Here’s another instant ramen bowl from Zenpop. Zenpop offers boxes of ramen among other things from Japan – pretty good stuff and definitely worth checking out! Here’s what they have to say about this variety –

Miso always brings peace to Japanese people’s mind, how about to yours? Twi kinds of miso paste are blended in this ‘assari‘ (light) type broth. The soup is simple but is nice and not too rich. Brown seaweed, corn and green onion are added as garnish.

It is time for miso ramen! Let’s hit it up!

Daikoku Assari Miso Ramen – Japan

Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Contains chicken and pork. To prepare, add 350ml boiling water and dry sachet content to the bowl and cover for 3 minutes. Add in liquid base sachet. Finally, stir and enjoy!

Detail of the lid (click to enlarge).

The noodle block.

The liquid base sachet.

Thick stuff.

The dry sachet.

Lots of corn and other vegetables.

Finished (click to enlarge). Added spring onion, Salad Cosmo mung bean sprouts, barbecue pork, egg and nanami togarashi. The noodles are light and almost delicate – very agreeable here. The broth has a pretty strong taste but a thinness to it. I think one of the two miso variants used in this is red miso. I’m not particularly keen on red miso. The corn and veg included were nice. 2.75 out of 5.0 stars. JAN bar code 4904511005027.

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