*Official Top Ramen Noodle Appreciation Thread*

Ramen noodle lovers, unite! We all know it is the meal of champions, and the cheapest thing you can buy, when you are skimping on everything possible in hopes to buy that pied you've had your eyes on! :rofl:

Why do you love it, and what are your favorite flavors??

Personally it's way too salty for me. We found an Indonesian version of packaged ramen at a world food store, called Mi goreng, and it tastes way better and just about the same cost.

Yum! The chicken with some lemon juice in it is the best!

Oriental Ramen got me through living in a dorm freshman year! It is the best!!! I used to go to the Chick-Fil-A on campus, buy a grilled chicken sandwich, tear the chicken up and mix it in with the Ramen. Viola! Dinner!!

When I was out of work over 15 years ago, I had to live off this crap for 3 months. I still can't touch it to this day.

Of course I love it because it tastes GREAT!! I love the chicken flavored one, in fact, I bought 4 bags of Top Ramen noodles tonight!

I love eating it straight out of the bag with the seasoning on it, it tastes sooo good! I kind of like it better than eating it cooked :O.

I just crunch/smash the Ramen noodles in the bag then put the seasoning on it THEN shake the bag and there beholds a nice bag of uncooked Ramen. YUM:D

Ramen got me through some seriously lean years of college! LOL

These days, my favorite flavor is the Oriental one....and then I like to add some veggies and some Asian pepper sauce that my sister-in-law makes for me when she visits. Makes it really spicy (depending on how much you add) and seriously yummy.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Ramen got me through some seriously lean years of college! LOL

These days, my favorite flavor is the Oriental one....and then I like to add some veggies and some Asian pepper sauce that my sister-in-law makes for me when she visits. Makes it really spicy (depending on how much you add) and seriously yummy.

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ok this is weird, but i used to put hot cheetos in my top ramen o_O;....

i HATE spicy haha, but those cheetos just made the top ramen sooo much better @_@

im gonna hafta x2 the spice + ramen :gj::gj:

Growing up in Hawaii with all the asian influence we lived on it dry cracked with seasoning on it, cooked with a cracked egg in it with spam and green onions, what ever you can find just like when we cooked fried rice lol.... My favorite is shrimp and I put the red rooster sauce on it ... Yummmmmy

I'm squarely in the majority with chicken and oriental flavors, but creamy chicken is my absolute favorite ramen. I don't eat it much anymore, since it's lacking in real nutrients and high in calories and sodium, but it's definitely comfort food for me. :)

I'm hoping I didn't miss the official thread about Kraft macaroni and cheese in the blue box with the neon orange powder.

Add a pound of coleslaw, some nuts and maybe dried fruits, a few sprigs of scallion, and some oil / red wine vinegar / sugar dressing, and you'll have a salad that'll knock off your sox!

I'm fond of the Nong Shim "spicy seafood" flavor, myself.

~Bruce

You don't have my favorite flavor :( CREAMY Chicken! YUM!!!! I actually just had some for lunch yesterday. I'm impressed with the flavor and the price, and of course the cooking time. I'm a really impatient cook and you can't beat 3 minutes on the stove! I'm also on weight watchers and it's a 6 point lunch, not too bad and it fills me up!

Its Funny to see this post, we were discussing how much money do we think we can save here at work byeating just ramen. Getting it at just .19 a package, I was going to give it a try for a few months.

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Originally Posted by Midwest Morphs

Its Funny to see this post, we were discussing how much money do we think we can save here at work byeating just ramen. Getting it at just .19 a package, I was going to give it a try for a few months.

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!!!! 19 cents where do you find that?!! And it's brand name? I've tried the Dollar General crap and it's exactly that. I've only found it for 33 cents, but maybe if I bought it in the economy package......

I love the beef flavor. I just leave enough liquid in it to make the sauce mix in, so it's more like spaghetti than soup. I love a bowl of ramen with a piece of cheese toast. Midnight munchies of champions, I tell ya!

Hehe...it was .10 a pack when I was buying it in college. That'll really stretch a dollar! :D

I like the shrimp and chicken flavors the best. Ramen noodles got me through some pretty tough times when I didn't have a lot of money for food.

I've been loving the Spicy chicken and beef lately. Ramen FTW!

The only flavor that Ive had and really loved is the chicken. Sorry if I didn't get all the flavors, I QUOTED THE FLAVORS OFF THEIR SITE!!! they don't even know their own product... :rolleyes: lol

Oriental and Chicken are the best!!!

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

Ramen FTW!

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x2!!!:D

You left off my favorite one! It's the creamy chicken - I buy it by the case of 24!

Also, my co-workers and I have discovered the Maruchan Yakisoba noodles that come in lo mein and regular Japanese noodles. I can find them from $.79 to $1.19 each and the vegetables re-hydrate very well. I keep them at work and at home for nights when I don't want to cook, but want something filling!

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Originally Posted by Isis

!!!! 19 cents where do you find that?!! And it's brand name? I've tried the Dollar General crap and it's exactly that. I've only found it for 33 cents, but maybe if I bought it in the economy package......

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It's $.18 at my grocery store.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

It's $.18 at my grocery store.

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We have it at .20 at all of ours. It depends on the area I suppose.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

We have it at .20 at all of ours. It depends on the area I suppose.

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Mines at .15 :O

Chicken FTW. I recently taste tested a few flavors and chicken was deffiantley best. Oriental. They add to many weird spices. Beef, probably second best. Pork, lacking but below beef. Shrimp, i used to like it, now it seems not so shrimpy and kind of bland.... I got it for like $.05 a pack once...

We buy ramen by the case type deal usually. With like 50 packs. (ok maybe less) but its really good. I always drain out alot of the water too. Even better.... and for some reason my brother likes adding tuna.... now im going to go make ramen and enjoy.

PS ive never had picante beef and i dont remember the chili kind.... im sure ive had it though. along with some other obscure flavors.

I think these are all legit ramen flavors... ive had the lime shrimp i think. Lime something and it was good at first but just became nasty after half a bowl.

-Cajun Chicken
-Smoked Ham
-Mushroom
-Chicken Mushroom
-Just Lime Shrimp
-Chicken Vegetable
-Spicy Chili Chicken
-California Vegetable
-Salsa Picante Chicken
-Roast Beef
-Teriyaki Chicken
-Picante Beef
-Hearty Chicken
-Shrimp Picante
-Salsa Picante Chicken
-Beef Tomato
- Chicken
- Creamy Chicken
- Pork
- Beef
- Oriental
- Roast Chicken
- Cheese
- Chili lime
- Chili lime shrimp
- Shrimp

Umm, are we talking traditional ramen or instant?

(if anyone's near or in NYC, MINCAS RAMEN has the BEST ramen EVER. It's on par with the ones that are cooked at the food festival in Mitsuwa every year--Mitsuwa's ramen is already really good so just imagine that but 1000x better)

Traditional ramen-wise, I am in love with:
Spicy Miso
Miso Corn
Charshu and Cabbage
Kimchi
Teriyaki Beef

*twirls*

For instant noodles I really like *I know it's kind of weird*
Cheese Ramen
SPICY CHEESE RAMEN
Spicy Beef
Vermicilli Onion
The flat rice noodle kind that I can't for the life of me remember what it's called
Tom Yum flavor

And I know it's not noodles but it comes in the instant package anyway--
Korean instant rice cake soup

My mom just dropped off a 36pack of chicken for me after meeting me at the ER. WOOT! :gj:

Here's a question for all you Ramen fans! How many of you eat your noodles with chop sticks? :D They taste better with chop sticks! :yes:

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Originally Posted by JLC

Here's a question for all you Ramen fans! How many of you eat your noodles with chop sticks? :D They taste better with chop sticks! :yes:

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Oh my, until that post, it hadn't even occurred to me to eat it with a fork or anything other than chopsticks! This thread is funny. Thought most people didn't like this stuff, and am surprised to see such afficionados and the various things you guys add to it.

Is it that "Nissin Ramen" brand you all like? I much prefer the "Maruchan" brand. Regular 5 for $1, on sale for up to 10 for $1.

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Oh my, until that post, it hadn't even occurred to me to eat it with a fork or anything other than chopsticks! This thread is funny. Thought most people didn't like this stuff, and am surprised to see such afficionados and the various things you guys add to it.

Is it that "Nissin Ramen" brand you all like? I much prefer the "Maruchan" brand. Regular 5 for $1, on sale for up to 10 for $1.

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I get the Maruchan brand :gj: om nom nom nom!!!

and I need to get chopsticks. I would use them to eat it if I had any!

dont know if its been mentioned but what you do is take cheese and an egg, boil the water with the noodles in and stirr the egg in a different container and put in water and add seasoning and hot sause :) perfect :P

My gf introduced me to one of her favourite "empty wallet" meals and i somehow got hooked on it: take a can of chilly beans and two packs of ramen (whatever flavour you like), warm the beans, the flavours and two cups of water till it cooks, add the crunched noodles, cook for 2-5 min. stir well and serve with sour cream and grained cheese.... HMMMM deliciuos...:gj:

My favorite has to be chicken but beef is a close second.

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Originally Posted by icygirl

Personally it's way too salty for me. We found an Indonesian version of packaged ramen at a world food store, called Mi goreng, and it tastes way better and just about the same cost.

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I never use the whole packet of seasoning for that very reason, to salty. I use half, add butter and lot's of pepper and Ummmy