i had it. i had all the ingredients and was putting them in the pot, only to realize that i had boiled my onion not cooked. i had also used up my other onions...
now on an unrelated note why dont the plants like onions regrow? i just think it is a critical oversight to not have that. surely me wasting all 4 onions wasnt my fault, its your fault for not giving me more.
also why does something that looks like a water tile chop? is it like a cutting board?
on my second run i somehow got "unknown" in my pot. this prevented me from putting water in it and forced a reset. it seems like if you put an item in the pot before putting water in, it puts unknown in the pot. this would explain why i cant put water in it. the pot seemingly needs water in it to contain items. you can however put items inside without water. so the game puts a unknown item in the pot. you can however not boil with unknown or take unknown out, making it a softlock.
after making the ramen the water in the pot also turns into unknown, but you have already won by then so it doesnt matter.
all in all a good game. at first washing was tedious until i realized i could use the pot to get all items to the well in one go. then making all the ingredients was pretty satisfying. the ramen shining in a rainbow light was such a nice touch to showcase that you have indeed made the mighty ramen.