That’s true in my experience, but Ramen in Japan is actually considerably better. The only good Ramen I ever had in Europe was in Düsseldorf but the owner imports pork from Japan.

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nixass 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Düsselsorf is actually Japanese expats/migrants hotspot in Germany. Had great Japanese foos there on multiple occasions

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scns 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Highest japanese population outside of Japan IIRC.

	▲	guessmyname 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Düsseldorf, Germany, is home to Europe’s third-largest Japanese community [1] after London and Paris, featuring roughly 15,000 Japanese residents and hundreds of businesses. Brazil has the largest ethnic Japanese population outside of Japan, with an estimated 2 million people of Japanese descent. Most of these individuals live in the state and city of São Paulo, which features the famous Japanese neighborhood of Liberdade [2][3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_community_of_Düsseldo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberdade_%28district_of_São_P... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_diaspora

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riedel 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was actually surprised by the selection of cities in the OP until I learned that the author is the director of AI at der Spiegel. Related to the other comments on the 3D: maybe this can evolve to some gaussian splatting/diffusion world model thing...

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jedschmidt 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

agreed. i think the economics of ramen make less sense outside of japan, where it’s more expensive and turnaround is slower because folks linger longer (often to amortize the cost of waiting to get seated in the first place).

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asyx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

In Düsseldorf that’s not the case. The Japanese restaurant are very distinctly less chill than other restaurants. Like, where you’d usually spend 3 hours in a normal restaurant, it is kinda expected that you eat and leave a Ramen shop within an hour.

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mc32 an hour ago | parent [-]

Isn’t ramen in Japan fast-food? Of the people who dine-in, few people would stay at a McDonalds an hour to “dine”. It’s go in order, eat and get out.

And, like burgers you do have high end joints too.

Also, like burgers ramen isn’t considered “healthy” food. High sodium, high fat, and somewhat low in nutrients. It’s basically fast-food.

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asyx an hour ago | parent [-]

I don’t think an hour at McDonald’s is that crazy either though.

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mc32 10 minutes ago | parent [-]

I’m guessing back in the late sixties to early seventies going to McDonalds could have been a special night out and it could have been a place people stayed an hour. Some people may still linger in a McDonalds for an hour but I’d have think that’d be an exception. They’re loud, crowded and the seats are not entirely made for comfort. It’s not a place that strikes the imagination with, oh, there’s a place we can go eat and relax at.

	▲	asyx 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They’re not that bad in Germany. The ramen places are actually more noisy.

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sokoloff 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There’s a surprisingly robust Asian restaurant scene within a few blocks of the train station there. I try to eat there every time I visit Drupa.

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asyx 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Happy you enjoyed the ramen in my home city!