Is there any type of Ramen that doesn't use Pork?? I wouldn't want to miss out on Ramen just because i dont eat Pork.
Shoyu ramen is often based on chicken stock. If they serve it with pork as a topping, you can probably ask them to leave it off.
A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan
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#62I really want to try ramen, but i don't like meat. Is there any Vegetarian friendly ramen?
In the US every ramen place I've ever been to has had a vegetarian alternative. If you simply don't like the taste of meat (as opposed to religious or philosophical purposes) you can ask for it without the meat - you are likely to get meat broth but that tastes more salty than meaty. Outside of the US it is probably rare.
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#63What about instant ramen? While it's not entirely a fair comparison to freshly made ones, the Japs have certainly pioneered and mastered the skill of churning out instant ramen that has "fresh" pork/seafood in it. Personally, I prefer the dry soba to the soupy ones.
> the Japs In the United States, "Jap" is an ethnic slur. You might want to use another word.
But it's okay to call the English "Brits".
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, Ramen is really tasty, but obviously it is junk food. Really nice as a threat, but no one with common sense would eat Ramen on a daily basis. Same way, no one with common sense would eat hamburger and french fries every day.
> obviously it is junk food Doesn't that depends on how you prepare ramen ? For me ramen are just noodles, the "junkyness" really depends on what you eat them with. Could you make the same argument for spaghettis ?
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#65What about instant ramen? While it's not entirely a fair comparison to freshly made ones, the Japs have certainly pioneered and mastered the skill of churning out instant ramen that has "fresh" pork/seafood in it. Personally, I prefer the dry soba to the soupy ones.
> the Japs In the United States, "Jap" is an ethnic slur. You might want to use another word.
only in the usa because of war propaganda shame :(
it's pretty common and non offensive elsewhere. not sure about uk... but other English speaking counties and latin countries use the term just fine
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#66I like ramen, but I am careful about frequency of eating ramen. It is known among Japanese that extreme ramen freaks have short life. We Japanese maybe tend to be salt addicted. So careful people eat soup moderately.
I cook my own ramen, and I can assure you is super healthy, because I control the amount of sodium.
I use dashi for the broth, but if you cook your own broth, it's even healthier.
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#67Funny how this is related to hacking. I guess a lot of devs love this stuff.
Hacker news frequently features arbitrary web content that is well designed or such. You could argue for a loose relation
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#68I like ramen, but I am careful about frequency of eating ramen. It is known among Japanese that extreme ramen freaks have short life. We Japanese maybe tend to be salt addicted. So careful people eat soup moderately.
It is about the salt only, or is there something else? I'm curious because ramen sounds like something that should be healthy.
It may just be people who eat ramen all the time are more typically stressed out, don't care about health, etc.
Re: A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, Ramen is really tasty, but obviously it is junk food. Really nice as a threat, but no one with common sense would eat Ramen on a daily basis. Same way, no one with common sense would eat hamburger and french fries every day.
> obviously it is junk food Doesn't that depends on how you prepare ramen ? For me ramen are just noodles, the "junkyness" really depends on what you eat them with. Could you make the same argument for spaghettis ?
Ramen isn't just the noodles, it's also the broth which is usually contains a lot of pork fat.
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#70There used to be a chain in LA called "Chin-ma-ya" that served a variety called "tantanmen" that I haven't found elsewhere. Both the torrance and little tokyo location closed and now I only have vague memories of their terrible looping music to satiate me. You can get tankotsu anywhere but only they had the delicious tantanmen with the golden fried shrimp and the curry-side-dish-thingy. I barely appreciated them when…
I haven't yet tried it, but this place has a version of Japanese-style dan dan mien. Not sure about varieties or quality though…
http://www.yelp.com/biz/beni-tora-los-angeles-3
A second to greggman's rec of Tsujita, as well. They have excellent tsukemen (dipping ramen). Across the street, their second location, Tsujita Annex, has really good tsukemen and their ramen is excellent too, if ridiculously filling.