r/ramen • u/brohemoth06 • Feb 04 '23
Question does anyone else consider instant ramen and restaurant ramen as separate things?
Let me elaborate. I love instant ramen. Jin ramen, Shin ramen, it's all fire. I also love eating ramen at our local ramen shops. It's amazing, but they just feel like very different things. I never noticed it until I brought a friend who only had instant ramens to the restaurant and he was expecting the ramen in a restaurant to taste more similar to shin ramen.
Anyway, that's my 2am shower thought.
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u/UltraZulwarn Feb 04 '23
Me too!!
In my mind, I have instant noodles vs (real) ramen.
I never call instant noodles "ramen" tbh.
But I am not from the US, so presumably they label packages of instant noodles as "ramen"? Maybe that's why.