I’m not talking about the “typical” junk food (like KFC or McDonalds), instead it’s more on certain aspects of Japanese cuisine being carb heavy or features fried items such as: ramen, agepan, karage, tempura, gyudon, tonkatsu, yakitori, etc. I mean, can ramen or gyudon bowls still be deemed “fast food” even though they appear ‘healthier’ than American fast food.
If I’m not mistaken, ramen is kind of considered fast food in Japan. By American standards, I consider it kind of healthy.
Ya but ramen is pretty unhealthy overall, it’s a fatty broth and lots of carbs. Usually Chashu which is pork belly, very fatty. Sometimes add karage to share, or add rice to the broth at the end. Lack of fiber or veggies, etc.
It’s by most accounts, pretty unhealthy. Lack of fiber, high calorie, high carb, high fat meal. I’d put them at around the same as a lot of fast food.
I mean there is a big difference between ramen in general and things like “cup noodle”.
One serving of cup noodle has about 50% of your daily sodium and very little nutrional value. I think the issue is that most people don’t think of things like cup noodle as the “fast” form of ramen.
Good point. Funny, I was completely forgetting about the instant ramen, even tho I used to live on that stuff in college.
You are not mistaken.