Top Ramen

Cheap dorm food

Top Ramen is a brand of instant noodles, often used generically for any cheap packaged ramen with a flavor packet.

The product is associated with college students, tight budgets, and quick meals: I lived on Top Ramen for most of freshman year.

To dress it up with eggs or vegetables is a minor culinary achievement.

Related

packet · cheap · college · dorm · dorm room · late night · microwave · sodium · slurp · MSG · boiling · styrofoam · broke · midnight · snack · comfort food · beef · chicken

Categories
Opposites
food quality/prestige

Top Ramenwagyu beef

fine dining · filet mignon · gourmet cuisine · omakase · haute cuisine

preparation effort

Top Ramenbeef bourguignon

French braised meat dish

Thanksgiving dinner · coq au vin · Sunday roast · braised short ribs · labor of love

economic/lifestyle status

Top Ramencaviar

Cured fish eggs

Kobe beef · black truffle · foie gras · Dom Pérignon · beluga caviar

Family

top, ramen, tops, topped, topping, topmost, topless, overtop

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G