Ramen, although cheap in the stores, is also a highly celebrated Japanese form of socialization, as one would come to understand for visiting DTLA's local corner locality of Little Tokyo at night. Ramen is a common night out affair for the young adult crowd.
Given that, restaurant-style ramen is significantly fancier than packaged ramen from the store. Here, I've assembled a tasty mock-up recipe of a beef ramen base - it includes thin beef slices and candied yams (canned). Don't use the whole can or two packages of ramen, of anything like that. It's a hearty enough meal, in and of itself.
In addition, other embellishments I made, as far as spice-wise - these spices really do the dish bowl justice, for a meal that otherwise is about a quarter per serving / meal.
The spices I had used were turmeric, several shakes, dusting the top of the ramen while it cooks. Same with African Berbere, a slightly spicy and richly fragrant substitute for standard cayenne pepper (if still desired, I recommend just a tiny pinch). The final spice ingredient I used in addition to the standard spice pack is grated dried ginger.
I cooked the soup over the standard amount of water and some cooking oil. It comes out great! Very tasty.
