Do you slurp when you eat noodles?

[Pepsei]

I'm watching the best of Ramens in Japan show and everyone slurps. Even a few white people who are on the showing are doing it too.

I just found out the Japanese word for peanut is PEA-NASU.

 

[andylawcc]

supposingly it is a manner/etiquttie for noodle-eaters in Japan to slurp as a respect to the chief. I heard that from non-Japanese ppl so I cannnot really validate its truthfulness.


for me, I tried not to slurp but often failed to do so 🙂

 

[Martin]

I throw out the water, and eat it spagetti-like, so no.

 

[cronos]

i tried not to, but i don't care if nobody's around 🙂

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
supposingly it is a manner/etiquttie for noodle-eaters in Japan to slurp as a respect to the chief. I heard that from non-Japanese ppl so I cannnot really validate its truthfulness.


for me, I tried not to slurp but often failed to do so 🙂

yeah in asia u slurp the noodles so u show the chef/host how much ur enjoying them.

you should watch the Japanese movie "Tampopo"

it's an AWESOME movie on food and its effect on culture, love, life, death, etc.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: GuybrushThreepwood
yeah in asia u slurp the noodles so u show the chef/host how much ur enjoying them.

I am not sure about the entire asian population would slurp when they eat noodles, or they just have no manners 😛

you should watch the Japanese movie "Tampopo"
it's an AWESOME movie on food and its effect on culture, love, life, death, etc.

would check it out if local Blockbuster carries it.

 

[Pepsei]

Seems like every Japanese ramen shops are very small, and people line up like fools for a 500+ yen bowl of ramen.

Most the ramens are pretty much the same, garnished with spring onions, pickled bamboo shoots, and sliced roast pork. The only difference is the soup stock.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
Seems like every Japanese ramen shops are very small, and people line up like fools for a 500+ yen bowl of ramen.

coz the only ramen stores you get to see are on TV. and of course the TV show will film the ones packed with customers and not the empty going-out-of-busniess ones.

 

[ugh]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: GuybrushThreepwood
yeah in asia u slurp the noodles so u show the chef/host how much ur enjoying them.

I am not sure about the entire asian population would slurp when they eat noodles, or they just have no manners 😛

Definitely not in my house. I'll get "slapped" for slurping. It's table manners dude 🙂

 

[kaZ8Teen]

its hard not to..unless u use a spoon as well. one of them big white asian spoons

 

[Ausm]

Only if it will piss someone off

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[EvilYoda]

well for Japanese noodles, yes, it's a compliment to the chef/cook...but in my mom's house, it's poor table manners. 😛

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Kaz8teEN
its hard not to..unless u use a spoon as well. one of them big white asian spoons

is it even possible to eat noodles with those "soup spoons" aka big white asian spoons????

 

[xcript]

Nope.

 

[LeadMagnet]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: Pepsei
Seems like every Japanese ramen shops are very small, and people line up like fools for a 500+ yen bowl of ramen.

coz the only ramen stores you get to see are on TV. and of course the TV show will film the ones packed with customers and not the empty going-out-of-busniess ones.

Pretty cheap and quick meal ($4.50) considering a meal deal at McDonalds cost $5.50+. The hotel i stayed at in Tokyo Shinjuku meals were extreemly expensive;

breakfast $27
lunch $45
dinner $75

 

[CraigRT]

yeah i definitely slurp

 

[ugh]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: Kaz8teEN
its hard not to..unless u use a spoon as well. one of them big white asian spoons

is it even possible to eat noodles with those "soup spoons" aka big white asian spoons????

Of course it is. Use the chopsticks to hold a fair amount of noodles and shove it right into your mouth. Try not to slurp when the noodles are in, instead cut it off with yer teeth and begin chewing. That'll reduce the slurping a fair amount 🙂

 

[Bassyhead]

i dont usually slurp

 

[Mo0o]

I always slurp when im easing asian noodles or when im at home. But if im at an italian restaurant i do that awkward fork and spoon thing.

 

[cw42]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I always slurp when im easing asian noodles or when im at home. But if im at an italian restaurant i do that awkward fork and spoon thing.

yeah, same. For azn's it's ok to slurp, same with soup and stuff. It's not that we don't have manners, I think that it's just a matter of eating your food and enjoying it. Plus most chinese people get their roots from not-so-wealthy families, so manners like that are not a big deal.

 

[Deadtrees]

Originally posted by: cw42

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I always slurp when im easing asian noodles or when im at home. But if im at an italian restaurant i do that awkward fork and spoon thing.

yeah, same. For azn's it's ok to slurp, same with soup and stuff. It's not that we don't have manners, I think that it's just a matter of eating your food and enjoying it. Plus most chinese people get their roots from not-so-wealthy families, so manners like that are not a big deal.

I'm Asian(Korean) and find that slurping thing annoying as hell. It's not really an Asian thing as I know many Asian people find that slurping thing annoying.

 

[Anubis]

yes

 

[dbk]

I hate it when people deliberately slurp, makes me want to slap them in the face.

 

[DaWhim]

no, I don't slurp when I eat noodle. It is not really polite to make noise when you eat.

 

[Sid59]

i slurp at home .. i'm polite in the restaurants.