tonkatsu, and Spicy Neoguri are all good too. I always add extras, but the specifics vary depending on what’s on hand. Typically stuff like a soft or medium boiled egg, some sliced fresh jalapeno, sliced onions and/or scallions, julienned carrots, bean sprouts, whatever other veggies in the fridge look good, and some sort of leftover meat like pork loin, birria, carne asada, grilled chicken, sausage, etc. I also like to top it with a squeeze of lime juice and some fresh cilantro. A spoon full of sambal oelek chili paste can be good too, especially for ones with less spicy broth. My usual cooking process is to add the flakes and the MSG packet to a bowl, then the noodles, then pour over 400ml room temp water and microwave for 2.5 min. Then I add the egg, veggies, and meat (except for the cilantro), stir, and microwave another minute. Add cilantro, and it’s ready to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-take-your-instant-ramen/51373/261 "2025-04-23T05:52:24Z")
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