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Originally Posted by yuujirou
wow really? 
well then...
should prolly eat all the solids before drinking teh soup then nee? x]
and.....seriously wonder if you can eat soo fast that the soup will still be too hot too drink o.o'
i know i can't >.< |
Yes, the general rule is this:
If there are solids like noodles, sliced pork, tofu, etc, you eat those first with chopsticks.
If it's a large bowl, chances are they'll give you a spoon. If they do, you should use the spoon to eat most of the soup, picking it up only at the end to drink the what remains in the bottom of the bowl.
If they don't give you a spoon, they are implicitly saying "we expect you to drink it."
And yes, many times ramen is served steaming hot in Japan, so hot that it can burn your mouth! So it stays hot for quite a while when you are eating it, though usually by the time you've eaten the noodles it has cooled enough that you can pick up the bowl by the edges (the base of the bowl might still be too hot to hold, though!)