I know that like 10 billion people eat Ramen noodles every day, but I guarantee no one takes the route of preparing them that these folks took on this Japanese game show.
It was apparently a Rube Goldberg competition and they used everything from bowling balls to marbles and included both flames and water. This machine goes on for about 5 minutes and manages to do nothing more than pour some hot water over a package of noodles.
Awesome.
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Fun, but by the time that machine is finished, my lunch break would be half over.
Wow…… by the time I would have finished that, I would have starved to death.
So where do you buy this thing hehehe :)
Kim:)
I wonder how long it takes to reset this machine for another portion of noodles just in case you are still hungry.
you would have experienced more fun than what we see in the video.
Anyway, great find. People can do anything to become popular :mrgreen:
6 minutes for a cup of “Maggi” instant noodles… thats about the time I need, and cleaning up the kitchen may take the same time as at that “construction” siete
Rhoody
Well I thought I saw it all with the Ramen hot tub a while back, but this just reinforces that Rube Golberg was in fact Chinese.