Meaning
A deep bowl of hot noodle soup with chopsticks resting on top and steam rising, sometimes with egg or slices of meat. It stands for ramen, noodle soups and warm comfort food.
It suits late-night snacks, cold-weather meals and slurping noodles after work: “Midnight 🍜 because studying burns calories, right?” Instant-noodle jokes are common too. It is also the closest match for many other noodle soups, so it travels far beyond ramen.