Ramen or Soba

[Cynlix]

I love udon. But I voted ramen.

[Chicken]

fuck both, cold udon reigns supreme

you might have a point. udon came before soba or ramen in japan.

soba was originally eaten as dumplings until they were modeled after udon and prepared in the current soba form.

ramen didn't become popular in japan until after world war ii.

not that older necessarily means better, but udon seems to be the original.

[mizanation]

damn chicken, you really fucking know your food.

red, ain't okinawan girls great? i ended up marrying one.

[PG2G]

Only soba I ever had was on a flight to Japan, so I can't really judge. Ramen wins though When I was in Japan I had mabo ramen, shit was delicious. And yes, the fried chicken they have was great too. There is a place in Torrance that I had ramen with fried chicken in it, was good, but their soup is kinda weird, spicy...

Damn, I'm craving now.

[xcoldricex]

i fucking love cold soba.

[almondcrush]

i think there's at least one okinawa ryouri place in nyc. we should check it out sometime -- see if they have any good awamori and okinawa soba and stuff.

let me know if you guys check out nyc okinawa ryouri

i had bittermelon champuru before and it was the bomb

better than my folks' bittermelon imo

[eleven]

Ramen, just because Naruto eats it.

[mizanation]

let me know if you guys check out nyc okinawa ryouri

i had bittermelon champuru before and it was the bomb

better than my folks' bittermelon imo

yeah, commonly called, "goya champuru". one of the most important dishes in okinawa.

okinawan food is great, but i refuse to pay a shitload for food that i can eat for cheap at home.

it's like thai food, i refuse to pay through the nose for subpar thai food when i was eating incredible thai food for $2 a meal in thailand.

[HEWSINATOR]

Ichiban. And you can sing the little jinge while you are stirring.

[mizanation]

is that "KRS Ichiban, Number 1 rap song!"

rep to the first supergay who can tell me what song that's from...

[soraanaam]

ramen all the way, i had cold sobas and they also tasted pretty good

[adrian]

Ramen ftw even though soba's damn good too

[snugglepony]

cold buckwheat soba w/ dipping sauce please.

[almondcrush]

is that "KRS Ichiban, Number 1 rap song!"

rep to the first supergay who can tell me what song that's from...

havent heard that in a minute

i will accept an okinawan restaurant reccomendation in lieu of rep

[altoclefchris]

I guess both are good, you could add stuff to either, but I like the taste of ramen better

[conqueror]

soba > udon > ramen for me, although i can see why ramen is so popular.

[blm14]

yakisoba!

it goes really well on top of hiroshima-style okonomi-yaki, too.

Oh man, mitsuwa just had their spring food fest with the okonomi-yaki station... Mmmmmmmmmm

Oh - I say ramen, so long as it doesn't have enough salt in the broth to give me heart palpitations.

[Augustus]

Winter: Shoyu Ramen

Summer: Zaru Soba

[michaelttizzle]

bukkake udon and mabo ramen are my favorites. I eat cold soba more than either of those though, probably because I have it at home regularly.

[narutofan]

mystery train ( i had forgot i had also seen the limits of control and broken flower)

i dont understand jim jarmusch

Edited April 25, 2012 by narutofan

[zenii]

it's kind of sad that some people have never eaten real ramen and the only thing they can think of when they hear ramen is cup noodles. or that counterfeit korean stuff.

I guess I'm (relatively) blessed to live in the bay area where they have decent ramen places.

but really ramen vs soba is apples vs oranges. they're both good in their own way.

[DaBestSpoona]

My wife just ordered me a shitload of ramen from Rakuten from Ganja, Rokurinsha, Kyoka,etc

[dismalfuture]

Always soba. The sweetness of the buckwheat and various toppings like grilled onions, green onions, mizuna, yuzu zest - these things transform the soup by the time you're done eating the noodles and moving onto the soup and impart sweetness and bitterness to the smoky fish based soup. If you get soba with duck or something, the heat of the soup renders a bit of duck fat into the base so that you can get a bit of fat with each bite of noodle. Naturally the duck fat sweetens the soup over time as well, and the whole dish transforms as you eat it.

Plus, soba noodle making is a technical skill that towers above ramen IMO, soba can be up to 80/20 or 90/10 buckwheat/standard flour; if you've ever made homemade noodles or pastry before, you know how difficult it is to work such little gluten content in a dough. Getting them rolled out and cut uniformly, that is skill.