/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11756917
>real ramen
>hong kong

>>11756993
Let me tell you a little secret.

There's a reason why it's ラーメン and not らーめん

>>11757066
I don't speak orange chicken

Hong kong ichiran was meh. The japanese one is overrated as well imo but the hong kong one felt like the frozen ramen you can buy at an asian grocery

>>11757066
Moron

>>11757075
kek

Is ichiran really worth the price? My local asian supermarket has ichiran instant ramen that costs about $40 CAD (about a few pennies in USD)

>>11756917
you dont go to HK for ramen, you get the DIM SUM & the CHA CHANG TANG

go to JP for ramen

>>11757205
and legal hookers for ~$60 USD

>>11757205
Hong kong probably has the best japanese food anywhere outside Japan though.

>>11757230
...So then why not go to Japan for better Japanese food?

>>11757066
オピイズエーファっぐ

>>11757236
Because it's like 3000km extra travel?

>>11757236

>>11757196
>Is ichiran really worth the price?
yes
> instant ramen
NO!

>>11757236
Japan is a more expensive trip.

Compare airplane tickets and hotel tickets, in mid-May, with Hong Kong vs Japan.

Then take into consideration that walking around Tokyo with anything less than $500 for a week is considered a "bad idea" by most travel experts.

>>11756917
You should get HK curry, with beef for sure.

>>11757278
Taiwan has much better Jap food than HK and is still a relative bargain. Unfortunately there are definitely language barrier issues, even in Taipei. But I had my favorite “Japanese” meal of all time in Taipei, and I’ve been through Japan (which also was amazing food).

>>11756917
erm, ichiran is a japanese chain. and not even the best tonkotsu ramen.

>>11757196
Aha how did you know which restaurant thats of

>>11757066
Enjoy your gutter oil. Why would you ever imagine China is the best at anything besides breeding insects?

>>11757781
it says it right there on the bowl.

you illiterate dunce

>>11758171
Yeah i dont read that shit

Ichiran is pretty average, I had heaps better in Tokyo

>>11756917
>ramen
>hong kong
>commiefornia

seriously kill yourself you mentally ill subhuman Resetera tranny

>>11756917
Nice try asshole, I have been to that place a bunch. It is just some shitty thai pho from a flyover state.

>>11756917
Actual Honkie here. Ichiran is overhyped and their quality has slipped drastically since years ago. Comparing what they serve today from what they used to have when they first opened, you might as well be eating instant ramen at home. Only merit I'll give it is that it's literally the only ramen place easily accessible that is open 24/7.


>>11757108
Because it IS frozen. Or dried, probably from a huge batch they make every once a while. How else are they supposed to serve customers that walk in at 3am?

>>11757196
Not really. Sure it might taste good, but for the price you might as well go sit down at a ramen place and order something fresh.

>>11757205
Unironically this. Go for street food if you're a tourist.

>>11756917
>you have to go to fucking Hong Kong for the "real thing"
>muh west coast
>muh cali
>I love paying high taxes to live in a perpetually burning porn producing shithole filled with bums and mexican cartel
goddammit california faggots are even worse than jew yorkers bitching about pizza. california is not the center of the universe, its a shithole. You can also get the "real thing" in any ramen house in the world.

>>11759354
How does it feel to be so inferior to the place you hate?

>>11757217
Hookers are legal and are that price even in western europe, and you get to fuck pretty european girls, not chinese mongrels

>>11757278
>500 dollars for a week worth of expenses
>a significant amount of money
poorfags are so funny

>>11758935
this

>>11756917
You sound like a stereotypical American tourist. I bet you're not even American.

>>11756917
CAM ON

>>11756917
>>11757196
ichiran is worth about $8-9 dollars for the real thing in Japan, and not worth waiting in line for. Ichirans in NYC and other shit holes charge way more because they know people want to pretend they're autistically anti-social like the japanese in the private booths and post about it on social media

>>11756917

>Go to China
>Expect the Chinese to give a non-Chinese authentic Chinese food.
>Complain when they don't
>To retarded to realize Chinese are the most racist mother fuckers you can imagine.

Sounds like they needed to add more sage.

>>11759354
I'm in northern CA, this ramen is shit compared to the stuff I used to have in gardena(LA)

>>11756917
>mfw literally at a ramen restaurant right now
>mfw literally was gonna post about it on /ck/
Damn it Bill. I need to know though, is it bluepilled to do a Shoyu base? I just like ramen broth more with muh estrogen sauce

>>11762175

I thought the purpose of the booths was to increase your ability to focus on the ramen experience. Free from distractions of everyday life. Just you...and ramen. Bliss.

>>11763899
I used to live in the East Bay but moved to the LA harbor. Eating at Hakata tonight just for you.

>>11763940
no sure, sounds just as autistic though. I thought it was so they do not have to interact with anyone

No, definitely not. I live on the west coast and the ramen here is no good. I've lived in SF and currently live in Seattle. I thought the quality in NYC was a lot better, but I wouldn't recommend going there just to eat it. It's overpriced for what you get.

Go to Japan if you want good ramen.

>>11756917
>Is west coast usa the only place for real ramen at this point?
obvious bait is obvious

>>11757066
and there's also a reason it's called ramen instead of lamian.

>>11760786
bullshit, euro hookers are way more expensive, why make shit up kid

>>11764478
I've had japanese food in seattle, SF, and NYC. They were all pretty damned great, but SF was the best. Why is SF the most /ck/ city?
>sourdough
>god tier japanese
>fresh seafood
>knows what herbs and vegetables are
Overpriced but oh well.

>>11767760
Trust me, tokyo is the best. As someone who grew up in Seattle, the difference between food in the middle of bumfuck nowhere and food in seattle is the same distance as food in seattle and food in tokyo, and a lot of it is actually really cheap for the portion sizes as well.

>>11757066
and "hamburger" is a german word. Your point is bad and you should feel bad.

>>11757066
Yes, but japanese Ramen has become it's own thing, it doesn't matter if it literally means "chinese noodles" when it is itself vastly different from what you'd get in china today.

>>11757066
Stupid fucking weeabo, if you know Japanese go to the better country and eat faget
Fuck china dog

>>11767939
>Fuck china dog
but do you eat it afterwards?

>>11757205
spoken like a true weeb

>>11757075
why the fuck did this make me laugh

>>11757217
Seriously as soon as I get some money I'm heading straight to china for some mid-range hookers.

I'm getting frustrated with these trolls

>>11757075
Ah! I heard obesity from your voice, you must be speaking burgers.

>>11769509

Here in Osaka Ichiran is staffed by Chinese/Taiwanese and full of Chinese tourists who bring their fucking suitcases on wheels into the restaurant. Best ramen places are ten seats maximum.

>>11756917
Okatshe in the Tropicana in Atlantic City is some genuinely great ramen. Best you'll find on the east coast.

>>11757217
Do Asian women have sideways pussys? Asking for a friend

>>11757066
Actually it has kanji too. I also live in Japan and see it written all 3 ways. Japanese perfected it.

>>11757066
>ramen is chinese because they use katakana and not hiragana or kanji
wrong

>>11756917
>is west coast the only place for real ramen
dude can you just neck yourself at this point, go to fucking japan and get the perfected shit

>>11757891
Gutter oil is mainland china, not Hong Kong, that's still a british colonie you dumb fuck

>>11772196
When there is sewer, and presence of Chinese, there will be gutter oil. Get your facts straight, dummy.

LA Ramen is amazing, no other place in the country does ramen like LA.

There is decent ramen in Downtown Oakland, but all the ramen in San Francisco or San Jose is all very substandard. I was sort of shocked, considering SF and SJ have large Japanese populations.

>>11773111
Trips of truth. I said the same thing last ramen thread and the spergs started wailing. Bay area and Seattle are passable but not great. LA really is the best in the nation for ramen, probably best outside of Japan, and I've been to Hong Kong and Japantown Bangkok.

>>11767822
Agreed

>>11772950
t. nigger-loving kike

>>11773303
I don't know why LA's Little Tokyo has such great japanese food. the Japanese in SoCal are all spread out and not really concentrated in any one place these days. Little Tokyo itself is probably 15% foreign Japanese, 15% Jap American, 30% white, and 40% Korean.

>>11773111
>SF and SJ have large Japanese populations
Maybe half a century ago. Now it's Mexicans, chinks, and homeless tweakers.

>>11763956
Max jelly. Go to santouka in the mitsuwa for me. Get the spicy miso combo with the pork bowl.

>>11773444
They're all in Torrance after leaving the ghettoening that is gardena: "As of 2014, the nearby city ofTorranceholds the highest Japanese-American population in the 48 contiguous states.[23]" from gardena Wikipedia. There's even less after Toyota and nissan moved their offices to Texas and Tennessee. Ramen picks that I've tried and are good are santouka, ramen yamadaya, ramen shack, hakata ramen and the shinsengumi to go. A lot of these are cash only There's also a Coco Curry ichibanya in Torrance which is absolutely worth the drive. There's also a few good restaurants in I believe, west LA and not as scary as downtown LA.

>>11773436
t. 12yo edgelord-wannabe

>>11757075
damn, i usually only get this tier of bants on pol

>>11774466
>Yamadaya
Shh I like being able to get a seat at the bar at any time of day even though the room is tiny

>>11757075
you speak like soyboi

Why would you want to? Ramen broth feels like drinking straight oil.