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Viral Video: Indian Tourist Eats Ramen with Bare Hands

Saturday, June 20, 2026
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Viral Video: Indian Tourist Eats Ramen with Bare Hands

That video of an Indian tourist eating ramen with his bare hands just blew up online. It’s one of those things that resurfaces, you know? Shared by some account called @Basedgoymemes.

What you see in the clip is him just trying to eat a bowl of hot ramen without any utensils no chopsticks, no fork, nothing. He just scoops the noodles with his hand and brings them right to his mouth.

His face, though, that’s where everyone latched on. You could tell he looked really uncomfortable throughout the whole thing. It was palpable.

Some people immediately started speculating about why. Was it just the heat? Or did he genuinely not enjoy the food? There was this moment where he clenched his fist while eating, which led to a bunch of jokes. People figured he looked like he’d been forced into that situation.

Then you hit the comments section. It wasn't even new stuff for some of them. Seriously. Several people pointed out it dates all the way back to 2019. Just popping up now, catching a whole new audience years later.

The comments were wild, a total flood of opinions about that weird dining moment and all the cultural rules around Japanese food. It just spiraled.

You got stuff like: “And yet the Japanese are worried about White people reclining their seats on trains, something they are designed to do,” one person wrote. Total deflection there.

Then you had some really sharp takes. Someone else pointed out that his "LITTERAL SHIT WIPING HAND" was sitting right there on the table. Gross.

Another user just jumped in with a kind of outrage: “What? Eating ramen with bare hands… Indian folks, please stop desecrating Japanese food culture and etiquette.” A real cultural clash happening online.

There were people arguing about manners. One person said he needed to learn the new eating culture. He forgot to put everything on the table. A bit of lightheartedness mixed in there.

Then you got the hygiene stuff kicking in fast. Some folks worried about germs. One comment suggested, “Indian guy is afraid that Chinese Chopsticks can have corona virus in them.” Yeah, anxiety creeping into the comments.

Others brought up the basics. Someone compared it to eating pizza with a fork and knife. It’s just different ways of doing things, they argued.

Another one got straight to the point about the actual rules. “Excuse me, we have cultural and hygiene requirements here in Japan. Use cutlery or sticks, or eat this elsewhere. You are spreading germs on the seat, table, doors etc.” That felt like a real plea for respect, you know?

And then some just reacted with pure shock: “WTF bro, if you don’t know how to use chopsticks, just grab a spoon and fork. Eating hot ramen with your hands is wild 💀” It was that abrupt, chaotic energy of the internet reacting.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.

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