Ramen gets old fast. Plus the sodium & preservatives within are outrageous.
Instant Ramen and Ramen are two different things. Real Ramen, made fresh at home or at a noodle restaurant cannot be had for 13¢ a bowl. Try $8-12 for breakfast bowls, $15-40 for lunch bowls, $25-60 for dinner bowls, and a value at those prices with top shelf ingredients. Everything fresh, no added sodium or salts other than soy or fermented fish sauce at the table. My wife and I occasionally hit a place on the outskirts of Flushing, if we can find a place to park, share a huge bowl of 4 Noodle at dinner time, about 7-9 different dim sum, Chinese beers and pastries whose names we cannot pronounce, and the bill is invariably over $200.
I've made fresh Ramen at home, still costs me between $30-40 a bowl to make. And 3-4 hours of hard labor. Timing is everything. Sodium is low, preservatives non existent. It is a dining experience worthy of enjoyment, slurps and all.
First time we went to this place, after we finished, they brought out two large bowls of steaming liquid with the scent of lemon. We both groaned, stuffed to the gills. Then we saw the hand towels for washing up.:doh
Flushing is now the largest Asian community in NYC. Incredible restaurants to explore, but have your walking shoes on and leave your cars at home. Get to the famous 7 train, last stop in Queens, or 1st stop in Queens depending on where you are traveling.
Very few signs in English. Not even street signs. We've been known to walk into places ask for an English menu, only to learn we were in a bank office, real estate brokerage, insurance office, etal. And once a massage parlor, no happy endings, 4 Sumo wrestling sized guys giving real massages. My wife wanted to stay, I, uh, was, uh, hungry.
