Tag: recipes

Hard To Find Buldak From Hunny’s Ramen!

So Hunny’s Ramen is specializing in really great boxes with 12 varieties of Buldak, custom assortments you can pick as well, but what’s more, you can get some very hard to find varieties from them as well. Let’s check some of them out! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Interview With Moon Moon Food

It’s not as often as I’d like – the frequency of Taiwanese varieties to try used to come at a fever pace. These days, it’s far and few netween. However, today we start a Meet The Manufacturer with a company I never had heard about before. The following reviews were a joy to sample and definitely worth your time. To start, I conducted a review so you may learn more about Moon Moon Foods. ...see full post

Advent Calendar Day 9: Nissin Demae Ramen Sesame – Germany

Advent Calendar Day 9: Nissin Demae Ramen Sesame - Germany

Started a little late this morning but no harm – it’s one I did recently enough… Curious if today will bring more torrential downpour and gusty winds. Guess we shall see. ...see full post

#5327:Tian Xiao Hua Broad Potato Noodle Hot & Spicy Flavor – China

#5327:Tian Xiao Hua Broad Potato Noodle - China

Here’s one I found at S*Mart – shop smart, shop S*Mart! Awhile back I reviiewed some varieties that were much like this and were incredibly good. Fingers crossed. Actually, today is a big day – this week, I shot the video for six top ten lists – all in one session. Just got the 2025 global top ten all ready for release as I type (it’s 4/17/25 today so you can see it already), and the last time I did a regular review was twenty days ago. So, I’m pretty stoked to do some reviewing again. Let’s give this one a try! ...see full post

#4988: Chef Dragon Tom Yum Gung Wide Vermicelli – Taiwan

This one comes by way of Daniel over the Exotic Noods – he asked if I’d tried it and since I hadn’t was kind enough to send one over – thanks! So, here we have a variety with a Thai flavor made in Taiwan. I’m game – let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#4987: Dough Zone Restaurant Minced Pork Noodles – United States

#4987: Dough Zone Restaurant Minced Pork Noodles - United States

The day after my wife Kit’s birthday, the kids went and visited family for a couple hours and we had a nice lunch together. Kit wanted to check this place out and so we went. ...see full post

#4952: Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor – United States

#5083: Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor - United States

It was 2011. Nobody’d heard of COVID?. Everything was somewhat peaceful as far as I remember. 13 years ago. That was the last time I’d tried this one. There are a ton of these Yakisoba varieties – some are no longer made – the taco one was my 1000th review. Four Cheese, Tomato & Basil, Sweet * Sour – if you want to see them all here you go. But today, it’s cheese! Let’s cook it up. ...see full post

#4870: KampongKu Curry Laksa Soup Noodles – Malaysia

Curry laksa? Oh yeah – sign me up! I’ve been a big fan of curry laksa for some time now and very curious how this one will be. Let’s cook it up! ...see full post

#4843: Nissin Cup Noodles Laksa Flavour – Singapore

#4843: Nissin Cup Noodles Laksa Flavour - Singapore

Here’s another one of the Nissin Singapore Cup Noodles sent recently by the company – thanks! I really like laksa – let’s give it a shot! ...see full post

#4820: Marutai Hakata Nagahama Ramen – Japan

#4820: Marutai Hakata Nagahama Ramen - Japan

Here’s one that came in a Zenpop.jp box – use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a groovy discount! This was in a triple box they sent – basically three boxes all at once. It didn’t come with any documentation, so I don’t know much about it. It only takes two minutes to steep which is pretty short. Let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#4746: Current Instant Noodles Chatpata Masala – India

#4746: Current Instant Noodles Chatpata Masala - India

An interesting name for an instant noodle range. It could be construed in different ways; pertaining to it being in the now, or having to do with weather. It also says ‘yummy & mummy’ on there – never heard this phrase before – mummy? In the UK, a ‘yummy mummy’ means an attractive mother. Couldn’t find exactly what this meant in India except possibly a slang pertaining to children that are picky eaters and that mothers could give them this and they’d eat it? Fascinating. Let’s cook – I’m doing the fried directions on this one. ...see full post

#4786: Nissin Cup Noodles Paneer Butter Masala – India

#4786: Nissin Cup Noodles Paneer Butter Masala - India

I was doing a lot of curies for dinner recently and butter masala was a neat thing I enjoyed for a little while. ...see full post

#4769: Vite Ramen Garlic Pork Tonkotsu v3.0 – United States

#4769: Vite Ramen Garlic Pork Tonkotsu v3.0 - United States

Protein and vitamins and fiber and low sodium and pretty low calories for the size of the serving. Let’s begin. ...see full post

#4714: Hezhai Lo Mein Pepper Chicken Flavor – China

#4714: Hezhai Lo Mein Pepper Chicken Flavor - China

Definitely found this at 99 Ranch Market. They’ve had a ton from this brand lately. Time to cook! ...see full post

#4709: Nissin Hot & Spicy Fire Wok Volcanic Mongolian Beef – United States

#4709: Nissin Hot & Spicy Fire Wok Volcanic Mongolian Beef - United States

Man, I’ve been itching to get my hands on this stuff for quite awhile and finally it showed up at my local grocery store. This is a pretty good range – especially the sizzlin’ rich pork – that one’s excellent. Let’s see if the Mongols can conquer them all! ...see full post

The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Spiciest Instant Noodles Of All Time 2024 Edition

The Ramen Rater's Top Ten Spiciest Instant Noodles Of All Time 2024 Edition

As far as content people are looking for on www.theramenrater.com, the most popular is this list and all things hot and spicy. Apparently, you like it hot and this is the annual big heat of everything year. Well, these are the spiciest out of 4,650 reviews. I should mention there are some special announcements below, including a fundraiser I hope you can help out with. With that, let’s commence with The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Spiciest Instant Noodles Of All Time 2024 Edition! ...see full post

Cold As Ice: Frozen Ramen – Your Holiday Gift

Cold As Ice: Frozen Ramen - Your Holiday Gift

Today is December 25th, 2022. I thought the perfect gift to all of you nice people that look at my reviews and experiments would be to add a lot of stuff to a plastic bowl and put it outside and let it freeze. So, that’s what I did. It is your holiday gift! For free! You are very welcome! Hope everyone seeing this is having a great holiday season and that it ends soon and that 2023 is lacking a lot of insanity that the previous year contained. ...see full post

A Gift From My Wife: Prison Ramen

My wife got me a gift off of Amazon. She didn’t say what it was. I immediately mentioned I’d emailed a publisher of a book asking for a review copy. Then I got the look. ...see full post

The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Additions To Instant Noodles 2013

I eat instant noodles. Every day. As of writing this list, I’ve reviewed 1,219 different varieties of instant noodles. Many people ask me if I get sick of instant noodles. Part of the reason I always say no is that I add things to my noodles to make them a more complete meal after I’ve reviewed them. I have seen quite a few lists online purporting to ‘hack’ or ‘pimp’ your ramen. Well, I’m not going to say that you will be able program it or hire it out, but it should be a bit more enjoyable and well-rounded. With that, here are my top ten favorite things to add to instant noodles for 2013. ...see full post

The Ramen Rater Noodle News #6

Here’s the new Noodle News #6! I scour the net for stories on noodles from all over the place! Here you go! ...see full post