Ramen bowls

[python862]

@Lucifus: Long story. I'll PM ya.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the cup/bowl ramen in my local Walgreens, minus Maruchan. Also, when I was growing up, my parents would dump ice cubes in it, which to me, ruins the flavor.

[David75]

So far, I really do prefer Cup Noodles from Nissin, and they're so easy to prepare when you have an electric kettle.

I'll have to search for a japanese supermarket near Paris to get most of all the flavours existing... cause the online stores providing them are too far from France and thus have high postal cost. (Or maybe should I searh better)

I'll think I'll print the pics above, as I may find those cups in the largest asian supermarket of paris (which has only 4 nissin cup noodles flavours, and many other brands in large numbers....)

Keep posting pics,
thanks

[Board of Command]

Nong Shim is pretty popular too. I've been eating this for lunch the past couple days

[RedX1z]

I'm a big fan of Nong Shim too, but that comes second to..

[infidel]

I've never actually bought an actual Ramen bowl, the noodles I cook are the Maruchan Ramen Noodles. (The ones that come in the different colored packaging, with the flavor packets.) I practically live off of the chicken flavored noodles during the winter...which is probably not good for my sodium levels.

[python862]

Ramens are bad for your health, go on for Mac and BK... that's it, isn't it?

Now, now, you're putting words in my mouth. I also happen to understand that fast food establishments (McDonald's in particular) put very bad 'nasties' in their food to make it taste 'better' or make you want more.

That isn't the point I was trying to make. What I was trying to say is that MSG, as we all originally thought, was bad, and therefore a lot of food companies were made to go and change products or change advertisements to stop the lowering of sales. Actually, come to think about it, that was directed more about the government than anything, not about Ramen. Personally, I love to eat Ramen on a rainy day or when there's absolutely no food in the house.

Anyway, if anyone lives in Florida and knows of a place to get these cup ramen, please let me know, so I can try it out.

[Board of Command]

Any Asian food store will have it, and I'm sure there's at least one Asian store in every city.

[Animeniax]

You can also order them online via Amazon marketplace, one of the vendors is koamart, and they sell the Nong Shim brand. There are other vendors on Amazon who sell Nissin and Maruchan products. Also, Maruwa.com sells the Japanese brands, and they ship from California.

[Honoko]

My Chinese friends are telling me that short of ordering online, I'd have to go to HK to get them =P They're not helpful. The search continues!

[Animeniax]

I'm getting a craving for the XO flavor now, but none of the places I order from online carry it.

I was wondering what XO sauce was:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo_sauce

Edit: I knew I'd seen them somewhere before:
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index...OD&ProdID=3101

Nuts, lookit that sodium and saturated fat content!!:

[David75]

I'm getting a craving for the XO flavor now, but none of the places I order from online carry it.

I was wondering what XO sauce was:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo_sauce

Edit: I knew I'd seen them somewhere before:
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index...OD&ProdID=3101

Nuts, lookit that sodium and saturated fat content!!:

The cups you're showing are for those who wish to make only one meal a day (aside from breakfast) !
Man 600 calories on 1 cup!

Take a look at cup noodles, they are only 300 calories, because half the weight...
They are quite enough for an evening meal.
I sometimes use them when I'm on a diet and I do not want to mess the kitchen up

[Animeniax]

Not necessarily. The typical American dietary guidelines calls for 2000 calories a day. If you reduce that to 1500 because you're a sub-150lb (65kg) Asian, you can still have one of these bowls for a meal and still have 900 calories to split between your other two meals. Also, sub-150lb (65kg) Asians usually have higher metabolism, so they can consume more than 2000 calories a day and not gain weight.

A cup o'noodles is exactly half the content of one of these bowls, hence half the calories, but it's never been enough to satisfy me for one meal.

[David75]

Not necessarily. The typical American dietary guidelines calls for 2000 calories a day. If you reduce that to 1500 because you're a sub-150lb (65kg) Asian, you can still have one of these bowls for a meal and still have 900 calories to split between your other two meals. Also, sub-150lb (65kg) Asians usually have higher metabolism, so they can consume more than 2000 calories a day and not gain weight.

A cup o'noodles is exactly half the content of one of these bowls, hence half the calories, but it's never been enough to satisfy me for one meal.

Well I didn't write it properly:
600 calories cups are maybe a bit too much for a meal
300 ones are maybe a bit too low, but nice while on diet once in a while.

We just have to remember we shouldn't eat such cups too often, even though
eating properly can be a real pain in the ass (messing up the kitchen and having wife
yelling )

c u

[Honoko]

300 ones are maybe a bit too low, but nice while on diet once in a while.

But... wouldn't the sodium-intake be kind of counter-productive to your diet? You retain more extra-cellular water that way and it takes a bit longer to get rid of.

[David75]

But... wouldn't the sodium-intake be kind of counter-productive to your diet? You retain more extra-cellular water that way and it takes a bit longer to get rid of.

Well there's 1g of salt in a 300 calories cup noodles pot.
1g isn't that much compared to many other fully prepared food.
And I have a tendency to take too much salt, yet not much of a problem with retention.

I'll endup saying that a diet does not only focus on weight loss, but rather fat loss.
Things are so cruel that in most of the diets you loose water and muscle first, and then fat.
And after your diet you tend to increase in fat, replacing muscle you lost before... so in the end you're really screwed.

c u

[darkshadow]

lol i take like 3000 calories.. a day, minimum >_>

[David75]

lol i take like 3000 calories.. a day, minimum >_>

well, a job that need force, daily sports, very (Like in very..) cold climate are reasons for increasing calories/day
Or being quite fat (I know that quite well...)

c u

[Animeniax]

I ate two ramen bowls yesterday, one for breakfast and one for lunch. And I don't mean the small single serving bowls like regular cup o'noodles, I had two of the gaijin-sized bowls that are 475-600 calories each.

They need to develop a way to package those delicious slices of pork and naruto like you get in restaurant ramen. I get bored of just noodles and small bits of meat in my ramen.

[Board of Command]

Put some fried onions in there if you can buy some locally. It really brings the flavor to a whole new level.

[Animeniax]

I'll try that when I'm back in the states, but where I'm at currently there's no vegetation, at least not the edible kind. Though when I'm in the states, I'd rather find a Japanese restaurant that served real ramen. I only eat the packaged kind in a pinch.