How the Cup Noodles Empire Was Built 

Quit sucking up. Jk...lol

Poor fella, you dont read much do you?

What do you mean elsewhere?

No idea what 'elsewhere' means in this context, this might be at best the second video I've watched on noodz and this may well be the second time I've watched this one 'at worst'. Reading is awesome In regards to OP it's such an observation you can make, watching enough youtube videos - not every one has every thing to say. It actually is common enough that I often 'take the opportunity' to watch a second video if I'm particularly interested and want to build 'authority' on a subject (understanding it's the beginning of that)

@dsxa918 Wow. Okay. I have to admit that as a fact hound, I have followed a few rabbit holes on trivial subjects. Ramen has a lot more behind it than RU-vid videos. To imply that I don't read is presumptuous and a little rude, but I guess that's the culture we have on the Internet: snarky, condescending, presumptuous and judgmental. Shame, really.

Now they're the staple comfort food for college students today.

Funny as I STILL get them by the case!!

1. that styrofoam provides extra nutrition. 2. no human has ever been to "O uter S pace", ever..

@@strikingmachine2975 idiot, big mac's came in Styrofoam untill the liberals, flerf it's about noodles not your mental health issues. Please refrain from internet usage untill you receive treatment.

@B.H.56 yeah nongshim kimche , in Australia we get indo-mie Indonesian noodles, they even made their way into Australian military ration packs. My friends said I had a magic backpack, if I had access to hot water I had access to snacks, a feed and a cup of tea. Oh the backpack usually contained weed and a pipe as well, but that's what decoys are for. But seriously did you get chopsticks for every cup of noodles. I did, except once (hissy fit). Now I still only use my nice sticks to eat a 60c packet or bowl of ramen. Hissy fit was but your mother always gives me a set. My have to upgrade to a very nice Japanese set. Or Korean. My biggest problem is should I have Indian or Vietnamese for dinner tonight. Sorry def pork rolls for lunch and chicken tikka for dinner. Oh didn't watch the vid came for the comments.

He was a Taiwanese Hokkien.

So he half in between

A hot bowl of instant noodles taste like heaven during field camp

Sounds like how the Korean soldiers came up with the K-Army stew. They took their ramyun and added whatever rations the USA soldiers gave them, like spam, hot dogs, beans, etc. in order to make a bigger meal.

Wait if you were stationed in korea, why were you having to eat m r e's and Ramen? Shouldn't there have been a field kitchen?

Lol when I was in jail my cell mates were crazy with the ramen. We would make like 7 packs and put all of our dinner plates together to make one huge random meal. For thanksgiving we made a Turkey and stuffing ramen dish that we all shared. Sounds gross, but it was bangin.

​@@DescendingVelocityex-convict

That's the suggested way it should be done here too, but sometimes people will simply cheat with the microwave. I worked in a small office when I was a college student, and we didn't have a way to boil water, so zapped it in the microwave. Using actual boiling water is superior though, the noodles cook through much better

UK brands include Pot Noodles and Bachelor Super Noodles.

You can buy both kinds here in America. They have the boil water variety. They also have a microwave type with a tougher cup and instructions for the microwave.

⁠@@carlbirtles4518pot noodles is horrible fr but the best British brand is probably Kabuto Noodles

Because Cup Noodles weren't unhealthy enough already 😂😂😂😂

Lmao I know you love instant ramen, but get something more healthier for breakfast man haha FYI I just ate 3 cups of cup noodles today so I can't blame you

I have tried all the types of Top Ramen (part of Nissin) and like all five of them (Chicken, Beef, Shrimp, Soy, and Chilli). For a while, I was having one of them every day!

A) you can order EVERYTHING online B) you eat a lot of unhealthy TrashFood.

I definitely guaranteed Shinramyun is much better than any noodle of Nissin.

​nissin or nissan? 😅

@@CordeliaWagner Yea, but I'm not willing to buy a 6Pack of noodles when I don't even know if I will like them or not. And they don't sell them in single packs online afaik. Maybe the cups, but that's not what I want. And no, I don't eat these on a daily basis, maybe once or at most twice a week, so this is nothing I do worry about.

I'm gonna try this tomorrow thank you.

Omg same I have the Mauchen pretender. lol, cup is far superior. I just buy whichever I see first typical American 😅😊😂😅 right here, lol. XD 💋 😘 😗 😚 😙 😊❤🎉😂

McCain's mini Hawaiian pizzas in the microwave is better than Dominoes.

Taiwan was a Japanese colony during the earlier half of the 20th century -- my mom is mixed and speaks both Taiwanese style Mandarin and Japanese. The word "ramen" was already a loan word from Chinese. "Lo mien" is the same, as is "La Mian". I love seeing the flavors that Maruchan made to cater to the Mexican market. Chili lime shrimp is SO good!.

@@dameneko I've seen that in Mexico some people have made some "interesting" combinations with Maruchan noodles and other snack foods. In some places there're food stands where they prepare what they call "Dori-locos" (a portmanteau between Doritos and the Spanish word for crazy, "Loco"), they basically cut open a bag of Doritos, or other junk food, and fill the bag with other things, including instant noodles. Not very healthy to say the least, but it has become something of a meme

I was already an adult when it dawned on me that the word Maruchan isn't Spanish.

@@sir_ridley3886 Japanese and Spanish phonology overlap a lot, nicely so for English speakers. 'Sayonara' is another word that used to give me pause.

Or Thailand. Tom yum shrimp is literally a Thai signature dish. I believe supermarkets like Wegmans carries Mama tom yum shrimp too.

@@est9949 Yeah the creamy tom yum shrimp flavor from Mama is really good, too! The HK one is not the creamy version but it is nicely seasoned.

There are also indian curry flavors. The flavors are just okay, IMO.

The thin and clear crab noodles are great if you throw some cooked prawns in once done.

If you want unique flavor, I suggest Gaga's Milk Chicken Soup from Indonesia

Try Korean cheesey instant noodles with fried eggs and kimchi. It's an odd mix but it works so well.

Yeeeees😂😂😂

My fave is the seafood! With shrimp, beef, cheese, soy sauce, curry and chicken in that order… 🍜👍

Fresh Japanese ramen noodles are the GOAT, not the instant ones

I usually boil water and then pour it into the cup noodles.

We're all rebels 😂😂

OMG that is how kids in Hawaii ate it, too!

Yes! I grew up in Ontario and loved Nissin’s Cup O’ Noodles but now that I’m over in Alberta, it’s all Ichiban, all the time :)

Mr. Noodles is better. Fight me.

@@alexanderson7101 Have you tried Ichiban? I cant imagine you have, or you were born without a tongue. I have met people that HATE ramen, gave them Ichiban to try, and both of them were stunned at how much better they are. It was on a camping trip, and i swapped out their dry spongy Mr. Noodle for Chicken Ichiban. Their exact words "These are the best noodles i've ever had!". Do you enjoy the spongy texture? the lack of flavor?

@@alexanderson7101 Mr. Noodles is not better. Not at all.

I like datsun better

I like Maruchan better, too. I used to buy four cases at a time from Amazon because I could never find the soy sauce flavor in the stores. Unfortunately, the price has skyrocketed ($4 to almost $10 for a 24 case) to the point that it's becoming a luxury item. At least it's cheaper than the $21/case they wanted last year. I'm not the biggest fan of the noodles in cups, but some flavors you can't get in a brick. I've just started cutting the noodles out of the cups, putting two of them in a large mug, then adding just enough boiling water to cover. I prefer my noodles on the pasta (as opposed to soup) side, and that works well for me.

What? It's literally on the instructions on the side.

@@ImGazu Not on anyone I've seen.

pot noodles are a total british icon but I'm honestly not too keen on them, all the flavours are just kinda weird. The proper nissin cup noodles are really nice, I think they're just less afraid to use shedloads of MSG than the UK brands...

The nissin cup noodles are nice and I'll be getting them from now on, as pot noodles are just not the same anymore. Just like Dave Lister in Red Dwarf I'd rather eat the dog meat than the pot noodle lol 😂

Yeah they've definitely become far more bland in recent years. Also it's really weird that the Pot Noodle noodles are entirely different in texture/shape to any other kind of instant noodle

Yeah talk about cruel irony

Indeed it is

You can visit a re-creation of this shed in Osaka, at the Ramen museum! And pay homage to its creator.

I've been eyeballing the cheese flavor for ages, but didn't want to buy a pack only to discover they tasted horrible. Maybe I'll actually try them next month.

@@EndlessSurprisesSD The good thing about the cheese Yakisoba is that it's like Kraft Mac N Cheese. You can always doctor it with more cheese or hot sauce or sliced hot dogs, whatever.

ramen bars are far from new... but authentic ramen is much better than instant ramen; and if you are paying $20+ for a bowl then you are paying too much and are likely just paying for the "restaurant experience" same as any other restaurant food

Those are 2 very different foods. It's like comparing Kool aid with a fruit smoothie, sure there's similarities but 1 is flavored water with carbs and the other is real food.

I'm confused by what you're describing because by ramen bars it sounds like you mean real ramen that is an actual meal dish. So of course you would pay it like it's real food. It may be new to your area because ramen the "dish" is becoming more popular. Cup ramen is just a cup of preserved noodles with fake ingredient bits. And it's just a few full mouthfulls. It's like comparing school lunch pizza to like an actual new york pizza restaurant. The video is confusing because it will show both real ramen and instant ramen but real ramen is not just instant ramen in a bowl.

there is a lot of work in preparing a bowl of ramen- especially the pork meat, broth, noodle making-I took a cooking class on it and would know. Instant ramen is not the same as proper ramen bowls

Capitalistic elements in some countries allow prices to drop when the state doesn't interfere.

We do have a plethora of good ramen options here in The Valley.

It's seen as an empty meal, deep fried anything is even seen as healthier in terms of at least it's actual food, battered and fried.

Not the same company but definitely similar concept. Cup noodles also typically lack the packets of sauce your Pot Noodles look like they come with, it's just the broth powder inside that provides the flavoring