You can use any bowl and noodles, but you don't have to use a glass bowl. You may see many food bloggers using glass bowls and noodles. That's supposed to be for video. The glass bowl can be seen more clearly and intuitively. You can see clearly how many faces are used and how swollen your hair is without lifting the lid. You can use any local pot and noodles, as long as a pot of suitable size, stainless steel or ceramic pot.