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Colorado "restaurant" sells packaged ramen for sit-down meals

Starting at $6 and up, for an "affordable dining out, restaurant experience."

Just add hot water and let sit for 3 minutes.

Now I've fucking seen everything.

Even worse, there are people willing to pay for this crap.

There truly is a sucker born every minute.

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by Anonymousreply 44November 27, 2024 6:49 PM

I can see maybe doing it for the add-ins that you can see in the refrigerators.

by Anonymousreply 1November 26, 2024 11:33 PM

Why the fuck would I want to leave the comfort of my home for this? The whole point of going out is having good food and not having to cook. If I'm doing Ramen, I'm staying home and eating this crap in bed with the tv on.

by Anonymousreply 2November 26, 2024 11:41 PM

[Quote] Why the fuck would I want to leave the comfort of my home for this?

I think that’s the whole point — eating out. This is for someone who enjoys the experience but doesn’t need expensive high quality food to do it.

They may also do a great job “gussying up” the ramen. If you read through r/ramen, half the posts are by people starting with instant and adding lots of great stuff.

by Anonymousreply 3November 26, 2024 11:44 PM

^^^ r/ramen on Reddit btw

by Anonymousreply 4November 26, 2024 11:44 PM

R2 is absolutely correct.

Just read the comments section. They are RIPPING this place apart.

Not only can you get the same food for $1 at home, but it's also more convenient and comfortable.

And please don't call this place a restaurant.

by Anonymousreply 5November 27, 2024 12:58 AM

Maybe I'm at a hotel and it's just a nice quick meal.

by Anonymousreply 6November 27, 2024 1:03 AM

These are all over Japan and S. Korea.

by Anonymousreply 7November 27, 2024 1:03 AM

Yeah I've never wanted to go out just to go out. If I go out, it's to get food. I didn't suffer at all during lockdown because I never go out to eat anyhow. I think it's a pain in the ass, and I wouldn't do it just to get ramen. Though I have gone for takeout of the restaurant ramen, it was okay.

by Anonymousreply 8November 27, 2024 1:42 AM

So it looks like in the fridge, they have boiled and raw eggs, corn, fishcake, dumplings, bean sprouts, kimchi, pickled radish and multiple types of fresh onions.

I don't know - I'd have to try it.

One of the things about getting Ramen at a ramen restaurant is the rich broth, the flavored meat and other items. Granted, this is half the price - but the packet flavoring just doesn't create the rich broth.

by Anonymousreply 9November 27, 2024 1:50 AM

These are popular in Korea. They even have ones with no employees at all. You could never do that here. Someone would destroy everything in hours.

by Anonymousreply 10November 27, 2024 1:55 AM

[quote]These are popular in Korea. They even have ones with no employees at all. You could never do that here. Someone would destroy everything in hours.

Here it is. It's rather remarkable.

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by Anonymousreply 11November 27, 2024 2:48 AM

This reminds me of the cold cereal restaurants that were all the rage 10-15 years ago. Hipsters will think this is cute until the next goofy thing rolls around.

by Anonymousreply 12November 27, 2024 2:54 AM

R11 - I hate YouTube videos like that - they focus on the sounds of each item so much. A big thing 10 years ago - now it just is hacky and annoying.

by Anonymousreply 13November 27, 2024 2:57 AM

It looks like there's no servers. So you overpay for a packet of $0.50 Ramen and you prepare it yourself. Sounds like a great dining experience!!!

by Anonymousreply 14November 27, 2024 2:59 AM

I think the video at R11 is an ASMR video.

by Anonymousreply 15November 27, 2024 3:06 AM

[Quote] Hipsters will think this is cute until the next goofy thing rolls around.

Or maybe it is cute and you don’t need to be a hipster to think so.

The way some of you exhausting queens are replying, it’s like an instant ramen restaurant poked you in the eye as a child.

by Anonymousreply 16November 27, 2024 3:14 AM

OR R16, it sounds like an incredibly stupid idea and a huge ripoff.

Especially in the United States.

It might work in the orient, but not here.

Packaged ramen isn't exactly a luxury item here, and certainly not worth $6, when everyone knows you can get it for $1 at the grocery store.

by Anonymousreply 17November 27, 2024 3:21 AM

people need to start learning how to fuckig cook a meal

by Anonymousreply 18November 27, 2024 3:28 AM

[Quote] OR [R16], it sounds like an incredibly stupid idea and a huge ripoff.

Certainly something you need to get angry about, r17.

by Anonymousreply 19November 27, 2024 3:36 AM

R18 Meatloaf and porridge coming.

by Anonymousreply 20November 27, 2024 3:42 AM

The cold (boxed) cereal restaurant sounded worse. This sounds shitty, also, though.

by Anonymousreply 21November 27, 2024 3:49 AM

I kind of like the Ramen machine idea. You can add all of those different things to it. It.looks good.

by Anonymousreply 22November 27, 2024 4:05 AM

[quote] I kind of like the Ramen machine idea. You can add all of those different things to it. It.looks good.

Or you could do it at home, for less money.

How hard is it to chop up some green onions, boil an egg, scoop some corn out of a can, take out a slice of nori (seaweed) from the package, buy a jar of kimchi from the grocery store, or cut up some imitation fish cake?

Yeah, not hard at all.

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by Anonymousreply 23November 27, 2024 4:10 AM

The $1 Maruchan, Top Ramen etc., aren't the same thing as the higher quality ramens like Nongshim or Samyang, etc.

by Anonymousreply 24November 27, 2024 4:12 AM

More topping ideas.

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by Anonymousreply 25November 27, 2024 4:16 AM

[quote] Or you could do it at home, for less money.

Maybe the people frequenting it are on a lunch break or on the go. Not everyone is at home 24/7.

by Anonymousreply 26November 27, 2024 4:40 AM

This would be interesting if this could work in low traffic areas that are next to interstates. Imagine a cool self serve restaurant in rural Iowa right off the exit. Think like an automat but with a mix of comfort food and casual bar type dishes. They even have those self serve beer tap machines now. All I have are ideas, unfortunately.

by Anonymousreply 27November 27, 2024 5:36 AM

Nongshim is a cheap $1 ramen where I live R24

by Anonymousreply 28November 27, 2024 5:38 AM

There’s a VERY popular restaurant I. My town’s (not New York) Little Italy. Prop on e rave about the food. I finally went with sone friends a while back, and yest, realky good. We were there late, last seating. We pretty much closed the place up. As we passed through to the front of the restaurant, I. Ducked into the kitchen;. No one there, but I did see a lot of empty cartons from Italian good ended from Gordons

by Anonymousreply 29November 27, 2024 5:47 AM

Are you stroking out R29?

by Anonymousreply 30November 27, 2024 5:49 AM

Finally, a restaurant taking Greg's culinary skills to heart.

by Anonymousreply 31November 27, 2024 5:58 AM

Is R29 an A.I. Chatbot that malfunctioned?

by Anonymousreply 32November 27, 2024 7:26 AM

No employees so I don't have to tip!!

by Anonymousreply 33November 27, 2024 11:20 AM

If there is a clean bathroom and I can sit there for an hour and have a conversation, then it’s a thumbs up from me. $6 is a bargain for that and it comes with free noodles. Unfortunately, there will not be one with a clean bathroom in NYC.

by Anonymousreply 34November 27, 2024 11:52 AM

Clean bathrooms are everywhere in NYC. Its called going into a hotel lobby—basic travel 101.

by Anonymousreply 35November 27, 2024 12:52 PM

[quote] If there is a clean bathroom and I can sit there for an hour and have a conversation, then it’s a thumbs up from me.

Azn restaurants are famous for no bathroom use and no loitering policies.

It's always "Hurry up and eat, so we can get the next customer in!"

So you're shit out of luck, on both counts.

by Anonymousreply 36November 27, 2024 1:09 PM

People go to Jimmy John's which is all shit you can make at home, but people are too fucking lazy to do so.

So no surprise there were cereal restaurants, or that people would pay for ramen they could make at home.

by Anonymousreply 37November 27, 2024 1:18 PM

Sandwich shops are a different story, R37.

You're being disingenuous.

Sandwich shops come with an assortment of deli meats, tuna salad, and specialty sandwiches, along with a wide variety of sauces, condiments, and chopped vegetables of every sort.

To do that at home is very time consuming, which is why it's faster and easier to "grab and go" from a sandwich shop. Especially on the run.

And sandwich shops aren't advertising themselves as a sit-down restaurant. Everyone knows it's fast food.

This ramen place is claiming to be a "restaurant," when really it's a serve yourself cafeteria where you have to prepare your own food by adding boiling water from a tap.

THAT, you could easily do at home for cheaper.

by Anonymousreply 38November 27, 2024 1:26 PM

Is this Lauren Boebert’s restaurant?

by Anonymousreply 39November 27, 2024 1:32 PM

[quote] Is this Lauren Boebert’s restaurant?

If it's given people food poisoning and been shut down by the health department, then yes.

by Anonymousreply 40November 27, 2024 3:05 PM

R38, McDonald’s has the apostrophe because it’s titled McDonald’s Restaurant.

by Anonymousreply 41November 27, 2024 3:21 PM

If we bring our own ramen is it 50% discount? Here in village, when we bring our own dirt to Mud Pie Mountain, we only pay penny.

by Anonymousreply 42November 27, 2024 6:10 PM

I think it’s a good idea because some people still want to be near other humans! Not everyone has friends! Sometimes you want to sit and just exist and eat some ramen and look at people. It’s cheaper than a restaurant that cooks for you. Picking out the add ins and zapping the food gives anxious people something to do while they acclimate to the setting. It looks friendly but not too friendly. I haven’t been in one but I will be this summer. Japanese places can be fun and mellow. Better than a Starbucks.

by Anonymousreply 43November 27, 2024 6:45 PM

I buy Neoguri mild seafood ramyeon and add green onions, avocado and seaweed flakes. They come with a little packet of dried kombu and the noodles are udon type, thick and chewier than standard ramen. I would eat them in a cheap restaurant setting, I love them.

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