What are the best instant ramens? Looking to expand my selection.
Um.....
Very generally, all ramen are more/less the same if properly prepared..
This was not always the case but it is today... because there is a PHYSICAL number that they target in the manufacturing of instant ramen products.
When ramen was first introduced, these numbers (similar to the bliss point) were kept secret, overtime all of the companies figured it out, which is when products began to converged..
So, even though today we have some variation in the noodle thickness, the formula to make it springy and slur-py is nearly identical across manufacturers. They're deathly afraid to stray because of the potential to lose sales..
The ideal texture to instant-ramen is a known quantity. Similar to Cocacola, it's suppose to taste exactly like that, OR ELSE, GTFO..
As for what flavors you like, this is the wrong question.. because I've eaten nearly every ramen flavor out there.. NOT because I liked each flavor, but because I eat so much ramen, that EVENTUALLY over time, I become terribly averse to each individual flavor, which forces me to move on.
So, on that front, I can say, if you like ramen, there will never be one flavor, you're just gonna eat everything and cycle..
Now, the PITFALLS, i suppose is worth discussing..
The Ramen that I'm talking about refers very specifically to RAMEN..
They sell all sorts of assorted noodles, like udon, black bean noodles, Pho, glass noodles etc in Ramen packets..
ALL OF THEM SUCK, because with the exception of Oil Fried Ramen, all of the other noodles are Best served fresh as they don't hold up to packet-preservation like instant-ramen..
