Traveling is a wonderful thing. Sometimes it only takes an arm chair traveler to discover more fusion cuisine on the net. When our son returned from Nottingham for spring break in Germany, he asked me to assist him in the kitchen with a new Korean recipe.
He had read about this ramen omelet and we gave it a try. My cooking skills had lost any inhibitions I might have had throughout my traveling years. And I remember exactly when it happened – looking through the bakery shop window at lines of French bread rolls, filled with Spaghetti Napoli – in Japan. And that was just the beginning.
Anyway, we prepared cup shin ramen the usual way, but without adding the prepackaged chili powder. Then we drained the water.
At the same time, we beat three small eggs, and added a bit of soy sauce and sugar (the Japanese way) and then most of the chili powder (the Korean way). All this got thoroughly mixed, which took a bit longer because of dissolving the clumps of chili powder. In the meantime, the noodles cooled off, which is recommendable.
ramen omelet
When the egg was ready, we just placed the cooked noodles in the middle and folded it over like an Italian calzone.
cup ramen served the Italian way
Last, but not least, I asked our son to leave me a bite. He didn’t. He said it was very good, you have to take his word for it.
Optional: layer it with thin lines of ketchup
Some college students also claim this to be the best hangover food ever.
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