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antc · 14 Jul 2018 at 11:34

Raymond Lin said:

Ok, rookie question! I am interested to try Ramen. Does this packet come with everything you need, aside from adding some meat and an egg?

Raymond Lin · 14 Jul 2018 at 11:40

antc said:
Ok, rookie question! I am interested to try Ramen. Does this packet come with everything you need, aside from adding some meat and an egg?

Yes, it’s noodles and sauce.

You just boil some water in a pan, add the sachet of powder, then add noodle and boil for 5 mins.

Then topped with anything you want, egg and bacon for example.

Ps, add some spring onions always add a touch of freshness which balances out all ramen. The egg is also great with all ramen. Perfect ramen egg had a semi runny yoke, boil water, when it’s boilijg put in egg for 6min exactly then put it straight into cold water. You can marinate it or not.

antc · 14 Jul 2018 at 12:15

Raymond Lin said:
Yes, it’s noodles and sauce.

You just boil some water in a pan, add the sachet of powder, then add noodle and boil for 5 mins.

Then topped with anything you want, egg and bacon for example.

Ps, add some spring onions always add a touch of freshness which balances out all ramen. The egg is also great with all ramen. Perfect ramen egg had a semi runny yoke, boil water, when it’s boilijg put in egg for 6min exactly then put it straight into cold water. You can marinate it or not.

Thanks very much. Do most supermarkets sell those noodle and sauce packs or do you get them from a specialist place?

**Edit** Just checked and seems majority of supermarkets have similar

Raymond Lin · 14 Jul 2018 at 14:53

antc said:
Thanks very much. Do most supermarkets sell those noodle and sauce packs or do you get them from a specialist place?

**Edit** Just checked and seems majority of supermarkets have similar

Do note that some cook differently.

By that I mean some will ask you to boil the water, add the powder (or sometimes a paste) into the saucepan then add the noodle, basically a 1 pot cooking. Some will ask you to boil some water, cook the noodles in plain water, then drain and place into serving bowl and add the paste and mix.

Some has added toppings in a packet, but always have instructions but at the end of the day, they will all work by just boiling in water for 5 mins (or less).

Raymond Lin · 14 Jul 2018 at 15:04

Random lunch.

Tesco Sushi, very bland and dry.

Lovely pork belly from the butchers, had a 1/4.

Then 1 drum stick.

Merlin5 · 15 Jul 2018 at 01:19

Ramen Lin

Raymond Lin · 15 Jul 2018 at 13:14

Merlin5 said:
Ramen Lin

My own today, using some of the pork above.

bjorkiii · 15 Jul 2018 at 13:26

That looks superb Mr Lin , looks like an explosion of different tastes textures and aromas.

jpaul · 15 Jul 2018 at 13:58

How much does your own broth increase preparation time ?
can't you batch some, and avoid ever resorting to packets (Enumbers&salt) ?
they had a ramen restaurant on TripleD, and it was a long cook affair.

Raymond Lin · 15 Jul 2018 at 14:05

jpaul said:
How much does your own broth increase preparation time ?
can't you batch some, and avoid ever resorting to packets (Enumbers&salt) ?
they had a ramen restaurant on TripleD, and it was a long cook affair.

You do it in batches, and I can defrost one in about 15mins by putting the jar in some warm water.

These jars actually pre-made ones from Sous Chef, I have made my own with pork bones, chicken bones etc but it's like an 8hr effort.

robfosters · 15 Jul 2018 at 14:07

Almond Magnums..........nom!

explicit4u · 15 Jul 2018 at 14:13

Now I want a Magnum

I think I've had about 30 during this heatwave

Raymond Lin · 15 Jul 2018 at 14:18

explicit4u said:
Now I want a Magnum

I think I've had about 30 during this heatwave

I bought some milk and cream today with some Daim Bars to make some ice cream.

p.s. Daim bars are VERY hard to find ! I had to go to 3 different supermarkets.

Craig1981 · 15 Jul 2018 at 15:53

Raymond Lin said:
Daim bars are VERY hard to find ! I had to go to 3 different supermarkets.

I know eh? I could do with another one of these...

Captain · 15 Jul 2018 at 15:56

Raymond Lin said:
I bought some milk and cream today with some Daim Bars to make some ice cream.

p.s. Daim bars are VERY hard to find ! I had to go to 3 different supermarkets.

No they are not, they are in every shop in Birmingham

PixieLandGirl · 15 Jul 2018 at 17:29

As I checked into my temp apartment yesterday (currently in the middle of relocating), I've not got access to my usual spices and what not. So for now I've got some super simple bean chilli.

I used 2 tins of tomatoes, and made the stock to 250ml.

lakitu · 15 Jul 2018 at 17:57

Raymond Lin said:
I bought some milk and cream today with some Daim Bars to make some ice cream.

p.s. Daim bars are VERY hard to find ! I had to go to 3 different supermarkets.

I love Daim bars, always find them in Spar if you have those around you.

Raymond Lin · 15 Jul 2018 at 18:16

Clov!s said:
No they are not, they are in every shop in Birmingham

It’s a bit far to go

BRIGGBOY81 · 16 Jul 2018 at 22:35

marc2003 said:
Scunthorpe eh? Close enough to Norfolk for that to make sense.

Kainz · 17 Jul 2018 at 10:52

Back from Rome, and have somehow lost a stone in weight despite eating ALL the pizza's and ice cream. Guess a lot of walking in the sub 35c temperatures helped!
I hadn't very many opportunities for taking snaps of my food as I was always starving when they came but here are two pizza pics taken over two days at the Pizza Forum just near the Colloseaum, which was 8mins from our hotel.

Pizza Forum pizza's are lovely. Dough is amazingly soft and the toppings were so flavoursome. Prices ranged from 8 to 13 Euros from what I recall. Given the location (viewing distance of the Colloseaum), that wasn't too bad at all compared to the neighbouring shops!

Standard cheese & tomato with chicken sauasusuauge bits

Mushrooms, Peppers, Spicy Salami from what I recall.

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