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Caffeinated
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| liveinkorea316 wrote: |
| People in Korea eat the instant Ramyeon in those restaurants as a meal on the run and they are mostly served in small Kimbap houses as a quick snack. There entire appeal is that they take less than 3 minutes to be served and they are tasty. |
Most ramen restaurants in Japan take less than 3 minutes to be served and they don't serve instant ramen. |
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Caffeinated
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Double post.
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redaxe
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| Caffeinated wrote: |
| liveinkorea316 wrote: |
| People in Korea eat the instant Ramyeon in those restaurants as a meal on the run and they are mostly served in small Kimbap houses as a quick snack. There entire appeal is that they take less than 3 minutes to be served and they are tasty. |
Most ramen restaurants in Japan take less than 3 minutes to be served and they don't serve instant ramen. |
Same in China, you can see the one guy hand-pulling the dough into noodles and the other guy boiling the noodles and assembling the dish. Throw the cooked noodles in a bowl, ladle the broth in, add a few slices of meat and whatever vegetables, done. Takes like two minutes, costs less than a US dollar. Lamian is still hole-in-the-wall fast food in China, it's just much higher quality compared to Korean ramyeon. I don't see why that's so hard for certain people to accept. |
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Easy Rider
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| Caffeinated wrote: |
| liveinkorea316 wrote: |
| People in Korea eat the instant Ramyeon in those restaurants as a meal on the run and they are mostly served in small Kimbap houses as a quick snack. There entire appeal is that they take less than 3 minutes to be served and they are tasty. |
Most ramen restaurants in Japan take less than 3 minutes to be served and they don't serve instant ramen. |
Same in China, you can see the one guy hand-pulling the dough into noodles and the other guy boiling the noodles and assembling the dish. Throw the cooked noodles in a bowl, ladle the broth in, add a few slices of meat and whatever vegetables, done. Takes like two minutes, costs less than a US dollar. Lamian is still hole-in-the-wall fast food in China, it's just much higher quality compared to Korean ramyeon. I don't see why that's so hard for certain people to accept. |
I wonder why too. I have a crazy vision / Orwellian nightmare of a business that makes it's money from Korean sponsors and job ads and then hires a few posters as well as moderators and said posters are set apon any posters critical of korea like sentinels and if the balance of criticism and apologist attack is upset, the Korean paymasters threaten torture, dissembowlement and lost monies. I do have an overactive imigination though.... |
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recessiontime
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I think it has to do with the excessive amount of Sodium in the instant noddles. It's something like 2000mg which is like 4~5x the normal daily intake. This leads to hypertension, heart problems, obesity etc etc.
Sodium is not to be confused with Salt. NaCl is table salt. Na (sodium) is used as a preservative. The consequence of this is people gaining weight due to retention of water. |
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Easy Rider
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone know the background as to why some Koreans say if I eat ramyeon for dinner I will have 'moon face' the next day?
Is there any truth to this or is it a cunning Wive's tale to deter their kids from eating an unhealthy snack at night?
Have any of you suffered or seen this much feared moon face? |
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redaxe
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Easy Rider wrote: |
Anyone know the background as to why some Koreans say if I eat ramyeon for dinner I will have 'moon face' the next day?
Is there any truth to this or is it a cunning Wive's tale to deter their kids from eating an unhealthy snack at night?
Have any of you suffered or seen this much feared moon face? |
It's the sodium, it causes water retention which makes you puffy. It's why my mom says she can't eat Chinese food. |
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recessiontime
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| Easy Rider wrote: |
Anyone know the background as to why some Koreans say if I eat ramyeon for dinner I will have 'moon face' the next day?
Is there any truth to this or is it a cunning Wive's tale to deter their kids from eating an unhealthy snack at night?
Have any of you suffered or seen this much feared moon face? |
It's the sodium, it causes water retention which makes you puffy. It's why my mom says she can't eat Chinese food. |
this is the credited response. |
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liveinkorea316
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| Same in China, you can see the one guy hand-pulling the dough into noodles and the other guy boiling the noodles and assembling the dish. Throw the cooked noodles in a bowl, ladle the broth in, add a few slices of meat and whatever vegetables, done. Takes like two minutes, costs less than a US dollar. Lamian is still hole-in-the-wall fast food in China, it's just much higher quality compared to Korean ramyeon. I don't see why that's so hard for certain people to accept. |
The thing that you fail (miserably) to understand is that Korea does not have any ramen restaurants. Please try and find one I have lived here 2 years and NEVER seen a shop that advertises itself as a rameon restaurant. Ramen in Korea is sold as an extra dish in many small kimbap houses and other small restaurants whose MAIN DISH is NOT ramen.
Completely different to the situation in China and Japan where Ramen is a main dish.
in China and Japan there are many small and large ramen restaurants.
There are none in Korea.
And you still wanna go on about how ramen is better in japan and china. Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that it is a main part of their food selection there and has thousands of dedicated restaurants? Duh.
Of course the Ramen in China and Japan would be nicer under these circumstances. In Korea it is seen as a quick, unhealthy snack. It is like a heated burger or pie from your service station, only a fraction better.
So yes, the point made comparing Korean ramen with China and Japan was a useless point as someone else has alreay mentioned. |
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redaxe
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| liveinkorea316 wrote: |
The thing that you fail (miserably) to understand is that Korea does not have any ramen restaurants. Please try and find one I have lived here 2 years and NEVER seen a shop that advertises itself as a rameon restaurant. Ramen in Korea is sold as an extra dish in many small kimbap houses and other small restaurants whose MAIN DISH is NOT ramen.
Completely different to the situation in China and Japan where Ramen is a main dish.
in China and Japan there are many small and large ramen restaurants.
There are none in Korea.
And you still wanna go on about how ramen is better in japan and china. Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that it is a main part of their food selection there and has thousands of dedicated restaurants? Duh.
Of course the Ramen in China and Japan would be nicer under these circumstances. In Korea it is seen as a quick, unhealthy snack. |
Actually, you fail, there are Korean-style ramen restaurants in Korea that specialize in ramen as well, like Teumsae Ramyeon. I think you can order kimbap on the side, but the ramen is the main dish, and they still use the instant noodles.
Here's a pic if you don't believe me: http://www.namoodak.com/blog/attach/1/1635707394.jpg
They even serve "mul ramyeon" which is instant noodles in ice water. Barf!
This argument is getting circular and tautological. We're arguing that Korean ramen is low-quality compared to Chinese or Japanese ramen, and you're arguing that Korean ramen should not be compared to Chinese or Japanese ramen in the first place because ramen is considered a low-quality food in Korea. In Korea ramen is seen as a quick, unhealthy snack precisely because Korean ramen is a quick, unhealthy snack. What's the difference? Either way, the point is that Korean ramen doesn't compare to Chinese or Japanese ramen. |
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