Noodle Quiz
Ramen
Like springy noodles topped with all sorts of extras, you pick what feels right and add a touch of your own to enjoy it more.
Ramen is a noodle dish that grew out of Chinese noodle dishes and spread in Japan. It uses Chinese-style noodles made by adding kansui, an alkaline water, to wheat flour, which gives them a yellowish color and a distinctive springiness. The broth comes in many styles — soy sauce, miso, salt, pork bone and more.
Just as ramen brings noodles, toppings and broth together in one bowl, you tend to keep errands, fun and time with people together rather than splitting them up. And just as kansui changes the noodles' color and bite, you add a touch of your own to whatever comes your way.
Ramen noodles are usually thinner than udon and slip down easily. Rather than lining up reasons, you choose by what clicks. But as you choose by feel and keep adding touches, it can become hard to explain to others what you actually chose.
Strengths
- You can trust the sense that something clicks and choose by it
- You can add your own touch to whatever comes your way
- You can roll errands and fun into a single flow and keep them all going
Where you may stumble
- Something you chose by feel sometimes turns out not to suit its purpose
- While adding touches, you reach a point where you can't go back to the original
- Because you do everything together, you lose track of how much time went where
Sounds familiar, Ramen?
- Asked why you picked something, you answer, “It just clicked”
- Even with a classic, you want to add one little something
- On the way home from seeing someone, you've already made plans with another friend
Where you shine
Getting ready for an event where people come together, or adding ideas to things you already have. These are the moments when you can mix your instincts into everyone's flow.
Tips for “Ramen”
- Once you've chosen, write down a word or two about why
- Before changing something, take a photo of how it was
- At the end of the day, write 3 lines on what you spent your time on
Matches
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Champon (Nagasaki Noodle Soup) — Champon also brings its specially made noodles and toppings together in one broth. When Champon, who chews over its reasons, sorts out the logic, the ideas Ramen picks by instinct really take shape.
Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles) — Tsukemen also uses Chinese-style noodles made with kansui. With Tsukemen, who handles matters one at a time, Ramen, who tends to bundle everything together, gets just the right number of breaks in its day.
Zaru Udon (Chilled Udon on a Bamboo Tray) — Zaru Udon divides things up, checks its reasons and keeps things in their original form. With Ramen, who rolls everything into one, picks by feel and adds its own touches, neither how they decide nor how they branch out tends to fit.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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