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라면 참 맛있다. 역시 넌 라면을 잘 끓여.
This ramen is really delicious. You are surely good at making ramen.
라면 맛은 다 똑같지 않아? 분말수프와 면을 넣고 끓이기만 하면 되는데.
Isn’t the taste of ramen the same? All you have to do is to put in the powder soup and the noodles and boil them.
아니야, 지난번에 네가 끓여 줬던 라면도 정말 맛있었어.
No. The ramen that you cooked last time was really delicious.
라면을 맛있게 끓이려면 라면 봉지에 있는 조리법을 그대로 지키면 돼.
To cook delicious ramen, you just have to follow the recipe as it is on the ramen package.
라면 봉지에 있는 조리법? 난 너만의 특별한 비법이 있는 줄 알았어.
The recipe was written on the ramen package? I thought you have your own special secret.
조리법을 지키는 게 내 비법이야.
My secret is to follow the recipe.

V/A+ 었던/았던/였던
It is used to recall a past experience that happened just one time or a past event or fact that has already been completed. It modifies the following noun.

지난번에 노래방에서 서연 씨가 불렀던 노래가 뭐예요?
What is the song that Ms. Seoyon sang at the karaoke place last time?

어제 제가 앉았던 자리에 오늘은 다른 사람이 앉았어요.
Today somebody else is sitting in the seat that I sat in yesterday

이곳은 제 남자 친구가 저에게 프러포즈했던 곳이에요.
This place is where my boyfriend proposed to me.

Related words
똑같다 to be the same
분말 수프 power soup
봉지 a package, a bag
조리법 a recipe
그대로 as it is
이곳 this place
프러포즈하다 to propose

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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