Tag: unboxing

Mystery Box Of Spicy Instant Noodles From Malaysia – Unboxing Time

Mystery Box Of Spicy Instant Noodles From Malaysia - Unboxing Time

I received a box from Mohd in Selangor, Malaysia the other day – thanks you very much! I used to get varieties from Malaysia almost weekly and lately it’s been pretty rare. Really excited to try what’s within! Let’s check it out. ...see full post

Strawberry & Banana Ramen? From Ukraine? – Unboxing Time

Strawberry & Banana Ramen? From Ukraine? - Unboxing Time

A mailed came with two varieties of instant noodle from my pal Artur recently – in a couple of fascinating flavors – thanks! Let’s just take a look! ...see full post

Zenpop September 2018 – Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater – Japan

Zenpop September 2018 - Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater - Japan

Here’s the latest and greatest box from www.zenpop.jp! Use coupon code RAMENRATER at checkout for a discount! Let’s have a look. ...see full post

Mooncake from Prima Deli – Singapore

Mooncake from Prima Deli - Singapore

So you probably know that I’ve been proud to place Prima Taste Laksa as #1 for the past three years on the annual top Ten list. I love it and can’t leave the stuff alone. Well, the company that oversees Prima Taste and oversees another company – Prima Deli. Prima Deli makes all sort of things including mooncake! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Fantastic Noodles – Taiwan

Unboxing Time: Fantastic Noodles - Taiwan

Yeah, a pretty non-descript box at the moment but what’s inside? A couple varieties from a company that’s new to me, that’s what! Fantastic Noodles out of Taiwan. Let’s crack it open and see what’s within! ...see full post

Zenpop August 2018 – Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater – Japan

Zenpop August 2018 - Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater - Japan

Here’s the latest and greatest box from www.zenpop.jp! Use coupon code RAMENRATER at checkout for a discount! Let’s have a look. ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Miandom – Singapore

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Miandom - Singapore

This is kind of embarassing. So I Wasn’t exactly sure what this box was when I was opening it up, and so I started recording the Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater video thinking it was from a different company! Well, it was open! I had to restart the video and pretend to open it! But it all worked out deliciously. Let’s havbe a look! ...see full post

Umai Crate June 2018 – Unboxing Time

Umai Crate instant noodles box June 2018 - Unboxing Time

Another month, another box! We have a new Umai Crate to unbox!  Japan Crate curates these and there’s always something interesting going on in these boxes – usually quite a few somethings! Coupon code below – check it out! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Instant Noodles From a Taiwanese University Student 2.0

Unboxing Time: Instant Noodles From a Taiwanese University Student 2.0

I received some varieties from a woman who was working on her master’s thesis in Taiwan a few weeks ago. Well, I prepared one of them incorrectly. I asked for another and she sent me a bunch of new ones! Thank you! Let’s take a look at this box and what’s inside! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Product Samples From Wu-Mu

Unboxing Time: Product Samples From Wu-Mu

Got a big and heavy box of samples today in the mail! Miles immediately decided it was his and thought he should play ‘king of the hill’ and be on top of it. Luckily, the box was very sturdy and so no harm done. Let’s crack this box open and have as look inside to see what we’ll be sampling for Meet The Manufacturer: Wu-Mu! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Ukrainian Instant Noodles!

Unboxing Time: Ukrainian Instant Noodles!

Check it out! Readers Arthur and his boys Vincent and Xavier sent me some Ukrainian varieties! Really super nice of them and I’m pretty excited about it – let’s take a look and what’s in this package, shall we? ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Umai Crate – May 2018 By Japan Crate

Unboxing Time: Umai Crate - May 2018 By Japan Crate

Another month, another box! We have a new Umai Crate to unbox!  Japan Crate curates these and there’s always something interesting going on in these boxes – usually quite a few somethings! Coupon code below – check it out! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Zenpop Japan Ramen Tour Pack – May 2018

Zenpop Japan Ramen Tour Pack - May 2018 - Japan

So another month, another great box from Zenpop.jp, purveyors of Japanese neat things. They have ramen boxes, they have candy boxes, they have ramen and candy boxes, they have stationery boxes too! Lots of neat stuff to check out over there. Check ’em out and use coupon code RAMENRATER at checkout for a discount! Let’s crack this box open and see what’s inside! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: New Samyang Foods Samples

Okay you definitely know Samyang Foods by now – fire noodles and all. They keep coming out with new products all the time and keep sending them my way which I thoroughly appreciate! Thank you! Let’s crack this big box open and have a look! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Vedan Products From A Taiwanese University Student

Unboxing Time: Vedan Products From A Taiwanese University Student

So a student in Taiwan contacted me. She asked if I could aid her by doing some research – by reviewing noodles. I said sure! So here we are – a box of noodles from Taiwan. Let’s have a look! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Little Couples

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Little Couples

During my trip in November 2017 to Taiwan, I met some folks at a booth that had a slew of different noodle varieties. They knew who I was and were keen on me giving their products a try. They wanted to hand me samples but I couldn’t – my luggage was full and so I recommended a Meet The Manufacturer series – and here we are. ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Zenpop Japan April Instant Ramen Box

Unboxing Time: Zenpop Japan April Instant Ramen Box

So another month, another great box from Zenpop.jp, purveyors of Japanese neat things. They have ramen boxes, they have candy boxes, they have ramen and candy boxes, they have stationery boxes too! Lots of neat stuff to check out over there. Let’s crack this box open and see what’s inside! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: April Green Box From Exotic Noods

Another month, another box! The guys at Exotic Noods have been working overtime to get a neat box together and here it is. Let’s see what’s inside and what you can expect from their monthly subscription boxes. ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Italian Instant Noodles From Readers

Unboxing Time: Italian Instant Noodles From Readers

I got a text a few weeks back asking if I’d like some Italian instant noodles. A couple from Illinois was on vacation over in Italy and they wanted to get me some. My answer of course was yes – I’m still floored how mice my readers are! Thank you so much! Let’s take a look! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Itomen Product Samples Sent From Taiwan

I got this box the other day and I honestly expected it to be samples for an upcoming Taiwanese Meet The Manufacturer. Well, as it turns out these were samples I didn’t know were coming or what they were! Have a look at this video to see what’s going on here! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Brazilian Instant Noodles Sent By a Reader

Unboxing Time: Brazilian Instant Noodles Sent By a Reader

Thanks go out to a fellow names Daniel from Brazil for sending along a box of different instant noodles from his home country! I’m really excited as while I’ve only reviewed a scant few from the South American country, what I’ve tried I’ve been really impressed with. Let’s check it out! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Mr. Noodle

A box arrived from Taiwan. These are product samples from Mr. Noodles – a company I met at the Taiwan International Food Show in November 2017. They offered to give me samples then and there, but I had to decline as my luggage was already packed with noodles. ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Miandom Instant Noodles From Singapore

This box arrived by way of my buddy the DHL driver. So I initially thought they were something else and started the video – then I see it’s not so if it seems like I’m a little funny in this one, it’s sheer embarrassment because of that… I had to improvise because I’d opened it – so watch for that. Okay – let’s crack it open! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Zenpop March Box!

Unboxing Time: Zenpop March Box!

This is a new box from Zenpop.JP –  they do a few different kinds of boxes but this one’s just ramen. Nine varieties – pretty impressive! Use coupon code RAMENRATER to receive a discount at http://bit.ly/2TPTca5 ! Let’s have a look inside to see what’s going on! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Japan Crate Umai Crate March 2018

Unboxing Time: Japan Crate Umai Crate March 2018

Another month, another box! We have a new Umai Crate to unbox! To be honest, I really had a lot of fun opening the last one of these up. It’s been crazy lately – the day I did this video I did three other unboxing videos and there are 3 more packages coming in the next week or so.  Continue reading to get a coupon code ...see full post

Unboxing Time: New Samyang Jjajang Buldak Bokkeummyun

Unboxing Time: New Samyang Jjajang Buldak Bokkeummyun

OK, so on the chat which you might see on the lower right hand corner, I’ve fielded more questions about Samyang Foods’ Buldak Bokkeummyun (Fire Noodle) range than on anything else. Actually, the most prevalent questions have been whether one is spicier than the other and whether they’re HALAL or not. This is a special unboxing because within is a new variety – Jjajang! Let’s crack it open and have a look! ...see full post

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Red Chef (2 of 2)

Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Red Chef (2 of 2)

Got word of the fourth variety of Red Chef’s range was going to be coming my way and so was really excited to try. This time, FedEx guy just left it at the door without making me sign for it. Kind of funny how it works – sometimes they want a signature, sometimes they dont. Sometimes they bring it to the door, others they get brought to the apartment office. Well, let’s crack it open! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Exotic Noods February Green Box

Unboxing Time: Exotic Noods February Green Box

Another month, another box from Exotic Noods! The Feburary Green Box has a multitude of varieties – all hailing this time from South Korea to coincide with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Let’s crack it open and have a look at what’s inside! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Tapatio Ramen Noodle Bowls

Unboxing Time: Tapatio Ramen Noodle Bowls

Here’s a special one! Got contacted by a company about some fancy new bowls with a familiar flavor. See, I’ve been reviewing instant noodles for a long time, but there was a gap of about 5 years in the middle where I reviewed hot sauces. Tapatio is a popular hot sauce here in the United States – so I’m sure you’ll be excited to see this one! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: MYRAMEN Vegan/HALAL/Natural Japanese Ramen

I was recently contacted by a company asking if I’d like to try their noodles. I get a lot of noodles – but I always want to try them all! These noodles were supposed to be Vegan, HALAL certified, 100% natural and a few other tags like no MSG. Pretty impressive! Let’s take a look at this interesting variety. ...see full post

Unboxing Time: MyKuali Sends New Recipe Samples

Unboxing Time: MyKuali Sends New Recipe Samples

Sometimes a package will get routed through Anchorage, AK and this can prove a bit harrowing for it and it’s contents. Luckily, despite one side being completely ripped open, it made it through not only the rough treatment but a call from the customs folks asking what was inside… ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Kanto Ramen Shop Set From Ippin

Unboxing Time: Kanto Ramen Shop Set From Ippin

Today we have a special set of fancy ramen. I was asked by IIppin to pick five things to check out from their store to show everyone. Ippin is an online retailer of very fancy Japanese things.  Thanks! This set looked like a good bet. The package arrived from Japan yesterday. Busy day yesterday was – this and two other videos to record. Let’s have a look inside! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Instant Ramen From Hobby Link Japan

Unboxing Time: Instant Ramen From Hobby Link Japan

Recently I was contacted by a Japanese company called Hobby Link Japan. They asked if I would be interested in picking some varieties from their instant ramen selection to show everyone and I thought this would be pretty cool. Well, let’s open up this box and see what I picked! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Exotic Noods January Green Box

Unboxing Time: Exotic Noods January Green Box

Today, I have a box that came a couple days ago to show you – the latest offering from Exotic Noods. You can buy a single box or subscribe to their boxes monthly. They offer varieties from all over the world. Let’s have a look inside and see what’s going on here! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: A $15 Single Pack Of Ichiran Fukuoka Ramen

Unboxing Time: A $15 Single Pack Of Ichiran Fukuoka Ramen

I read an article posing the question ‘is $8 ramen worth it?’ and decided I’d better find out. Well, I went to eBay and found no $8 ramen because it was $14.98. Let’s take a look. ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Zenpop ‘Toshikoshi’ Box

Unboxing Time: Zen Pop 'Toshikoshi' Box

Happy New Year! This is a new box from Zenpop.JP –  they do a few different kinds of boxes but this one’s just ramen. Nine varieties – pretty impressive! Use coupon code RAMENRATER to receive a discount at http://bit.ly/2TPTca5 ! Let’s have a look inside to see what’s going on! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Samyang Foods Carbo Buldak Bokkeummyun + More

Unboxing Time: Samyang Foods Carbo Buldak Bokkeummyun + More

Got this big box of fascination and had to wait a whole day before I had the chance to do the video unboxing! This was a serious struggle but that’s what I do for you – you get to see what’s in the boxes I do the videos of at the same time I do! Let’s tear into it! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Zenpop Ramen + Sweets Mix Pack

Unboxing Time: Zenpop Ramen + Sweets Mix Pack

Was stoked to find another box in the mail – this time a box from Zenpop.jp, a company that sells Japanese themed boxes with all sorts of different things in them. Haven’t seen a rfancy box like this one from them before – also wasn’t sure how they were going to fit a lot of varieties of instant noodles in here like the others contained. Let’s crack it open and look within! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: ‘Ramen At Home’ Book By Brian MacDuckston

brian macduckston ramen at home Unboxing Time: 'Ramen At Home' Book By Brian MacDuckston

A review copy! Books are awesome! Let’s take a look!

Unboxing Time: ‘Ramen At Home’ Book By Brian MacDuckston

Let’s Have Unboxing Time With The Ramen Rater! ...see full post

Unboxing Time: Jinbo Selection SOul Spicy Noodle From Taiwan

Unboxing Time: Jinbo Selection SOul Spicy Noodle From Taiwan

This one came out of the blue and I knew they were going to send some, I just didn’t expect so quickly!~ It really helps when I have tracking info – but then again I know companies are busy too and so while unexpected, new varieties are always welcome! ...see full post