Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:check out this excerpt from this japanese news article, re: ramen
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Ramen is going to get restaurateurs going off their noodle this year, with an expected escalation in a price battle that began in 2005 after an Osaka chain began offering fare at 180 yen a dish, well less than the few hundred yen normally charged.

"I've seen a photo of an Osaka-based chain that will offer ramen for 30 to 50 yen a bowl," Kenzo Kosugi, managing editor of Mengyokai -- a monthly tracking trends in the ramen industry -- tells Asahi Geino. "It's due to start operating in April and will make waves for sure

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ramen for 50 yen...that's less than fifty cents....what's in it cardboard?

that's insanely cheap

yeah, i wonder what it takes like...
Daikokuya in LA, is about almost $8 for a bowl of ramen....not sure what the conversion exactly is, but could be close to 750 yen...about over ten times the price of the 50 yen ramen. :bonk:

K.T.Tran wrote:Pho for dinner......

from a restarant or did you have it at home?
sounds good. :thumbsup:

dochira wrote:
Will do, I had some curry udon yesterday.... there was a party in my belly, and that's not just the gas. :hehe:

something didn't agree with you? i hate that feeling, i get that with too much dairy stuff..... :shakehead: :bonk:

qilver wrote:

yeah, i wonder what it takes like...
Daikokuya in LA, is about almost $8 for a bowl of ramen....not sure what the conversion exactly is, but could be close to 750 yen...about over ten times the price of the 50 yen ramen. :bonk:

30 to 50 yen i would eat it out of curiousity...if it tastes like crap at least you didn't waste too much dough

Tu_triky wrote:


30 to 50 yen i would eat it out of curiousity...if it tastes like crap at least you didn't waste too much dough

shinsengumi, not sure if they still have it, but they had the eat the 6 bowls of ramen within a certain time, like an hour or less, and get it free, geez...lose and pay how much?! it's a dollar for extra noodles, so, $7 for the first, plus 5 or 6 more, about $14 or so...a really full tummy. :bleh:

qilver wrote:

shinsengumi, not sure if they still have it, but they had the eat the 6 bowls of ramen within a certain time, like an hour or less, and get it free, geez...lose and pay how much?! it's a dollar for extra noodles, so, $7 for the first, plus 5 or 6 more, about $14 or so...a really full tummy. :bleh:

i'd bathe in the ramen broth...

Tu_triky wrote:

i'd bathe in the ramen broth...

:beatyou: :rofl:

qilver wrote:

:beatyou: :rofl:

at least the hyper salinity of the broth would kill any bacteria...but i might attract a thick looking girl wearing a ramen outfit <shudders>

Tu_triky wrote:

at least the hyper salinity of the broth would kill any bacteria...but i might attract a thick looking girl wearing a ramen outfit <shudders>

i think in kyoto, got a bowl of udon noodles for about 380 yen. :bonk:

Tu_triky wrote:

i'd bathe in the ramen broth...

sounds like something you'd hear on Dotch.. :hehe:

qilver wrote:
something didn't agree with you? i hate that feeling, i get that with too much dairy stuff..... :shakehead: :bonk:

No, no. It was a good feeling in the belly.

krim wrote:

sounds like something you'd hear on Dotch.. :hehe:

sounds fun....

yeah, it gets crazy, esp when there are comedians on the panel

krim wrote:yeah, it gets crazy, esp when there are comedians on the panel

is pierrot bolneze on the show?

hmmm....

i dont recall seeing any world class clowns floating around... so probably not.

krim wrote:hmmm....

i dont recall seeing any world class clowns floating around... so probably not.

yeah the usually show up 30 at a time....

Tu_triky wrote:


yeah the usually show up 30 at a time....

:hehe:

at least 30.. :hehe:

krim wrote:

:hehe:

at least 30.. :hehe:

hehe...yeah conservatively.

dochira wrote:
No, no. It was a good feeling in the belly.

i see...good for you. :hehe:

Eat Spring Rolls at 3:14am.

Good breakfast :mrgreen: