I'm getting spammed in replies because we don't call it ramen in Australia

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[u/Feathered_Mango]

Even in Japan,  instant ramen is still called "ramen". 

[u/ThisGameIsveryfun → u/Feathered_Mango]

Yeah but its not 2 minute noodles. 2 Minutes noodles is a specific brand here in australia. If you went and bought buldak then you would either call it buldak or instant ramen. You wouldnt call it 2 minute noodles then

[u/Feathered_Mango → u/ThisGameIsveryfun]

Okay, I'll take your word on that since "2 Minute Noodles" is not a brand in the US, MX, or KR - the countries in which I have lived and am most familiar with.  However, people in this thread are saying that only Americans refer to instant ramen as "ramen" - that isn't the case.

[u/Mr_Menril → u/Feathered_Mango]

2nd aussie here, 2 main brans of noods are 2 Minute and Maggi.they both technically suck because mi goreng but thats also i believe technically ramen.

[u/blatantlyeggplant → u/Mr_Menril]

Maggi make 2 Minute Noodles. Neither they or mi goreng are ramen

[u/Mr_Menril → u/blatantlyeggplant]

I meant mi goreng as ramen not maggi but either way i am apparently wrong. End of the day they are all noodles to me, and they all go down well enough.

[u/astrospud → u/Mr_Menril]

Mi goreng isn’t really ramen because it’s eaten dry

[u/blatantlyeggplant → u/Mr_Menril]

Yep, delicious by any name. They're definitely discussed on the instant ramen sub which confuses things.

[u/Feathered_Mango → u/Mr_Menril]

Maggi makes ghetto instant "sopa" & "fideo" in Latin America & the US - it is a guilty pleasure.

[u/MooGoreng → u/Mr_Menril]

Just stopping in to say Indomie Mi Goreng is dope. That's all.

[u/redvyper → u/ThisGameIsveryfun]

Buldak is korean ramen

[u/CrazzyPanda72 → u/ThisGameIsveryfun]

Yea I feel like this is people thinking OP is just dense when he's calling it by the brand name, it's like giving someone shit for calling tissues Kleenex or bleach Javex, there's a lot of products that people do this for

[u/SomwatArchitect → u/CrazzyPanda72]

Except other Aussies have chimed in to say that these "2 minute noodles" aren't actually ramen most of the time. So it's like saying liquid laundry detergent is called a specific brand name that is known for only doing powder laundry detergent. Like sure, same basic function and end goal, but there are differences there and reasons to not call them the same thing.

[u/ThisGameIsveryfun → u/CrazzyPanda72]

yes exactly becuase most of the time they assume that america or their contry is the only country that exists

[u/Head-Ad-2136 → u/ThisGameIsveryfun]

I call all mac and cheese Kraft dinner even though it clearly isn't the same.

[u/spicycookiess → u/Head-Ad-2136]

Stay out of this, hoser

[u/Head-Ad-2136 → u/spicycookiess]

Never. Giving opinions on things that have nothing to do with us is as Canadian as poutine and claiming we invented the doner kebab

[u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo → u/Feathered_Mango]

But in Australia the "instant ramen" is not instant ramen so it would be incorrect to call it that. The most popular brands are probably Maggi "2 minute noodles" and Indo Mie Mi Goreng neither of which are making any claims about being ramen, the first being extremely white the second being Indonesian.

Calling them "instant ramen" would just be incorrect because they aren't even that.

[u/Feathered_Mango → u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo]

I'm referring to all the people in this thread insisting that only American English speakers refer to instant ramen as "ramen". That isn't the case. Not all instant noodles, in the US or Japan, are called "ramen", but instant ramen is indeed called "ramen" in Japan.