CheapyD's Ramen Thread [Mobile/Archive]

CheapyD

12-01-2005, 07:55 PM

Inspired by this thread (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74464), I will use this space to chronicle my ramen adventures.

Tanmen (vegetable ramen) at Kyo-ku
This place is right across the street from my apt. I've only had tanmen and gyoza there, but they both are ridiculously good. I finished all of that myself and found it was a bit too much (at least for lunch). I was going to bike riding after that, but I was so full, I had to go home and sit on the couch instead.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/tanmen.jpg

Shio Ramen (salt) at Kameido Gyoza
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/shioramen.jpg
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/tamen.jpg

zewone

12-01-2005, 07:58 PM

zewone's ramen adventure :cry: :
http://called2serve.com/products/ME-MARU-001.gif

Kastides

12-01-2005, 08:00 PM

Looks Tastey.. How much did you pay for this meal?

BTW, Japan has alot of "hooks" from when i last visited there.

Ikohn4ever

12-01-2005, 08:06 PM

mmmmmmmmmmmm ramen is good, my friends' gf who is chinese made this korean soup I believe with all sorts of vegies and noodles and squid or oct it was yum yum good.

CheapyD

12-01-2005, 08:36 PM

Looks Tastey.. How much did you pay for this meal?

BTW, Japan has alot of "hooks" from when i last visited there.

I believe the tanmen was 700yen and the gyoza was 400yen...so about $9.
The next time I went, I skipped the gyoza.
They just started a 700yen lunch set special, but I don't know what it is, cause I can't read it.

What do you mean by "hooks"?

MadChedar0

12-01-2005, 08:48 PM

zewone's ramen adventure
lol @ that.

Cheapy, from that picture, I can almost feel the sodium coarse through my veins.

greendj27

12-01-2005, 09:09 PM

zewone's ramen adventure :cry: :
http://called2serve.com/products/ME-MARU-001.gif

Maruchan is good, but this is my favorite of all the Ramens...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1135/maruchanshrimp8dh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2poor

12-01-2005, 09:30 PM

zewone's ramen adventure :cry: :
http://called2serve.com/products/ME-MARU-001.gif

i think maruchan is pretty good. my favorite is the shrimp flavor. the msg soup is so tasty.

praystation

12-01-2005, 11:15 PM

you guys should try shanghai ramen (the word ramen came from chinese noodle, ramen literally means pulled (la) noodle (mien). It's really good.

danny-o

12-01-2005, 11:22 PM

Real Japanese ramen always looks gross. Its not as good as the cup'a'shit noodles either.

AlbinoNinja

12-01-2005, 11:23 PM

when i asked if we could make topics, I was going to make one on ramen and other japanese foods, but i thought it was a silly idea.

nice to see that you did it instead cheapy

assassinX

12-02-2005, 12:21 AM

whoa you got inspired by my thread cool. Whoa 9$ for ramen that ramen must freakin own man that looks so good :)

buya89

12-02-2005, 01:25 AM

That does look nice, What kind of food place was it, sorta like Olive Garden or like mom' pop's hoagie shop?

beerguy961

12-02-2005, 03:40 AM

Inspired by this thread (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74464), I will use this space to chronicle my ramen adventures.

Tanmen (vegetable ramen) at Kyo-ku (will have to double check that restaruant name)
This place is right across the street from my apt. I've only had tanmen and gyoza there, but they both are ridiculously good. I finished all of that myself and found it was a bit too much (at least for lunch). I was going to bike riding after that, but I was so full, I had to go home and sit on the couch instead.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/tanmen.jpg
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/ymij/tamen.jpg

I find you usually get more veggies in Tanmen. Definitely one of my favorite types of ramen.

Know what kind of soup that is?

Graystone

12-02-2005, 04:32 AM

Looks good. I feel cheapy you whole mission in Japan is to eat every single food item at every Japanese restaurant and then report to us. :D Their is a static that says that a New yorker could eat a different restaurant every night for 20 years and never yet the same place twice.

Requiem

12-03-2005, 12:52 AM

Is that a full glass of Vodka next to eh bowl? ;)

crystalklear64

12-03-2005, 06:21 PM

Maruchan is good, but this is my favorite of all the Ramens...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1135/maruchanshrimp8dh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:bow:
Only thing that makes it better is if you can add in all that stuff they show on the packet!

kakomu

12-04-2005, 01:53 AM

:bow:
Only thing that makes it better is if you can add in all that stuff they show on the packet!

Buy a bag of frozen "stir fry" vegetables at your local grocery store. Just dump some into the next batch of ramen (I, on the other hand, typically just use carrots, peas and water chestnuts).

Rictor

12-05-2005, 07:45 AM

uzumaki_star

12-05-2005, 11:31 AM

My wife would love to go there just for the food...hmm...maybe I should plan a vacation...she can go out to eat and do all the girly touristy stuff...I can hit up all the video game and comic book stores.

Sounds like a plan ;). I would love to take a trip here just because I like thier culture.

uberzone

12-05-2005, 05:25 PM

Looks like Vietnamese 'pho'.

redgopher

12-08-2005, 02:31 AM

My ramen of choice:

http://image.nongshim.com/eng/pro/Shinramyun.jpg

Shinramyun. aka: Death Ramen
Usually only available from asian food stores in the States.

Shin ramyun is a hot and beef taste product, made of beef flavor and various natural seasoning. Creating a sensation since the first roll out in October 1986, it has maintained the position as best selling item. It is also loved in Japan, US, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China due to its unique and hot taste.

Look at that awesome red color of the broth. Red as in heat. Heat as in fire. Fire in my mouth. Mmm..

http://redgopher.com/images/deathramen.jpg

I go nuts when I go to asian food stores. I dropped $15 in awesome ramen and noodles during my last trip.

2poor

12-08-2005, 03:27 AM

Looks like Vietnamese 'pho'.

pho doesnt use fat udon noodles. its those small thin squarish noodles in pho.

gamingninja

12-09-2005, 05:09 PM

I could really go for some yakisobe. I miss it from my drunk nights out in okinawa

Snake2715

12-09-2005, 05:16 PM

Inspired by this thread (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74464), I will use this space to chronicle my ramen adventures.

Tanmen (vegetable ramen) at Kyo-ku (will have to double check that restaruant name)
This place is right across the street from my apt. I've only had tanmen and gyoza there, but they both are ridiculously good. I finished all of that myself and found it was a bit too much (at least for lunch). I was going to bike riding after that, but I was so full, I had to go home and sit on the couch instead.

Yes but is it Authentic?

doraemonkerpal

12-09-2005, 06:44 PM

mmmmmmmm, found a pic of my favorite ramen:
http://www.kgrocer.com/ProductImages/cup_ramyun/nong-c-bowlnoodle-200.gif

coincidentally, nong shim also make my favorite shrimp chips:
http://www.goldencountry.com/catalog_j/tn_J210468_jpg.jpg (hot & spicy... although it's more like sweet & mild :lol: )

RelentlessRolento

12-13-2005, 12:03 AM

one of the oddest ramens I cam across (and had... I eat too much ramen) was a mexican salsa Muchan (is that the brand name?) ramen noodles... it even had a mexican hat on the cover. Talk about racial fusion...

ryanlk

12-13-2005, 12:15 AM

For all you CAGs in the Bay Area,CA there is a great ramen restaurant in Mountain View and in Milpitas, its a chain called Maru Ichi and they make their own noodles from scratch... Man that stuff is delicious! Been there practically every week, and they have the Kuro Ramen (black garlic) and tonkotsu (pork) ramen! Yum

beerguy961

12-16-2005, 04:48 PM

salmonaxxx

12-16-2005, 05:24 PM

After watching Kujibiki Unbalance, I decided to dump a spoonful of raw, pressed garlic into my bowl of ramen. I expected it to kill me, but it was surprisingly mellow and tasty. The heat from the soup semi-cooks the garlic, and there's a nice amount of spiciness, too. But afterwards, I could feel the garlic fumes coming from my mouth. :shock:

Rodimus

10-30-2007, 03:50 PM

It's an old thread but thought I'd share what Ms. Rodimus and myself made today:

Itadakimasu:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Zangeif123/P1000053.jpg

About 6 minutes later:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Zangeif123/P1000054.jpg

kaaspeer

10-30-2007, 04:08 PM

It's an old thread but thought I'd share what Ms. Rodimus and myself made today:

I like your spoon.
Best Ramen i've ever had were in a Miso soup at a local japanese restaurant. But i'm not a big ramen eater.

Rodimus

10-30-2007, 04:31 PM

I got that spoon at a $1 in Japan. Had it for years. I'm not even a big One Piece fan but I did like that spoon. I'm surprised that the graphic's never faded.

daphatty

10-31-2007, 12:28 AM

Hey Cheapy, do you remember what type of Ramen we ate when I came to visit? I've been jonesin for some Ramen and I can't what kind we ate.

Sailorneorune

10-31-2007, 02:00 AM

Sadly, no noodle places around here (Kentucky), but as for the instant stuff, I have two loves:

Thai Kitchen Tofu Miso Udon Soup, and Sapporo Ichiban Yakisoba.

Very good, though not the best thing to take for a lunch at work, since there might be seaweed stuck in your teeth afterwards.

/apologies for the mental image

Puffa469

11-01-2007, 03:15 AM

I got that spoon at a $1 in Japan. Had it for years. I'm not even a big One Piece fan but I did like that spoon. I'm surprised that the graphic's never faded.

What were those white flower shaped things with the pink swirls on them? That doesnt look like anything that occurs in nature.

I used to go to he Yaohan (now Mitsuwa) supermarket near me and get Rockman ramen, aka Megaman.

cochesecochese

11-01-2007, 03:34 AM

Wow old thread. Hey Cheapy, I've heard tales of Ramen with soft serve ice cream dropped in. Supposedly it's going to be the next big thing. Any truth to this?

Kirin Lemon

11-01-2007, 03:37 AM

Wow old thread. Hey Cheapy, I've heard tales of Ramen with soft serve ice cream dropped in. Supposedly it's going to be the next big thing. Any truth to this?
I've never once come across this.

cochesecochese

11-01-2007, 04:03 AM

I've never once come across this.

I first heard about it here (http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/1193/Tokyo+Ramen/) (warning: some parts of his site are NSFW) and some friends of mine told me they had sampled it there on their honeymoon. If you find it, give it a shot I guess.

Kirin Lemon

11-01-2007, 04:21 AM

I first heard about it here (http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/1193/Tokyo+Ramen/) (warning: some parts of his site are NSFW) and some friends of mine told me they had sampled it there on their honeymoon. If you find it, give it a shot I guess.
Hot damn, I'll just make my own!

Rodimus

11-01-2007, 11:32 AM

What were those white flower shaped things with the pink swirls on them? That doesnt look like anything that occurs in nature.

That's called Naruto.... seriously. It's pretty much egg based. I'm not a huge fan of it but it goes good in ramen.

linkpwns

11-01-2007, 02:49 PM

I'm hungry as hell, thanks you guys...

Someone needs to alert Chacrana to this thread

Chacrana

11-01-2007, 03:14 PM

RAMEN DAIOH!!!!!

Rodimus

11-01-2007, 03:16 PM

Great, now we got Chac thread crapping here too. Way to go.

510gamer

11-05-2007, 02:13 AM

Excellent on cold days and Tamales but not both at the same time. ;)

http://www.japancentre.com/images/items/250px/NO_RA_ichibanoriginal.jpg

Nephlabobo

11-16-2007, 12:30 AM

The best ramen I've ever had was in Fukuoka.

It's their specialty down there.

Rodimus

11-16-2007, 01:06 AM

IOnceWasLegend

11-17-2007, 03:55 PM

Never been to Fukuoka, but I did have some great Ramen near Mt. Fuji. Forgot the towns name but it took us an hour to sit down and eat. The soup was amazing, never tasted anything like it in my life.

My wife and myself watched a Japanese T.V. program about the top Ramen Resturants in Japan and this particular one was in the top 10. The broth was some kinda super secret recipe which made the establishment famous, hence the long wait.

Ippuuden, right? I lived for a year in Okayama, and they had one right near the train station...passed by it hundreds of times, but only ate there for the first time two and a half months before leaving.

My taste buds wept in sheer joy at how good that ramen is.

xeverex18

11-17-2007, 05:32 PM

where do you live by. I just got here like 3 months ago in yokosuka in the navy base, you should show me around.

Rodimus

11-17-2007, 06:17 PM

Ippuuden, right? I lived for a year in Okayama, and they had one right near the train station...passed by it hundreds of times, but only ate there for the first time two and a half months before leaving.

My taste buds wept in sheer joy at how good that ramen is.

I'm not 100% sure, but the soup had these black spots in it. Sound like the same place?

Damn now I want ramen. Good thing I have some at home. Maybe tomarrow will be a ramen day.

BTW South Florida sucks for Japanese cuisine. Infact the best place to eat it is at my home.

darthbudge

11-18-2007, 12:24 AM

Does anybody know of a good cheap place on the internet to buy authentic instant ramen from?

Rodimus

11-18-2007, 02:25 AM

Does anybody know of a good cheap place on the internet to buy authentic instant ramen from?

I get mine from a Japanese Market. If you live in or near a major city theres got to be a few around. As for a internet site, sorry, I don't know.

darthbudge

11-18-2007, 09:53 AM

I get mine from a Japanese Market. If you live in or near a major city theres got to be a few around. As for a internet site, sorry, I don't know.

Yeah I know where my nearest Asian Market is, but it is kinda far away that is why I wanted to look online.

beerguy961

11-21-2007, 02:40 AM

If there's a large asian population in your city, there's bound to be a ramen shop around. I can't wait to get some where I go back to the Bay Area.

muddyjunk

11-21-2007, 02:54 PM

That's called Naruto.... seriously. It's pretty much egg based. I'm not a huge fan of it but it goes good in ramen.

It contains egg white, but it's mostly fish. Basically, it's a fish bologna. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaboko

KSHLove

11-28-2007, 04:55 AM

i've had some good ramen with gyoza in tokyo (near waseda university) for a little over 700 yen. Mmm I'd like to have that again.

Axion22

03-26-2008, 02:48 PM

It contains egg white, but it's mostly fish. Basically, it's a fish bologna. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaboko

Awesome, I'd been eating it w/o knowing the name at the local sushi place...

It'sMagneto

03-26-2008, 11:15 PM

That vegetable Ramen looks good. Other one looks kind of meh.

billyrox

03-26-2008, 11:29 PM

Kamaboko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaboko)= good

Exu

03-29-2008, 09:51 PM

Exu's Ramen Adventure:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/355/pot20noodle2020beef2020jr8.jpg

Actually, I loved those for years until they said they'd cut out 50% salt.
I'm all for companies making their products healthier, but this move had the unfortunate side-effect of completely ruining the taste.

Rodimus

03-29-2008, 10:18 PM

Had this on my last trip to Tokyo. Ramen doesn't get much better than this:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Zangeif123/Ramen.jpg

Axion22

04-09-2008, 11:22 AM

I bet y'all didn't know there was a Ramen Summit and former Japanese PM Koizumi was there.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUST28273320080409?rpc=92

(racking html-fu/bb-fu)

VioletArrows

04-09-2008, 08:24 PM

Exu's Ramen Adventure:
Actually, I loved those for years until they said they'd cut out 50% salt.
I'm all for companies making their products healthier, but this move had the unfortunate side-effect of completely ruining the taste.

Why is it that the dried ramen is basically a salt lick with noodles? I have to throw away half the packet and put all kinds of other things in there so my heart doesn't explode. Sesame oil, mixed stirfry veggies, and hot sauce usually do the trick.

coltyhuxx

04-09-2008, 09:08 PM

zewone's ramen adventure :cry: :
http://called2serve.com/products/ME-MARU-001.gif

adventure.. lol.. nice.

you can church those up (in a pan) with some veggies... shrimp, tofu, spices etc...

billyrox

04-10-2008, 09:50 PM

Had this on my last trip to Tokyo. Ramen doesn't get much better than this:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Zangeif123/Ramen.jpg

what type of soup is htat?

Kirin Lemon

04-10-2008, 11:03 PM

what type of soup is htat?
Looks like the standard pork-based broth.

gunm

04-10-2008, 11:07 PM

If you're in Hawaii, go to Ichi-Ryu on the corner of Pensacola and King. Their Mabo Ramen is awesome.

Jimbo's further down King Street is also damn good.

Rodimus

04-11-2008, 06:09 PM

what type of soup is htat?

It's called tonkotsu which is a pork based broth. My favorite kind.

kainzero

04-11-2008, 07:24 PM

My preferred "everyday" ramen (as in, if I had to eat one every day) would be the Shio Ramen from Santouka.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/orezniak/santouka_1.jpg

Clipped from my review of their special Toroniku bowl:

"It seems like they added a cherry tomato, and instead of three small pieces of their perfectly buttery melt-in-your-mouth toroniku, I got 5 strips of it. That already made it totally worth it! Other than that, it was the same old, still great Santouka ramen with its airy, light noodles and equally light yet succulent broth; a perfect contrast to Sumire's rich broth and delicious in its own right. Supposedly this is available all the time and the anniversary special was just a discount."

Speaking of Sumire Ramen, I thought it was one of the best ramen I've tasted, but it was so oily I wouldn't be able to eat it all the time.

http://www.rameniac.com/images/ramen/sumire_mitsuwa//9-noodles.jpg
More clippage:

The bowl of ramen from Sumire was epic. They only had one item on their menu, a bowl of miso ramen, which was fine with me. The thick soup had a unique, deeply flavored complexity to it that I could trace to either butter or lard, and it had a very strong finish of miso. It was, however, so oily that no matter how much you mixed it, a clear layer of oil would always rise to the top, even in your spoon... which of course, led to many burnt tongues. The egg noodles were a bright yellow, thick yet firm and easily the best I've had. Toppings were sparse but sufficient; negi, konbu, bamboo shoots, and tiny cubes of toroniku (pork belly) rounded out the bowl.

Santouka is available for me everyday, but Sumire was on a US tour and only showed up for a few days...

guju900

04-11-2008, 08:24 PM

Chow Mein noodles

Chase

04-13-2008, 01:29 AM

Kal Goo[k] Soo. Find it, love it.

nom nom nom

Rodimus

07-25-2008, 03:10 PM

I had a an urge for ramen so me and the wife made this a few days ago. We marinated the pork in soy sauce for a day, coated it with hony then baked it. The eggs were a little overcooked, I prefer the yellows to be more liquidy, but it's hard to get the eggs cooked just right. We bought the ramen at a Japanese market. The noodles & soup were great. Anyways it was deeeeelicous

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Zangeif123/Ramen2.jpg

muzras

07-26-2008, 03:03 AM

lol nice spoonz:D

VioletArrows

07-26-2008, 11:17 AM

I didn't even notice that! I love One Piece!

Rodimus

07-26-2008, 11:30 AM

I don't even watch One Piece but it's my favorite Spoon.

miktau

08-05-2008, 06:30 AM

Im in nagoya for a few days with my dad for a wedding (long story) and i had the most amazing ramen today at the train station in the center of the city, ill post pics later. Had the most amazing shabu shabu last night as well. For those who dont know shabu shabu is like thin slices of beef that you dip into boiling hot water which coos it and then you put it in various sauces, so freakin good. Japan is awesome i dont wanna go back to ny lol.

cheers,
Mike

Kandal

08-07-2008, 12:39 AM

adventure.. lol.. nice.

you can church those up (in a pan) with some veggies... shrimp, tofu, spices etc...

LMAOOOOOOoo Once I saw that ramen cup noodle I busted out laughing!

XtoyxboyX

08-15-2008, 02:50 AM

i usually go to flushing main street (if any of you guess live in NY you know what im talking about) for my ramen cravings. usually stop for a bubble tea or two as well =P. god i love ramen and bubble tea together.

for anyone who is in Japan. i watch tokyocoony's vlogs and he says ikibukuro is the best town in Japan for ramen.

Rodimus

08-15-2008, 02:58 AM

for anyone who is in Japan. i watch tokyocoony's vlogs and he says ikibukuro is the best town in Japan for ramen.

When I go to Japan the first place I go for my Ramen is ikebukuro. In fact I have a picture of the best known Ramen in ikebukuro at the very top of this page.

XtoyxboyX

08-15-2008, 08:41 PM

what is the name of the place, i might have to check it out when i head over to japan. hopefully it will still be there when i go =P

Rodimus

08-15-2008, 09:06 PM

I used to have it's business card but I tossed it. My wife might remember the name, I'll ask her later. I'm pretty sure it started with an "I"

mox2

09-18-2008, 05:03 PM

I found Ikebukuro to be passable, maybe because I was staying there for 2 months. I found the best Ramen overall to be in Shinjuku (maybe because of the business district), go into any random one around Kabukicho (don't get sucked into the hostess bars though, your credit card will get maxed out by the time you leave, and they don't speak English either). And if your not sure how to order always choose the ones that have a vending machine where you pay and get a ticket, most of the time there will be a plastic version on display or a picture somewhere in the store of what the item is, just make sure the characters match the picture, or better yet memorize hiragana and katakana on your plane to Japan.