#191: Wu-Mu Steamed Noodle Chinese Herbs Flavor

I’ve had the garlic and sesame flavor noodles by Sing Lin before – they were really great so we’ll have to see how these stack up… ...see full post

#190: Maggi Tom Yam Flavour Instant Noodles

So haven’t had any Tom Yum or Yam for that matter in quite a while. Nor have I had anything by Maggi in a while either. This stuff is from Malaysia! This is a first for me – noodles from Malaysia!!! ...see full post

#189: Nissin Cup Noodles Manchurian Enjoy Noodles With Hot Soup

So I wonder what exactly does Manchurian taste like? I guess we’ll see…

The seasoning is included in the noodle block on this one. So I added the hot water up to the line and gave it 3 minutes. ...see full post

#188: Nongshim Udon Japanese Style Noodle Soup

Seen this around for a long time but have never tried it.Always looked kinda plain and boring.

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#187: Paldo Hwa Ramyun Hot & Spicy With Soy Peptide Oriental Style Noodle With Soup Base

So I thought after yesterday’s meeting with the super spicy noodles, I thought I’d see if two days in a row of pain would work out pretty well. So Here’s some hot & spicy with soy peptide! Yum! ...see full post

#186: Paldo Teumsae Instant Noodles With Soup

Warning – IF YOU CAN’T HANDLE HOT AND SPICY FLAVORS, STAY AWAY!!!

So first off, help with translation here would be great. I think the words on the front of the package have a bit more going on than Paldo Teumsae. Teumsae seems to be another company. ...see full post

#185: Shirakiku Fresh Japanese Style Udon Sanukiya Udon

MMMMMM – fresh udon! Plus, its being enjoyed while we watch the Maury show and watch people yell and freak out at eachother. ...see full post

#184: Myojo Chukazanmai Japanese Style Noodles With Soup Base Soy Sauce Flavor

Some more of the Myojo Chukazanmai. It’s still on sale!

A powder and a liquid…

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#183: Nissin Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor

Some very domesticated Nissin Hot & Spicy! Haven’t tried this kind before – hoping it’s good! ...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

#181: Kamfen Noodle King (Thin) Wonton Soup Flavored

So another one of these big two serving bags. The last one wasn’t all that great so I guess we’ll see how this one fares. ...see full post

#180: Myojo Hyoubanya no Yakisoba Japanese Style Noodles Sauce Flavor

So this looks a lot like Nissin’s Yakisoba… Hmmm…. I wonder if it is as good? Better? Let’s see… ...see full post

#179: MAMA Kimchi Flavour Oriental Style Instant Noodles

Some Kimchi flavor from Thailand! Should be interesting. I’m going to doctor it up today with quite a few ingredients. One thing kind of interesting is that there is currently a cabbage shortage in Korea, where Kimchi is so widely consumed. Here is an article about it – thanks for the info Kit! ...see full post

#178: MAMA Clear Soup Oriental Style Instant Noodle

So some more of MAMA’s stuff. Very thin noodles – VERY thin!

Chili powder, powder and seasoned oil. ...see full post

#177: Vifon Hu Tieu Bo Kho An Lien Beef flavour Oriental Style Instant Noodle

So another day and some more noodles my lady picked for me. This one’s Vietnamese and looks a lot like pho. At least on the package. ...see full post

#176: Paldo Dosirac Artificial Pork Flavor Instant Noodle

So I have seen these all over the place but don’t think I’ve ever tried it. I’ve seen red background ones with a lady that looks like a nurse. Anyways, Kit picked this one out of my ‘vault’ to try today. ...see full post

#175: Samyang Spicy Radish Flavor Cold Ramen with Ponytail Radish Noodle Soup

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! ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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!!! ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

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! ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

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! ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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…

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#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. ...see full post

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… ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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… ...see full post