Ramen bowls

[Animeniax]

The guy who invented instant ramen and cup o' noodles recently died in Japan. He supposedly ate a bowl of ramen every day for several years and he lived to be 96.

[Lucifus]

I used to eat those pre packaged ramen packs every single day. Sometimes twice.

For MSG, I do not have any problems with it (some have headaches?), so I didn't bother before reading that thread.

I used to get killer headaches, and have since decided it isn't really that good an idea for me to be drowning myself in so much ramen. I've switched to cup ramen and I don't get those headaches anymore.

I even go so far as to load in cayenne pepper, black pepper, and salt free Mrs. Dash. YaY for Mrs. Dash! Damn good stuff. Tastes better than ever and I no longer get headaches. I can only guess the MSG contents far less than what I got with those square pre-packaged ones. I used empty the entire package into the bowl.

<3 Cup Ramen and Mrs. Dash. Delicious stuff.

And Richard, still posting on that PSP eh? I thought you play WoW now, so doesn't that mean you finally got your own Internet Connection?

[Animeniax]

Could it have been something else that contributed to your headaches, like dehydration, or poor posture, or too much tv, or that 50 lb anvil that you used to rest on your head? Just kidding. I used to get frequent headaches, but those could be attributed to dehydration, poor posture, and too much time on the PC or in front of a TV (or both at once). I never figured it was something I was eating that caused them.

I've never eaten that much of the square packaged stuff, but the bowl/cup type is basically the same. All the writing is in kanji, so I can't see if it says "no added MSG" like you see on a lot of packaging these days. Oh well, it's worth the high blood pressure and hypertension, cause ramen rocks!

[Honoko]

I think in general the noodle quality of the packaged stuff is better than the bowl, albeit it takes a *slightly* longer time to make since I go out of my way to make a broth before dumping in the noodles. At any rate, I love ramen, whether it's the Korean one or the Japanese one.

[Animeniax]

Are you talking about Cup o' Noodles when you talk about bowls? Cause the bowl of noodles like Nissin Donbei are higher quality fare than the square packages:

[Honoko]

Never tried that version. I had a Japanese bowl once but it couldn't compare to a Korean bowl and tried too hard to taste like real ramen from a Japanese noodle shop. When it comes to bowls, this one's my personal fav:


But sometimes I want thicker noodles than what the bowl stuff offers so I'll go out of my way to actually cook.

[Animeniax]

I've had those before, it's Korean right? I didn't like how the noodles didn't absorb the soup flavoring, and it was a different type of noodle, not typical ramen or soba. Might have been like udon. They have a spicy variety that's really good too.

[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