the instant stuff that they have sushi & steak houses is REALLY good -- it's completely indiscernible from the "real" stuff sometimes.

Depends on my mood. 95% of the time the ramen on the left is superior, but once in a while you get a hunger which only instant ramen can satisfy.

I did an experiment once where i used the format "correctly" the way you and i understand it, and so many lemmings were confused. People on here tend to assume the woman is wrong.

I didn't realize the meme format implied judgment. I thought it just communicated the disconnect.

Honestly, it's just how I see most people using the meme

Maybe OP is Korean lol

You're right, but at first I thought the OP was trying to pull a fast one on us and the right was a picture of that super expensive restaurant ramen that serves in a shitty ramen cup.

We can, I just like goofing

Says ramen right on the package bro

I assume it’s a regional thing. “Instant ramen” are noodles or 2 minute noodles here. It’s rarely labelled as ramen and never called it.

From childhood I knew about ramen from anime and I knew about instant ramen from American media but I didn’t learn until later that they aren’t the same thing and instant reman is just 2 minute noodles.

Ramen isnt difficult to make from the ground up...just takes ages

yeah exactly, instant noodles hit the spot sometimes but I could also go for fancy ramen. Both can coexist :3

no

Well at the end of the day it is just noodle soup that has a few different spices than European food.
If you don't enjoy it, maybe you just don't like the garlic+msg combo?

It should, unless OP is implying that the instant ones are better lol

to be fair unmanned instant noodle restaurants do exist in some parts of east and southeast asia

Not all "real" ramen has miso. There are so many different styles of traditional ramen, with different regions in Japan doing things differently. My favorite is a nice tonkotsu ramen, which is made with a broth of only boiled pork bones. Topped with scallions, crispy garlic flakes, kikurage, fried pork belly, chili/sesame oil, and a soft boiled egg. It's super tasty.

I also eat instant ramen of course, both are tasty.