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18381929 No.18381929 [Reply] [Original]

Can we talk about the price of instant ramen? I thought this shit was suppose to be cheap?

I saw an old invoice of a delivery order for a box of x20 pic related for 16 euros. This invoice was 5 years old.

Now when I try to order the exact same thing, it will most me 30 euros. I understand inflation and shit ofcourse but holy fuck the price nearly doubled in the past 5 years.

What's price for you guys and do you still think instant ramen is cheap/affordable aka college student food.

>> No.18381933

What the fuck is a euros???

>> No.18381936

>>18381933
i think it's some sorta meat taco thing, but it's from the habada habadas instead of the cocaine ones

>> No.18381939

>>18381933
some gay currency

>> No.18381954

>>18381929
1 or 2 dollars depending on the brand. It sucks that they're so expensive.

On another note. What are your favorite korean ramens? I found a store nearby that has a shit load of different korean ramens. Started with the buldak spicy chicken. Was nicely spicy.

>> No.18381964

>>18381936
>taco
I went to Spain once and they used the Peseta. One coin even had a hole in it!

>> No.18381969
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18381969

>>18381936
>euroscope

>> No.18382010

I buy those 30 pack boxes of (spicy) Indomie off Amazon and they're in the ballpark of 20 bucks (that's 20.37 Euros) a box
Less than a dollar a pack seems cheap enough

>> No.18382020

amazon got into dominant position and started squeezing more money out of the transactions and the consumers pay the difference

>> No.18382098

>>18381929
If you can't find it locally, and are desperate enough to order it online, then you are admitting it's a "delicacy" in your eyes and the price will be as high as the market will bear. But also, Shin Ramyun is more of a "premium" brand here in Clapistan; if you want cheap ramen, you get Maruchan or Nissin.

>> No.18382103

>>18382010
indomie is the cheapass shit tho
like thirdworld india cheap

>> No.18382122

instant noodles were always a convenience food not a poorfag food.

>>18381954
shin blacked
the meme hot chicken ones
kokomen
spicy zha wang
namja ramyun
ansung tang myun

>> No.18382126

>>18382103
All instant noodles are cheapass shit. Some are just better at pretending they aren't
Indomie is the best for taste, though, and no amount of shilling of other overpriced brands from Glorious Nippon or KPOPland will change that

>> No.18382129

>>18382122
ehhhh depends some instant ramen can go as low as 25 cent per pack

>> No.18382133

>>18382129
yeah but those are shit and not worth eating. if you are poor there are better nutrients/$ foods and if you want a tasty snack without having to put any effort into cooking you're better off getting the better packs instead of fucking around with the cheap ones and then trying to do real cooking to make them taste good.

>> No.18382266

>>18382133
the noodles are the same in every pack of ramen. just throw away the flavor packet and put a bunch of sauces on it.

>> No.18382273

>>18381929
Any other alternatives that tastes similar to these but are cheaper?

>> No.18382292
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18382292

>>18382273
Get regular instant ramen, then add extra salt, MSG, and any notoriously "hot but disgusting" chemical hot sauce.

>> No.18382344

>>18382266
not true the shin ramyun noodles have potato starch in them for example.

>> No.18382347

>>18381929
nongshim is bougie, at least here in the US you can get nissin or maruchan for cents a pack

I love shin black though, the more substantial noodles and flavor make it worth imo

>> No.18382353

>>18382126
Retard take.

>> No.18382414

>>18381929
They are cheap where I live (but I have a lot of Korean markets near me in SoCal). If you try to buy it off Amazon or similar, its like double the price as people like to gouge.

>> No.18382428

It's a meme food. People realized it's cheap as shit but okay tasting so companies picked up on that and now increase their prices. Weebism doesn't help either.
If you want cheap food you have to look for what other people aren't eating. Prepare for ze bugs to become the next ramen.

>> No.18382487

>>18382344
and yet they taste exactly the same

>> No.18382633

>>18382347
Nongshim was much better when they were importing packs. Fuck that cali factory.

>> No.18382763

Is gochugaru suppose to taste earthy?

>> No.18382773

>>18381929
It's $4.23 for a four pack at my local Walmart here in the Pacific Northwest. I don't know how much that is in your foreign money.

>> No.18382847
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18382847

Unironically, up there with Shin Black

>> No.18382860

>>18381929
>I thought this shit was suppose to be cheap?
Can you into basic math? Regular pasta is far cheaper than instant noodles. Homemade one is even cheaper.

>> No.18382861

>>18382487
>they’re the same in my head
Okay.

>> No.18382873

>>18381929
unless you're somewhere you only have access to a microwave or a kettle just buy uncooked packets of egg noodles and some low salt stock. they take all of 10 minutes to cook. Where I am it costs:
1kg of egg noodles for $3.10 which is enough for 10 servings of 100g, which is about the average for instant noodles depending on which brand.
Vegeta chicken stock 200g tin which is enough to make 100+ servings for $2.80.
So 60 cents per serving vs $1.40 per packet of shin ramyun (and that's only available in the 'bulk' pack of 5). And the good stock + uncooked noodles aren't filled with artificial chemicals & oil like the instant packets are.

>> No.18382884

nigger instant food has never been cheap, wtf are you talking about
only raw ingredients and possibly bread have ever been cheap, get a grip

>> No.18382902

>>18381929
>I understand inflation but I don't understand inflation

>> No.18382957

>>18382126
Based take.

>> No.18382966

>>18382126
I actually started buying bulk dry noodles when I realized they took the SAME TIME TO COOK and cost a fraction of the price.

Check the price on a kilo of dry noodles at your local gook shop- shits cheaper and has none of the trans fat.

Downside is that you have to cook dry noodles seperately, you can't just throw them into soup.
For yeeting into soup use starch noodles, mung bean or potato

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18383288

I made this shit last night and added some of my own sesame oil and two tablespoons of bacon grease. I topped it with SPAM, white mushrooms, and garlic fried in olive oil along with two eggs and chopped green onions.

>> No.18383376

>>18383288
Was it good?

>> No.18383383

>>18383288
i find this one a little lacking, the miso version mogs it, soy sauce one is decent

>> No.18383385

>>18381954
i like samyang, it has a very distinct flavor

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18383447

>>18383376
It's good but I think I diluted the flavor with a bit too much water. That's why I added my own bacon grease. I didn't have any lard, or I would have just added a big glob of it to try to make the surface of the broth white like pic related.
>>18383383
Yeah it's not that flavorful compared to what you can get in a restaurant, but it's not offensively spicy and fragrant like a lot of other instant ramens. It's just comfy. I've tried the miso before, but I can never find the soy sauce flavor locally.

>> No.18383465

>>18382873
Seemingly good tip, I'll have to try this.

>> No.18383504

>>18383288
best instant tonkotsu/10

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18383515

>>18383504
This nibba knows, miss me with that fake-ass Nongshim tonkotsu. Mama-san's will do in a pinch tho.

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>>18381954
This shit.

>> No.18383533

>>18382873
No.

>> No.18383540

>>18381954
paldo dosirac
there's nothing special about it, it's just soul food

paldo gomtang
like tonkotsu but beef