So here’s the second that Kit selected for me to try today. I’ve been honestly avoiding this one for quite a while but I left her to decide my noodle sampling fate again today so here we go!
#174: Lucky Me! Instant Sotanghon Instant (Vermicelli Soup) Artificial Chicken Flavor
Again today I asked my lady Kit to pick a couple packs of noodles to eat. The first is this one.
#173: Unif Tung-I Instant Bean Vermicelli Shrimp Flavor (Bean Thread)
Bean thread huh? Hmm – not always my favorite. It tends to be gloppy, mucky stuff that kind of congeals together.
#172: MAMA Oriental Style Instant Flat Noodles (Tom Yam)
So I asked Kit to pick out two packs of noodles for me to try next. Here’s the first one. I’m curious whether it’ll be any good; the MAMA brand has reviews on here from 1 to 4 stars so we’ll just have to see. By the way, on the back in two places it says tom yum instead of tom yam like it does on the front. I’m going to go with tom yum being correct and the yam being a typo.
#171: Samyang Japanese Seafood Flavor Udon
So here we go with some Udon for breakfast. I’m going to really modify this one.
Powder and flake.
#170: Myojo Chukazanmai Japanese Style Noodles With Soup Base Soybean Paste Flavor
Second one of these I’ve tried…
Some dry powder, some goopy stuff which I figure is soybean paste.
#169: Samyang Seafood Party Seafood Flavor Noodle Soup
Okay so its a Seafood Party! Who will we invite? Perhaps eel, piranha and manta ray?
Nope – cuttlefish, anchovy powder, artificial pork flavoring and shrimp extract – party up!!!
#168: JFC Japanese Style Noodle Fresh Udon
Huge noodle bowl! Fresh noodles!
Okay so this is the second one of these I’ve ever had! They are a bit spendier than the regular ones – usually they’re between $2 and $4…
Re-Review: Indomie Mi Goreng Satay AND Rasa Baso Sapi (Meatball Flavor
So after seeing an article or two about Indomie’s problems with ‘noodlegate,’ I thought I’d show my support by eating two packages for breakfast. These are some of the best packages of noodles ever – they’re both reviewed on here already, so this is a re-review. 5.0 out of 5.0 stars. Big time – good stuff here!
#167: Wai Wai Crab Flavour Instant Rice Vermicelli
So Wai Wai not some of this stuff today eh? Crab flavour. Haven’t eaten a whole lot of crab in my life. Curious how it will taste…
#166: Koyo Garlic Pepper Ramen Made With Organic Noodles
So this came from a local snooty natural foods place in Edmonds. We’ll see how it is…
#165: Doll Instant Noodle Sesame Oil Flavour
Sesame oil flavor – shouldn’t be too hard to get this stuff right eh? We’ll see how this comes out.
#164: Unif Tung-I Artificial Beef Flavor Ramen Noodles
I must admit I laugh a little when I see this brand – I like the bit of Norwegian on the front. Biff!!! Smak!!! Sounds like the old Batman TV show! Well, Let me whip out my Bat ramen pot and cook this stuff up.
#163: Vifon Asian Style Instant Noodles Chicken Flavor
Okay so here’s some new stuff from Vffon. Let’s see how it goes! Hoping it tastes good!
#162: Myojo Chukazanmai Japanese Style Noodles With Soup Base Oriental Flavor
So I got these noodles yesterday up the road at 99 Ranch and wow everyone else wanted to be there at the same time! Was absolutely amazing how many people were in that store all at once! Surprisingly, it took maybe 8 or so minutes to get rung up and on my way home with some nice noodles that were on sale!
#161: Paldo Green Tea Chlorella Noodles
Green tea noodles? Cool – something unique right? Hmmm… When I opened the package I was greeted with the odor of green tea. Yup – the noodles are infused with green tea powder and the odor is very strong.
100 Reviews Since June 20th!
So what’s such a big deal about this? Well, I originally did about 52 reviews to start up this website a few years ago and didn’t do much with it after that. I started reviewing hot sauces and that completely took up all my review time. But now with instant noodles so near constantly, the ramen’s called me back and it’s been a lot of fun lately! So 100 reviews since June 20th – that’s almost one a day! Insanity. Not only that, there seems to be no end in sight!
#160: Myojo Soy Sauce Flavor Ramen-Desse Japanese Style Soup Noodles
This was a really cheap bowl noodle from H-Mart. Let’s see how it is…
So the veggies and powder soup base was in the big silver packet. The little packet had sesame oil.
#159: MAMA Hot & Spicy Flavor Oriental Style Instant Noodles
Some hot stuff from MAMA here today. We’ll see if it’s really hot and spicy…
#158: MAMA JokCup Artificial Pork Flavour Instant Porridge Soup
Pork porridge. Let me refine that – ARTIFICIAL pork porridge. Those three words have been kind of interesting to say while this little cup has been kicking it around here. But no more. Artificial pork porridge is lunch.
Ramen Rater News – 10-02-2010
So we’ve been looking at many different little and big groceries around here. It is always fun to find a new one, but I think we’ve scoured the area and gotten to them all. So here’s a couple interesting things to look at. First…
#157: Nissin Cup Noodles Sotanghon Chicken Flavored Instant Noodles
So here’s some unique noodles in a cup from the Philippines! Sotanghon chicken – what’s sotanghon? According to Wikipedia…
#156: Maruchan Instant Lunch Cajun Style with Chili Piquin & Shrimp Ramen Noodles With Vegetables
So continuing the cavalcade of cup soups, here we have some Maruchan Instant Lunch. Not a very standard rameny flavor but we’ll see how it tastes.
#155: Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton Chow Mein
I’ve really enjoyed the chow mein that Sapporo Ichiban put out for years – curious to see how this stacks up…
#154: Nissin Cup Noodles Creamy Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup
So second in our series of cup noodles is the old standard. As it says on the packaging, they’ve been making Cup Noodles since 1971 and Nissin was the first to make cup noodles. Creamy chicken is a newer flavor – I’m sure plain chicken was the original.
#153: Sapporo Ichiban Shrimp Flavor Oriental Noodle Soup
So we begin a short look at noodle cups. I don’t think I’ve actually had a cup in a long time so this will be some fun stuff. We start with some Sapporo Ichiban shrimp flavor.
#152: Wu-Mu Steamed Noodle Garlic and Sesame Oil Flavor
So I was going to 99 Ranch Market in Edmonds to get some 33 cent green onions but also got some of these noodles on sale for 99 cents. Good deal!
#151: Shirakiku Tokusen Miso Ramen Japanese Style Noodles
So here’s another Shirakiku. I’ve enjoyed a lot of their products – most memorably their kizami shoga. This will be the second of their instant noodle line I will review. Here we go!
#150: Chorip Dong Jjampong Hot & Spicy Seafood Udon Japanese Style Noodle Soup
Wow okay so for the 150th review here on ramenrater.com I thought I’d go for something really different. This is a big ass bowl noodle with fresh noodles! Should be interesting!
#149: Maruchan Akai Kitsune Udon Instant Oriental Noodles
So here’s one of the large noodle bowls I have. If you’ll recall, I’ve reviewed Kitsune Udon before – I did Sapporo Ichiban’s. This one’s a little different. The Kitsune is much bigger this time. Also, it’s a bowl!
#148: Myojo Okinawa Soba Japanese Style Noodles With Soup Base
So been really wanting to try this one! Okinawa soba! We needed to spend a little more for the parking validation at Uwajimaya so this looked good! It’s a 5 pack – haven’t see anywhere selling individuals.
#147: Higashi Foods Higashimaru Nagasaki Sara Udon
So found this at Uwajimaya – Higashi Foods makes it. The sticker on the back says Higashimaru Nagasaki Sara Udon. It is 99% in Japanese.
#146: MAMA Pho Bo Oriental Style Instant Chand Noodles Beef Flavor
So I like Pho noodles I’ve gotten around here from the various little restaurants. Usually I get some variety of beef Pho. Let’s see how this stacks up to the real thing…
#145: Sakurai Foods 100% Vegetarian Ramen
So here’s a new one. I had to add the brand as I’ve never had nor seen this brand before. Not a lot in English aside from the distributor, Hosoda Bros. Inc. and www.sakuraifoods.com.
#144: Nongshim Noodle Soup Kimchi Ramyun
So some Korean kimchi flavored ramen. Looks good to me, especially since we’ve been trying out Korean BBQ lately – so let’s go!
#143: Mamy Chand Clear Soup Oriental Style Instant Noodles
So what can I say – cheap noodles are fun too. These are from Thailand and called Mamy but they’re MAMA brand…
#142: Nissin Original Chow Mein Teriyaki Beef Flavor Chow Mein Noodles
So this is what you’ll find at your local grocery store in the United States. I picked this one up at a dollar store. Looked interesting so thought I’d give it a go. I’m always looking for the exotic and felt I was kind of missing the more domestic and such. How can I be a true Ramen Rater without trying the stuff from across the ocean as well as in my backyard?
#141: Six Fortune Seafood Flavor Instant Noodles
Got this package at a very weird little asian grocery. Very weird. The place was dirty, in extreme disarray and after we left we saw a cop pop in. Most of the signs were in sharpie on cardboard and on the way in instead of a mat or carpet, cardboard was used. Very ghetto. But I haven’t seen this stuff elsewhere so hooray!
#140: MAMA Mi Goreng Oriental Style Instant Noodles
So one of my favorite all time noodles is Indomie Mi Goreng Satay. I was very pleased to see that there was a new Mi Goreng out there – at least new to me.
#139: Kamfen Noodle King Beef Soup Flavored
So this is one of three packs of noodles I got that are actually two packs. This one was just over a dollar – thought it might be a good deal.