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If you have never had an authentic bowl of ramen, you are missing out. Find out the nearest ramen joint to your area and get out there STAT.
 
For the rest of you have love yourself a tasty, steaming bowl of noodley goodness, post your pics and add location details and help out the uninitiated.
 
I'll start with this one. Kara-Miso Ramen (literally spicy miso) from a chain store called Ramen Bandai (formerly Kurumaya Ramen). Was good for what it was, but since they took out their signature garlic from the miso (name change and chain consolidation I think) it just doesn't hit the spot anymore. :-(
 
Still enjoyed it though!
 
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I waited 2 days to get to this point.
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Yesterday was cold so soup's on the menu. 
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Nice and chunky with plenty of veggies just the way I like it.
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That was the easy part, buy frozen veggies and a jug of V-8 then brown beef shanks, cut them up and dump it in the pot, season along the way simmering for 3-4 hours.
 
While at the store they had oxtails and beef bones marked down so I bought enough to make a beef/bone broth to use for ramen and other beef dishes.
 
Roasted them with the veggies and got it started.
 
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After 2 hours of simmering I removed the oxtails to use later, if you cook them too long they lose all the flavor to the broth.
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8 hours simmering and cooled over night. I started on it again this morning.We have beef jello!!!
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I browned/pan fried a chuck steak in some of that rendered beef fat along with more veggies to add to the broth and simmered again for a few hours. It was hard not to eat this steak for breakfast even if it was chuck it smelled amazing.
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It reduced nicely and tastes amazing.
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I'm ready for both ramen and sauces, labeled and in the freezer.
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I saved some broth for supper, this was worth the wait and process. I pulled all the tendons off of the bones to add to the soup, freaking amazingly awesome goodness!!!
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Ashen said:
Too funny,I tried it last night.
I figured it was perfect for this weather.
I wasn't digging how oily it was, but it had a decent kick for packaged noodles.

Over all not a repeat for me.

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I dont think its supposed to be soupy though. Drain noodles and add the sauce.
 
Directions were in Chinese. 600 ml of boiling water for 30 seconds and add packets was the best I could make out.

Watched a video afterwards that shows drained before adding seasoning. I did taste the liquid seasoning straight up and still not worth another go fo me
 
Ok thanks, i wont search for it anymore. Some of the Samyang stuff is pretty hot and taste "ok". All the local markets carry them and they are cheap. Look for Mom's Dan Dan noodles if you like Sichuan style ramen. Its another that can be hard to find. The oil sachet is separate. One of my markets has it occasionally.
 
Give me thoughts on this, what's a devil bowl?
 
I don't mind eating hot food but if it's gonna kill me for a day or two then I don't see the point for free prizes. I'm guessing it's gonna be straight fire with a $100 gift certificate.
 
No pics of the bowl or ingredients yet, I just asked. FB link below.
 
 
 
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Izumi Ramen






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D3monic said:
From last week, had some turkey paitan ramen broth in the freezer. 
 
Made a spicy shoyu
 
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Turned out really good with some pan roasted chciken, baby bok choy, mushrooms and 6 min egg. Extra shoyu poured over the top
 
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I approve. I approve wholeheartedly. This. This is a real Ramen.


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You could buy it through pucker butt in the USA when it first came out. Not sure if it was limited though. Chilly Chiles in Canada carried it.
 
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