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Samples From Gemini Food Corporation

Got an email a few weeks back from Gemini Food Corp. about their instant noodles. They’re a distributor in California. ...see full post

Donation From The UK!

Got this great package from Joe B. who lives over in England – thanks, man! Let’s look inside! ...see full post

Advertise On The Ramen Rater

Hey folks – so we’ve re-tooled our rates for August! We now have monthly pricing and 30% off for August! Check out this PDF to find out more. Thank you! ...see full post

Donation From Japan

So Monday I received a package from Mr. Ichiro Yamoto. He was also on God Of Patena, the show I was on too! He sells unique instant noodles in Japan and was kind enough to send me some really great varieties! Thank you! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Samples From Sakurai Foods

Today, a package arrived in the mail! Samples from Sakurai Foods for Meet The Manufacturer!

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Merry Noodlemas!

Merry Christmas everyone! This is a picture I saw on the Indomie facebook page – thought it was perfect. They’ve got a new green variety! I’ll be reviewing it soon! Don’t know if I will be drinking a glass of milk with it though! Merry Christmas! ...see full post

Re-Review: Paldo Bowl Noodle Soup Kimchi Flavor

Been quite a while since I reviewed this one – it was #348. I thought some kimchi sounded really good and so here we go! ...see full post

Experiment: Making Fancy Gourmet Ramen

Today I watched “Mind Of A Chef,” a PBS show (here’s a link so you can watch it – it’s amazing!) . It has David Chang, who is really great to listen to and watch cook – and ramen is something he definitely has a passion for. Feeling kindred in this respect, I decided to use some of the things I saw in the show to make myself some dinner. I had some leftover frozen Yamachan ramen noodles. I thought these would be a good start, then I used the following. ...see full post

#797: Golden Mie Vegetable Instant Noodles

Here’s the last of the Golden Mie varieties sent to me by Carter B. from his travels in Mali. These noodles actually are from Dubai! Awesome! ...see full post

#776: Sarimi Isi 2 Rasa Kari Spesial

Here’s one of the new varieties sent by a friend in Jakarta, Indonesia – thank you! After trying so many Indonesian instant noodles, it looks like the flavors are almost backwards – Rasa means flavor, kari means curry and spesial means, well, special. Flavor curry special? Special curry flavor! It’s also a big pack and looks like it’s a soup. Well, let’s give it a try. ...see full post

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#762: Long Kow Kimchi Pickles Bean Vermicelli

Here’s one Greg B. from Florida sent a while back. This sounds pretty interesting – let’s give it a try. ...see full post

The Ramen Rater Noodle News #10

Here’s the tenth installment of The Ramen Rater Noodle News! I look around the Internet and bring all sorts of interesting stories and articles about instant ramen noodles here! Enjoy! ...see full post

The Ramen Rater: The Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls Of All Time

I received an email recently from someone asking if I could do a Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls list as they found the bowls to be more convenient. I figured why not as soon as some immediately came to mind. I spent some time thinking and the list was complete. So now we have the Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls – In The World – according to The Ramen Rater. ...see full post

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The Ramen Rater Noodle News #6

Here’s the new Noodle News #6! I scour the net for stories on noodles from all over the place! Here you go! ...see full post

Show Your Noodles – Week 7

This week, we received three more awesome submissions from you guys! Thanks! Here they are, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as judged by my lovely wife. ...see full post

Recipes!

Have you got a favorite recipe for instant noodles? Comment on this post and I’ll add them to the Recipes page! I’m seeing a lot of people posting them elsewhere, so add em’ here too! Maybe also leave your first name, last initial and city/ state! You’ll be immortalized in The Ramen Rater! ...see full post

New Contributors To The Ramen Rater!

So I’ve selected a few people who comment a lot and asked if they would like to contribute to the site. So far a couple have responded. Hopefully, you’ll start seeing a post or two from these guys! ...see full post

Mention On MyEdmondsNews.com

The Ramen Rater in Skagit Valley Herald

Here’s a link to the partial article. Soon as I can, I’ll have the whole thing here to read. Kind of bummed I can’t read it yet! ...see full post

The Ramen Rater Store!

So I’ve decided to make another site — this one will be where

you can get most of the varieties that are on ...see full post

More Donations From Greg B.!

Another box from Greg B. of Florida! Wow thanks! I wonder what’s inside…

Awesome – some great stuff in here! One in particular I’ve been dying to try is the new Nong Shim Shin Ramyun Black. That’ll be reviewed very soon! Thanks again, Greg! ...see full post

10-22-2011 Ramen List Update

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Here’s the new list in Word format. It contains all 598 reviewed and ‘sitting in the ramen hamper awaiting review’ varieties. Want to donate something not on the list here? Email info@ramenrater.com for details. ...see full post

A Humorous Bit Of Video

So this guy comments on the Maruchan Cheese Yakisoba review and tells me he did a YouTube video – well, here it is. Pretty funny – plus it had a pug in it as well. Good stuff – keep it up! ...see full post

The List

There’s a new tab at the top of the page simply called ‘The List.’ I will attempt to contantly have it up to date and it’s everything I’ve reviewed and everything I’ve got in my ramen box as well. You can also click here to view it. ...see full post

Ramen Rater On Slacktory

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Instant Noodle News Of The World

Thought I would post some articles about what is going on in the noodle world…

Instant Noodle Food Coloring Safe: Codex Vietnam ...see full post

VIDEO: The Ramen Rater featured on the Ron & Don Show KIRO 97.3 FM

Ramen Rater News: New Media Coverage Page

So if you look at the top of the page, there’s a link now for the new Media Coverage page. There’s been some things going on lately and they’ll appear here shortly. ...see full post

#355: Nongshim Noodle Lite 275 Lite Udon Flavor With Mushroom & Agar Jelly

So here’s something interesting. This is for the health conscious noodle fan – from Korea, we have Nongshim’s Noodle Lite 275. ...see full post

#338: Nissin Big Cup Noodles Chicken Flavor Spoonable Noodles & Soup Ramen Noodle Soup

So as far as I know, this is the third in the trifecta of big cup noodles that they’re putting out here in the USA. I have seen reviews of Japanese-market big cup noodles though… Anyways, big! ...see full post

#287: Paldo King Cup Noodle Lobster Taste

The King of Cups! It’s big! It’s lobster! It’s today on The Ramen Rater!

Dehydrated veg on the left, powder on the right. ...see full post

#268: Nissin Cup Noodles Spicy Chile Chicken Flavor

Again another flavor of Nissin Cup Noodles! Spicy Chile Chicken! Let’s see if this stuff packs any heat! ...see full post

#211: Vina Acecook Mi Xao Kingcook Fried Instant Noodle Tomato Sauce & Pork Flavor

Wow this is very interesting! Pork and Tomato? How bizarre! I think this’ll be quite a different experience. ...see full post

#182: Myojo Chukazanmai Japanese Style Noodles With Soup Base

Looks interesting – so far I have really enjoyed this line by Myojo quite a bit. Seems pretty gourmet… ...see full post

#66: Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup Pork Flavor

Okay so I was falling asleep the other night and thought to myself “I wonder if there is pork flavor ramen… Does it exist, and does it taste remotely like pork?” Answer: yes there is and other answer is not really. ...see full post

Back from the deadness…

Over 7 years have passed since the inception of ramenrater.com. For much of the past few years though, I haven’t really done much with it due to other interests. I’m happy to say I’ve decided to spend more time with ramenrater.com again and update it. Above, you can see the A-M and N-Z links – they do as the old site did. Reviews will be done in blog format from here on out, and henceforward will be searchable by brand and flavor, etcetera. ...see full post