909 Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 i've been thinking about fucking ramen all day. a nice tasty hot bowl of classic ramen and special pork. i must leave now. i must go here. will get the one pictured at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philodox Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I always thought it was ray-men, but someone finally corrected me recently. [rah-men] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I always thought it was ray-men, but someone finally corrected me recently. [rah-men] No, that's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 A tasty bowl of ramen is very nice late at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 that was so fucking good. i feel at peace with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungrych Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 FYI: Get some Shin Ramyun. It's the best shit ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Every time I eat a bowl of Ramen I think of that scene in Bladerunner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 FYI: Get some Shin Ramyun. It's the best shit ever. woot go korean ramen but I cant eat it anymore, having ate it since i was like 3 to now made me so sick of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 every time i think of ramen i remember when i was really fucking broke during my second year of university. For me it was my second, third and last year of undergrad and my eighteen months of grad school. Saved me a lot of dough better spent on beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Textbooks pffft. Rent is cheap if you live in the ghetto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 not here. UC is basically in a ghetto, and the slum lords tend to charge just slightly less than the ridiculously expensive dorms. Times have changed I guess. Back then, grad school ghetto living cost half of what the "good" near campus apartments cost, but those good neighborhoods were not nearly as exciting as my neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 UC went nuts developing the surrounding area around campus. Some really nice places there where there used to be total shit dive roach houses. Of course, I guess rent skyrocketed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy2001 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 i've been thinking about fucking ramen all day. a nice tasty hot bowl of classic ramen and special pork. i must leave now. i must go here. will get the one pictured at the bottom. You've got good taste in ramen, that is one of my favorite places! I'll join you next time. Now I'm hungry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 yup, this place has that affect on folks. my wife now wants some ramen too. tomorrow guess where we're having lunch... it is fantastic -- just ain't the best thing two days in a row if you're trying to shedding unwanted pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I'm going to have to try yelp to try some local places. Would I just try "Japanese", or is there more to it than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostonetr Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 @909. YEH. $10 bucks for a friggin good bowl. The meat there just melts in the mouth. My friend went to Santouka in Shinjuku, at one of the department stores, said it tasted about the same as the one in Costa Mesa mitsuwa. I used to frequent the costa mesa one, back when I still lived in Irvine. Never let me down. -- am not really a fan of Shinsengumi ramen though. Tastes ok...more for the experience/setting. I'm also pretty tired of shin ramyun..went through the instant stuff in high school. Have had too much of it. Every now and then...I do have one of the Nissin sukiyaki flavor. It's basically beef flavor...but a bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I always thought it was ray-men, but someone finally corrected me recently. [rah-men] ray-men is a different type of noodle. Cold noodles, to be exact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostonetr Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 tsukemen is nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 can't forget cold soba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Yeah Nongshim Shin Ramyun is a staple as far as package ramen goes... though I can't eat that filth anymore after having spent some time in Japan and pratically eating Ramen every day with some instances of Kokoichi curry... A good bowl of Tonkotsu broth, great noodles and some excellent tender chashu/stewed pork is one of the best meals imaginable. While locally I both dig Santa Ramen (For the excellent Tonkotsu broth and high level in general) and Ryowa for their corn ramen (While this place doesn't really have the rep or taste of Santa Ramen their noodles are very appealing),, I can sadly at best only rate the finest US ramen a ~6. The best thing about Japan is the sheer insane density of ramen shops there.. it's like if you turned every coffee shop in america into a ramen place it'd be comparable to that. Literally every 4 minutes any direction by foot you'll run into a place. Even though the Chinese invented the shit... they certainly haven't taken the mastery to the level the Japanese have. Though to be fair their vein of ramen is very different and they have their own myriad masteries... beef noodle for one. Agh. Long story short. Ramen shop ramen is seriously a good meal and I could live for awhile in Japan eating ramen/curry every day and going to live shows/festivals and buying cds. I did that for awhile in 05 and I want to do it again... sadly I am no longer a student and work Maybe if I do business school or something. Also seafood is filthy and not to be eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Also seafood is filthy and not to be eaten. H8 Face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 the japanese might have perfected the fresh cooked ramen but the koreans perfected the packaged and cup ramen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 the japanese might have perfected the fresh cooked ramen but the koreans perfected the packaged and cup ramen The former sounds a lot more appealing to me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 of course, but when youre not in japan, or in a place where you can get fresh ramen, i can live with korean ramen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Tonkotsu ramen is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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