#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

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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… ...see full post

#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? ...see full post

#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! ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#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. ...see full post

#138: Unif-100 Furong Shrimp Flavor Instant Noodles

Some shrimp ramen – looked interesting and furong sounded weird so why not.

Veggies and oil and powder – a lot of powder! ...see full post

Re-Review: Ottogi Asian Style Instant Noodle Jin Ramen ( Hot )

So thought it would be nice to spice it up a bit and modify some Korean noodles for breakfast. So I picked the basis to be the Ottogi Jin Ramen. ...see full post

#137: Nissin Bowl Noodles Rich & Savory Chicken Flavor with Premium Straight Cut Noodles

Why not right? Some of the stuff that most folks are more used to – big bowls of noodles with easy to understand flavors like chicken and not some kind of melange of paste and rice noodles. Yeah why not. ...see full post

#136: MAMA Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum Flavour Oriental Style Instant Noodles

Some noodles from Thailand today. I’ve reviewed some noodles that are by MAMA and Tom Yum but not the creamy. ...see full post

#135: Unif Tung-I Fresh Shrimp Flavor Ramen Noodles

So after a long walk I was really quite hungry and decided to go with something simple and figured this would taste nice. Fresh shrimp sounds nice. I also really love how this brand has the text in another language – looks like dutch perhaps? Frisk Rekesmak!!! ...see full post

#134: Global Inspiration Gyeong Gi-Do Rice

Thought it was a bowl something – didn’t expect it would be a bowl of not noodle!

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