Mayonnaise + Ramen
November 7th, 2009 by James
“Nanikore Chin Hakkei” finds a restaurant in Gunma prefecture that proudly serves mayonnaise ramen:
The woman says it tastes unexpectedly good, and other customers seem to like it.
Mayo Ramen:
If you’re interested in visiting it and trying the ramen, here’s its location on Google Maps:
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Honestly, I don’t really like mayonnaise. However, I’d give it a try if I lived in Japan. Just to know if it’s tasty.
I’d imagine it to be on the oily side, more than usual.
Ramen is meant to be eaten with hot カレー, anyone in 仙台 should go to the end of 一番町 mall go down the stairs to 一番町ラメン and get an order of 一番町ラメン. カレーラメン heaven.
Another nice place is near the university hospital, order a bowl of ramen with butter. Careful though, me and my friends called it ass-blasting ramen from the effect eating a bowl had on your bowel movements. Totally worth it though!
Nasty! take a cheap nasty food and make it even more nasty, eeewh.
must be a 1000 calories is that metabo concoction.
Poor form.
Yes, the owner, his wife and all their customers look horribly obese.
Or perhaps the linkage of certain foods to “metabo” is not nearly clear as you imagine.
The word “metabo” gets thrown around way too much in Japan.
Metabolic syndrome is a word to describe a culmination of imbalances and disorders in one’s metabolism which doctor’s cannot fully explain, but it’s occurrence is often correlated with obesity, in addition to other factors like age and lack of exercise.
So while it’s linked to obesity, but it itself is not a synonym for obesity.
Rob, I dont doubt it’s caloric content, but ramen is hardly a cheap nasty food in Japan. It’s a coveted staple ranging from cheap to more expensive with finer ingredients. Ramen in America, however, can’t even be compared to what is served in Japan.
Nasty, I don’t mind a little mayo on some stuff like sandwich/burgers but the at times Japanese obsession with this condiment is gross!
I agree, I’m still not used to seeing it on everything. I especially don’t understand why you would put it on Japanese dishes like takoyaki or okonomiyaki. I love to eat these foods but I can’t stand them with mayo.
Also the Japanese mayo (Kewpie) contains a much stronger vinegar and a spicey or mustard like taste that I don’t really like. Even if I use mayo on a sandwich I have to use an imported mayo.
What!
Aversion to mayo on unusual uses like ramen I can sort of understand, but I’d always assumed putting it on takoyaki or okonomiyaki, or even yakisoba in some cases was the default and made it delicious.
Personally, I grew up with only western mayo, but after encountering Kewpie mayo, I thought it was the best thing ever …
To each their own, I guess.
Perhaps the master thought like this.
“Hiyasi-chuka with mayo is not so unusual, then why not Ramen with mayo?”
There is a hypothesis that your brain secrets some endorphin when you eat something fatty or oily, which brings a pleasant feeling to you and sometimes makes you addicted.
Traditional Japanese cuisine has little fat and oil, so maybe the Japanese were not used to having fatty and oily food and easy to become addicted.
There are some other “vinegar-fat-carbohydrate” combination in modern Japanese diet, such as sushi of Toro (fatty tuna) or sea-chicken onigiri.
I love mayonnaise on many different types of food. It’s like the perfect sauce… so naturally, mayo ramen must be delicious!
Typo alert:
“a restaurant in Gunma prefecture than proudly serves mayonnaise ramen”
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“a restaurant in Gunma prefecture that proudly serves mayonnaise ramen”
I just threw up in my mouth a lot.
If the emulsion had not broken this might have looked good. I have had mayo in many odd things, including cake! Still there is little more unappetizing then a broken emulsion.
I consider myself a ramen connoisseur and can say with utmost sincerity that this, this is not good.
Mayonnaise (sometimes abbreviated to mayo) is a thick condiment. White or yellowish-white in color, it is a stable emulsion of oil, salt and vinegar, or lemon juice which uses egg yolks as an emulsifier. In France, sometimes mustard is added as a flavoring,[1] whereas in Spain (and Minorca) it is made using the same ingredients, but specifically olive oil as the oil, and never with mustard. Numerous other sauces can be created from it by adding additional seasonings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonnaise
personaly i like mayo nuddels(not soup, just nuddles with mayo, tomatos and sometimes little bit of garlic)..
There’s a popular shop in Tokyo called Bubuka, and most people order the ramen with mayo topping. Even their limited release instant version came with a mayo pack.
Trust me, that’d be delish. I’ve added a dab of mayo to spaghetti and it makes it taste awesome. You’d be surprised. Think about it, it’s just oil and a bit of egg.
I didn`t watch the video yet. But I already know that the woman probably said “Umai” or “Oishii” after eating it.
Cuz they ALWAYS that!! Any cooking show or variety show where they eat something. They never say “mazui”, or “MaaMaa”, or “Amari”.
But what annoys me most is that McDonalds Japan does not offer mayonnaise as a condiment. I ask all the time if I could get a side of mayo(aka McChicken sauce) for my fries which is done all the time in Canada. But the jerks won`t give me any. I m willing to pay 100 Yen. But they still won`t fork it over!!