Ah, then maybe it's just easier for me because I've never really liked fries and have always seen noodles as nothing more than vessels for sauces/cheeses/meats/

Ah, then maybe it's just easier for me because I've never really liked fries and have always seen noodles as nothing more than vessels for sauces/cheeses/meats/etc. (a common complaint about shirataki is that it's flavourless, but to me good quality shirataki is indistinguishable from ramen noodles — probably because I'd never noticed any particular flavour of noodles to begin with).