- This is where people mess it up.
The chicken flavor,
we get rid of it.
Yo, yo.
This is what happens
when you don't pay attention to your food.
What's up guys. I'm Payton Moormeier.
And I'm here to show you guys
how to make my favorite comfort food,
which is some Ramen noodles.
Maybe spill a little tea in the making.
So, follow me. Let's do it.
It's gonna be great. It's gonna fun.
(upbeat music)
(pot clanking)
Ooh, my goodness.
(pan frying)
Ah, I keep burning myself.
All right, it's gonna go straight into the water, like that.
The reason I chose to make ramen today is because it's just,
it's that perfect snack. You know?
You're up at 3:00 AM,
you're tryna like get some food.
It's quick, it's easy, it's good.
Let's get right into it. (hands clapping)
(pot clanking)
Oh my goodness. That would have been terrible.
First step of the ramen cooking process. All right.
You need a pot, 'kay? (smacking)
Medium size, small size, doesn't matter. All right?
Get some water.
(water spraying) You know how it is.
Okay. This is important.
This is super, super important.
You have to get the level right.
If you get too much water, it's gonna boil over.
(stove ticking)
Yeah.
Getting the water all warmed up.
What is your favorite TikTok dance trend?
(plastic ruffling)
I don't really have like a favorite dance trend.
I'm not like a big dancing guy, but if I had to pick one.
Probably Rockstar, like DaBaby one.
I kinda killed that one.
I was doing pretty good on it.
Forgot to mention I'm over here
opening up the ramen
and an important step is about to take place.
So pay very close attention here.
All right.
We're gonna take the ramen out.
And this thing right here, this is where people mess it up.
The chicken flavor you get rid of it. Don't use it.
Okay? It's bad.
What is your favorite TikTok you've ever done?
I don't really have like a favorite, favorite,
but I posted when I was in my bathroom,
smiling and everything.
And it was just a vibe.
So I liked that one.
Who is your dream music collab?
Post Malone.
I want a song with Post Malone.
That's huge. That'd be huge for me.
But like anything else?
Like instruments, John Mayer for sure.
Our water's about to start boiling.
It's going crazy.
So I'm gonna take this.
This is the lid right here.
We're gonna put it on top of the water.
just let that heat kind of catch in there.
You know what I'm saying?
A lot of people season the water before it boils.
I won't do that. Okay?
Wait until it boils.
'Cause it's just all gonna go away
if you put it in there before it boils,
you know what I'm saying?
First things first, we got salt, okay?
It doesn't matter which salt.
I use pink Himalayan salt. You could use regular salt.
Doesn't matter. All right?
Probably does, not to me though.
Up next.
This is key, okay?
Italian herbs seasoning.
I don't know what all is in here, all right.
But it tastes good.
And it's always been the go-to for a lot of stuff.
'Cause there's just so much crazy mixed up
seasoning that's in here. So it's great.
(glass banging on table top)
And the last one, you got just black pepper.
Just straight up black pepper, super, super simple,
iconic seasoning in the kitchen.
You'll find it everywhere.
That's the ingredients.
And also love.
You have to put love into your food
or else it's not gonna taste good.
Water's boiling.
We're about to get into it. The ramen.
All right. It's gonna go straight into the water like that.
All right.
And we're just gonna kind of get it down there.
All right. Cool.
What song always cheers you up?
I'm gonna get this Italian herb seasoning
in here, by the way.
I like, let. go. my. hand. by J Cole, right now.
It's like a rappy song.
Okay, water's boiling over and we're getting salt in there.
Great. One more.
Okay.
Finishing up the seasonings though, all right?
The water's boiling now.
So we've gotta season this.
Okay, with that black pepper in there. There we go.
What's your favorite song of yours?
NEVERMIND's probably one of my favorite songs.
♪ This is what it's like ♪
Ay.
♪ to be a passenger that can't control the ride ♪
Ya, ya. You know what I'm saying?
Now that we got the water kind of like boiling,
you know, it's all seasoned up.
I'm gonna take this lid right here and put it on. All right?
We're just gonna let it, let it do its thing.
Have you ever written a love letter?
This is a really great question.
Whoa, yo, yo.
Yo, this is what happens when you don't pay attention
to your food.
It gets a little crazy.
Yes. I have written a love letter.
Not like a letter, letter, but like in my song, Love Letter,
I was talking about a new age love letter.
You know what I'm saying?
Like a text, kind of, yes. A text.
There's parts of that in the song.
I just dropped hot water on my toe.
(bell dinging)
There's a little bit of information about that in the song,
Love Letter.
So if you want to hear a little bit about that,
you should go and check that out.
Wow, this is not going well for me.
This water is just not, it's not doing its thing.
This is a good question.
It says, what's love?
I don't even think I fully know that, to be honest.
If you guys haven't noticed by my songs
and their, lyrical content,
I'm not the best at relationships.
So I feel like it's a question I'm still figuring out.
I feel like it's a question a lot of people
are still figuring out.
This ramen's getting pretty serious.
We're getting, I'm just gonna like,
get it over here and show you guys kind of up close
what we got going on here.
We got some like noodles breaking apart.
This is a good sign. All right.
Now I'm gonna be honest with you guys.
I've never had someone teach me the ways of cooking ramen.
I've Just kind of developed it over time,
like trial and error.
So I have no idea when these noodles are cooked.
I have no idea if they're under cooked,
I just kind of go off of like personal judgment.
And they're looking pretty snazzy right now.
I'm not gonna cap.
They're looking pretty, pretty great,
but I'm just gonna let these sit on the heat
for a little bit longer.
You know what I'm saying?
Just let them, let them get going.
What are you usually doing at 3:00 AM?
That's a great question.
I'm either listening to my song or 3AM, ha.
Or making ramen, right now.
'Cause I get pretty hungry at 3:00 AM.
It's like a thing, like a legit thing.
I started snacking, like midnight snacks
and my body just got used to it, I guess.
So, I'm either just snacking, watching YouTube
or listening to some music.
That's my 3:00 AM routine. For sure.
Pepper is going in the ramen.
It's gotta happen. It's going crazy.
Here we go. Getting it pretty done right here.
Letting that seasoning sit in there.
It's looking pretty good though.
The water's a little murky.
That means we got flavor. That is good.
Are you a good driver?
I like to consider myself a pretty solid driver.
I'm not gonna cap. Ive never gotten in an accident.
Gotten one speeding ticket.
And that was just unfortunate.
That was not, everyone says it's not their fault,
but it really wasn't, I promise.
This ramen's looking pretty done.
I'm gonna let it soak up all that smell.
All the aromatics.
I'm just gonna let it soak up all that flavors.
We got some good noodles, you know?
What are you most excited about for tour?
Traveling again.
Traveling and meeting all my fans.
It's been such a long time since I've been able to
go out and just have a big group thing, event
and you know,
it's so much different when you feel the love in person, so.
Very excited about that.
The ramen's been sitting, all right.
I think we're pretty solid on like cook time.
You know what I'm saying?
That's why I love ramen. It's great.
It takes like this long to cook.
It really is just very short, efficient, gets you full.
So this part is important.
This is key to my, my ramen ritual.
But while I do this,
I'm gonna answer a couple more questions.
What's something you'll never regret?
Getting myself to release original music.
That's definitely something I'll never regret. For sure.
That was a big thing of mine.
It was a very nerve wracking thing for me.
Putting your work out into the world,
for everybody just to open opinions,
but I'm very glad I did it because I'm here now
and writing more music, releasing more--
Ha, ha, ha.
I keep burning myself, man.
This is not good.
Here we go. We got the ramen with no water.
Okay?
No water in the bowl because here's what's gonna happen.
We're gonna take a little more salt.
But we gotta be a lot more careful with it this time.
Got to get it in the hand, you know?
So you can fully judge how much is going in there.
I'm just gonna like have a little sprinkle sesh right there.
My fingers are a little wet, so the salt's sticking to it.
(hands smacking)
And now, this is where the water comes in.
Hydrate those noodles again, you know, but not all of it,
It's not, no one likes just, just water. It's not good.
What's one thing you'll never do again?
I don't know, go snorkeling.
(whistling)
I did that once.
(whistling)
Probably never gonna do it again.
I'm terrified of the ocean. It's like my biggest fear.
I'm not gonna cap to you.
I hate like sharks.
(animal growling)
I can't see my feet, you know?
And there's so much water there.
You never know what's there.
You get anxious. I don't like it.
One more step. This is like the final step.
So pay very, very close attention here.
To clean up. All right?
Take your seasonings, put them back where you found them.
super, super, super important.
Keep everything organized, keep everything clean, you know?
That's how you keep the good mindset.
How do you handle heartbreak?
Now, how I handle heartbreak
would be, probably writing music.
When I'm trying to get those feelings out.
I must just cut these nibbles up. You know what I'm saying?
Just so that it's easier to eat
because if you don't cut them up,
you're just gonna be taking like the whole pack up with you.
It's not good.
I'd say now I just, I go to the pen and paper,
write some music,
get the feelings like completely out of my body.
Do you have any secret talents?
Show us.
I just did, cooking ramen.
That is my secret talent because it's so unbelievable.
And I wish you guys could just taste this and smell this.
It's amazing. It's so great.
I mean, I haven't even tasted it yet.
I know, it's insane.
What show are you binging
or the last show you've binge watched?
Jenny and Georgia on Netflix.
It's an amazing show. I recommend it.
It's great. I love shows like that.
It's just, it's amazing.
I get hooked in them cause I like,
I feel like I'm related to the characters.
I have like empathy for them, through the show.
This is gonna be really, really hot,
but I'm gonna bear with it.
You guys can live this experience through,
through my taste buds. You know what I'm saying?
Ramen taste test, here it is.
(upbeat music)
You know what?
It's pretty crazy.
Not gonna cap.
It's a little bland.
Could've seasoned it a lot more,
but it's not bad.
We know for next time now.
Thank you so much for watching me cook
one of my favorite foods to cook
because it's kind of the easiest to cook.
Keep up with me everywhere.
Payton on every streaming platform,
Check out the new music when it drops
Much love.
Now go out and make some ramen
how I make it so you can see what I'm eating.
All right, peace.
(upbeat music)