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King David Sends Non-Fried Noodle Samples!

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King David Sends Non-Fried Noodle Samples!

A company I’ve seen for a few years called King David connected with me a while back about sending samples – and they did! These are special non-fried noodles in chicken and beef. It looks like King David does a lot of ‘private label’ products. So, say you had Joe’s Snacks To Go or something like that – you could contract with King David and they would put your logo on instant noodles and you’d be selling instant noodles now. It’s interesting stuff. Well, let’s crack this box open and have a look inside! Thank you! ...see full post

BNB Global / CCC Sends Great Paldo Ramen Varieties

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BNB Global / CCC Sends Great Paldo Ramen Varieties

I recently got an email from a company called BNB Global who is a big distributor for Paldo products here in the US. Paldo is a South Korean company that makes some great varieties – some of which I haven’t tried yet – here’s a special look at some of these new varieties! Enjoy and check ’em out! ...see full post

Umai Crate Unboxing August 2022 + Coupon Code

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Umai Crate Unboxing August 2022 + Coupon Code

Check this out!  These subscription boxes come straight to your door and have some neat stuff inside! Check out www.japancrate.com and use the coupon code THERAMENRATER to score a sweet discount and get some neat noodles! Here’s the latest unboxing of the July 2022 Umai Crate! ...see full post

Exotic Pizza Party! Indomie Pizza! Bibim Men Pizza!

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Exotic Pizza Party! Indomie Pizza! Bibim Men Pizza!

Welcome to my newest installment of my experimentation with instant noodles and breads/pizza dough! This one was a real win IMHO – both came out exceedingly well! First, I made an Indomie pie which presented some questions – how do I make the sauce? Butter. How about a cold pizza with Paldo Bibim Men? Never baked a pizza that would be refrigerated before serving. It’s summer and really hot here right now. Cold sounds good. I’ll give you the recipes for both which are pretty simple. Let’s hit it! ...see full post

The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Instant Noodle Cups Of All Time 2023 Edition

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The Ramen Rater's Top Ten Instant Noodle Cups Of All Time 2023 Edition

Often overlooked but always present, the instant noodle cups is a very common ‘on the go’ form factor for instant noodle varieties around the world. These are my favorite cup varieties from reviews up to #4120. Don’t see a variety you like I’ve not tried? Contact me! Also, here’s a link to all of my top ten lists! With that, let’s check out The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Instant Noodle Cups Of All Time 2023 Edition. ...see full post

Zenpop.jp Ramen Subscription Box Unboxing – July 2022

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It’s time to unbox a Zenpop.jp box – you get seven varieties of instant noodles to try! I would say that almost every time I’ve gotten one of these, I’ve never tried any of them before which is really awesome. Great as a gift or to hoard for yourself! Use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a groovy discount! Let’s check it out! ...see full post

Myojo USA Sends Two New Fresh Varieties

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I’ve had the fortune to get samples from Myojo USA from time to time – the ramen is always on point and the yakisoba is just luxuriant! This time, it’s one of each – check ’em out! They’re in the frozen or refrigerated section at Asian grocery stores! ...see full post

My Mom’s Instant Noodle Recipe

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My Mom's Instant Noodle Recipe

My mother died two years ago on June 30th. I thought I’d share the recipe she came up with that honestly is why I started reviewing instant noodles. It’s very basic, but it’s really good and as a young child it was a special treat. ...see full post

Stuffed Shin Black Bread!

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I know you’re wondering ‘why does he do these things?’ I pose the opposite question – ‘why don’t you do these things?’ I’ll be honest – I’m playing with food. It’s something different to try. Sometimes it doesn’t work, but I’m finding many times it does work and it works pretty well! Let’s make some stuffed bread with a popular variety! ...see full post

Buldak 2x! MAMA Green Curry! Ramen Pizza 2.0!

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Buldak 2x! MAMA Green Curry! Ramen Pizza 2.0!

Well folks, it’s been a hot summer’s day here in Gallagher’s Corners… Oh wait scratch that. I’m in Kenmore, Washington… Regardless, it hit 94 degrees today and we live in an apartment with an air conditioner, but at 11pm it’s still 80 degrees. Nasty. ...see full post

Zenpop Ramen Subscription Unboxing – June 2022 + COUPON CODE

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It’s time to unbox a Zenpop.jp box – you get seven varieties of instant noodles to try! I would say that almost every time I’ve gotten one of these, I’ve never tried any of them before which is really awesome. Great as a gift or to hoard for yourself! Use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a groovy discount! Let’s check it out! ...see full post

Umai Crate Ramen Noodle Subscription Box – July 2022

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Umai Crate Ramen Noodle Subscription Box – July 2022

Check this out!  These subscription boxes come straight to your door and have some neat stuff inside! Check out www.japancrate.com and use the coupon code THERAMENRATER to score a sweet discount and get some neat noodles! Here’s the latest unboxing of the July 2022 Umai Crate! ...see full post

Shin Ramyun & MyKuali Tom Yum Pizzas!

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Well, it’s been a long time coming, but here we are. It’s pizza time. I could go into detail to start with, but let me just say – this pizza is wonderful and I’ll tell you how to make it. Probably the best bready thing I’ve ever made. Before we start, let me say this also – if you’re looking for a pizza crust from instant noodles, you will not find that here. What I’ve found is that instant noodles are best as is and not screwed around with too much. A filling for bread, but not part of the dough.  Let’s begin. ...see full post

Pumpkin Spice Cup Noodles Stuffed Bread!

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Pumpkin Spicy Cup Noodles Stuffed Bread!

Yeah it’s June – mid june. Mid towards later June. But I don’t care about your temporal insecurities. ANY TIME IS TIME TO USE PUMPKIN SPICE CUP NOODLES. Period. Chronometrics be damned! I figured cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg, pumpkin spice cup noodles. I know a lot of people don’t get the bread thing, but it seems to me that bread will be the gateway drug that leads to pizza, and maybe other stuffed bread?  Let’s do this. ...see full post

Sapporo Ichiban Chow Mein Stuffed Bread!

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Sapporo Ichiban Chow Mein Stuffed Bread!

Recently, I thought it would be interesting to revisit my fascination with bread – and ramen. I’ve found that baking bread with a bread machine isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – but using one to make dough is very cool! In the past, I’ve infused instant noodles directly into the dough; something that produced something a little funky. In my last endeavor, I used a mold shaped like a fish and we took the dough out, put it in, filled it, then added more bread on top. Since then, I’ve tried making a pizza – which had excellent results! I even used gluten free pizza dough to make my wife a pizza and that honestly was even better. ...see full post

Zenpop Ramen Subscription Unboxing – May 2022 + COUPON CODE

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It’s time to unbox a Zenpop.jp box – you get seven varieties of instant noodles to try! I would say that almost every time I’ve gotten one of these, I’ve never tried any of them before which is really awesome. Great as a gift or to hoard for yourself! Use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a groovy discount! Let’s check it out! ...see full post

Umai Crate Ramen Noodle Subscription Box – June 2022

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Umai Crate Ramen Noodle Subscription Box – June 2022

Check this out!  These subscription boxes come straight to your door and have some neat stuff inside! Check out www.japancrate.com and use the coupon code THERAMENRATER to score a sweet discount and get some neat noodles! Here’s the latest unboxing of the June 2022 Umai Crate! ...see full post

Mom’s Dry Noodle Sends 2 New Taiwanese Varieties

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Mom’s Dry Noodle has been rolling out some fantastic noodles for a long time. This year, they hit the #2 spot on my top ten global list with their phenomenal chicken noodle soup with hua diao wine and scallop. Now they’ve got two new varieties to try! Let’s check ’em out! ...see full post

Prima Taste Sends Promo Materials From Singapore

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Every once in a while, I get to see stuff that consumers might see overseas, and this is one such time. This was a neat package full of promo stuff Prima Taste made this year, celebrating their 7th time leading the pack on my top ten list! If you haven’t tried their laksa, I highly recommend it (obviously). I really love getting this kind of stuff – thank you very much! ...see full post

The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls Of All Time 2022 Edition

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The Ramen Rater's Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls Of All Time 2022 Edition

Lots of people enjoy bowls full of noodles from around the world. They often come with a utensil, and all you need it hot water. For a quick meal, they’re hard to beat insofar as convenience. Some bowls however go above and beyond a utilitarian sense and are truly gourmet. This list is comprised of my favorite bowl varieties from all reviews up to #4120. All scoring is done prior to garnish being added. Do you want me to review something I haven’t? Drop me a line! With that, let’s peruse my top picks on The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls Of All Time 2022 Edition! ...see full post

Amazing Fish Shaped Laksa Bread

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Amazing Fish Shaped Laksa Bread

First off, I like to do things with noodles and my bread machine. I thought for some reason making a loaf in the shape of a fish would be a good idea. I get these ideas out of nowhere – call it a divine vision if you want, but I wouldn’t go that far. But it hit me and so I figured I ought to go for it. ...see full post

#4166: SesaOle Sesanood Say Spicy – United States

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#4166: SesaOle Sesanood Say Spicy - United States

Hey look! It’s a Taiwanese product specifically for the US market. This one is a spicy sesame paste dry noodle – this should be good! Let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#4164: JTM Food XO Sauce Seafood Noodle – China

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#4164: JTM Food XO Sauce Seafood Noodle - China

This is another one I found a couple days before Lunar New Year. The bar code came up with nothing which was a little troublesome, but I did manage to find the website on the packaging. The XO definitely is a reference to XO sauce, and it being blue and pics of the bowl definitely mean it’s gotta be XO sauce seafood. At least, I think so. Let’s check this one out! ...see full post

The Definitive Guide To Samyang Buldak 2.0

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Definitive Guide Series – Maruchan Ramen Noodle SoupSamyang Buldak * Nongshim Shin Ramyun * Indomie Mi Goreng ...see full post

#4151: MIT Ginger & Sesame Oil Noodles – Taiwan

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#4151: MIT Ginger & Sesame Oil Noodles - Taiwan

Here’s a Vegan variety that was sent by James from Lakeside, CA – thanks again! So these are very thin dry noodles from Taiwan. Usually they’ve been hit or miss, but we shall see. The sick continues. At some point soon, we’ll know if we have the COVID or not. Let’s give these a try. ...see full post

Instant Noodle Recipe Time: Intros & Outros Retrospective

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Instant Noodle Recipe Time: Intros & Outros Retrospective

I’m getting near the 1500th episode of the show, so I thought maybe I’d release pretty much all of the intros and outros clips that I’ve done over the years. It’s a long video, but some neat stuff in there. Hope you enjoy it! ...see full post

#3972: Maruchan Wonton Soup Chicken Flavor – United States

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#3972: Maruchan Wonton Soup Chicken Flavor - United States

Definitely not ramen, but something interesting from a domestic company known for ramen. Found this at Uwajimaya in Bellevue, Washington when I was picking up some narutomaki. Let’s check it out! ...see full post

#3991: Samyang Foods Buldak Kimchi HOT Chicken Flavored Ramen – South Korea

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#3991: Samyang Foods Buldak Kimchi HOT Chicken Flavored Ramen - South Korea

Here’s one that came via Exotic Noods – check ’em out and use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a discount! ...see full post

#3990: Sichuan Guangyou 9999 Chongqing Instant Noodle Artificial Beef Flavor – China

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#3990: Sichuan Guangyou 9999 Chongqing Instant Noodle Artificial Beef Flavor - China

Here’s one that came via Exotic Noods – check ’em out and use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a discount! ...see full post

#3989: Indomie Instant Noodles Vegetable Flavour – Indonesia

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#3989: Indomie Instant Noodles Vegetable Flavour - Indonesia

Here’s one that came via Exotic Noods – check ’em out and use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a discount! ...see full post

#3988: Uncle Fun Hai Nan Fen – China

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#3926: Uncle Fun Hai Nan Fen - China

An apron, glasses, and a sunny demeanor. Yes, this is Uncle Fun. Fun? Foon? I’m guessing it’s pronounced Foon. When I opened this, the aroma was definitely nice. But what was difficult was the cooking part. I found a new way to image translate, but it was through google, so very confusing. Boiling noodles in cold water seems a little strange to me, but they’ve got some mad tech in China, yo… I hope I can figure out how the heck to cook this stuff… UPDATE – big thanks to Kyle K. over at Mom’s Dry Noodle for huge help in cooking instructions! ...see full post

#3987: Kenko Foods Shisen Style Spicy Noodle – Japan

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#398: Kenko Foods Shisen Style Spicy Noodle - Japan

Today, we have one that was part of Japan Crate’s Umai Crate. So Japan Crate is a subscription service which has all sorts of different options for you. pretty neat stuff from Japan! There’s a coupon code for you too – just use THERAMENRATER to get a special discount at check out. ...see full post

#3986: Thai Chef Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum Flavour – Thailand

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#3986: Thai Chef Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum Flavour - Thailand

I did the cup version a couple days ago, now here’s the pack version. Let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#3985: Paldo Cheese Ramyun – South Korea

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#3985: Paldo Cheese Ramyun - South Korea

Had this just over 7 years ago – it can take another shot. Well, this is one I’ve enjoyed very much in the past – a Top Ten list variety. I think revisiting this with a heap of cheese is the right thing to do. ...see full post

#3984: Vifon Kim Chee Flavor Instant Noodles – Vietnam

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#3984: Vifon Kim Chee Flavor Instant Noodles - Vietnam

Here’s one that came via Exotic Noods – check ’em out and use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a discount! ...see full post

#3983: Shi Zu Ren Energy Vegetarian Beef Flavor Noodle – China

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#3983: Shi Zu Ren Energy Vegetarian Beef Flavor Noodle - China

Yup – another Chinese flower pot. I like these so much – they’re interesting things. Lots of sachets and bits and pieces to taste. Let’s check it out! ...see full post

#3982: Mamee Monster x Daebak Ghost Pepper Daging Cendawan Pedas – Malaysia

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#3982: Mamee Monster x Daebak Ghost Pepper Daging Cendawan Pedas - Malaysia

So far, I’ve been pretty happy about Mamee’s Ghost Pepper range. Well, This one happens to be spicy mushroom flavor. I’m not incredibly fond of mushrooms; I’m alright with the texture, but the flavor generally kind of puts me off. That being said, I have experienced mushroom varieties I’ve likes, so hoping this is one of those. Let’s give this one a try – there will be a mukbang video below as well… ...see full post

#3981: Thai Chef Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum Flavour – Thailand

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#3981: Thai Chef Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum Flavour - Thailand

The other day I reviewed the pack version of the non-creamy tom yum. Shrimp Creamy Tom Yum by MAMA is one of my favorite Thai variants. Let’s see how this one is! ...see full post

#3980: Nissin Demae Ramen XO Sauce Seafood Flavor – Hong Kong

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#3980: Nissin Demae Ramen XO Sauce Seafood Flavor - Hong Kong

A bit of a packaging change has netted this one a new review. I’ve enjoyed this one in the past many times and there have been a few packaging changes. Curious if any of the contents have changed at all in this new iteration. Let’s find out! ...see full post

#3979: Nissin Raoh Soupless Tantanmen – Japan

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#3979: Nissin Raoh Soupless Tantanmen - Japan

This looks interesting – it came in a 5am Ramen subscription box! Check em out at www.instantramen.jp and use the coupon code THERAMENRATER for a discount! ...see full post