Musashi wrote:
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You can still make your own tomato ramen, but it takes an extra gourmet
cooking step - namely opening up a can of concentrated tomato soup and
adding another can of water, and cooking the ramen in it - one of my
favorite ramen recipes.

By the way, I have not been able to figure out why people pay about
4-10X the price for instant ramen in the Asian markets, since Maruchan
et al at 10 cents a bag in the supermarkets is just as good if not
better.


The question is similar to why anyone would pay $7.00 a piece for a Toro
nigiri at a
sushi restaurant when they can buy an entire pack of sushi for that price at



I figured the Asian market stuff must have its devotees - they seem to
sell a lot of it - but personally i can't detect any difference between
Sapporo Ichiban et al and the 10 cent supermarket brands, like
Maruchan.

There are some new instant packaged Asian rice dishes that I like - a
rice congee with fish package from Vietnam, and a fried rice package
from Thailand, my current favorite.




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