ramen rating: cup noodles souper meal
Ah yes…good old Nissin Cup Noodles. If you like Cup Noodles, you’ll enjoy the Souper Meal. It’s basically just an oversized Cup Noodles, with a special packet of “finishing touch flavor enhancer,” which sounds both scary and interesting at the same time. It smells like a packet of beef bouillon mixed with plenty of MSG....
ramen rating: orenoryugi seaburaninniku
This is yet another “stamina-type” (garlic) tonkotsu ramen. See the pink packet on the left? That’s a full packet of minced raw garlic. Yum! The garlic and soup is actually mild, and not too garlicky, but flavorful. It’s quite good. The noodles are a bit on the doughy and hard side, but also flavorful. There’s...
ramen rating: myojo ippeichan garlic miso tonkotsu
Ho-ho-ho, ok I’m reviewing this special winter edition in May. It’s a garlic miso tonkotsu flavor, quite interesting. The noodles are skinny and a tiny bit hard but decent. The soup was really interesting…there wasn’t a dominant flavor, and the garlic flavor is pretty mild, but it’s good. It’s like a nice rich broth. Overall...
ramen rating: myojo ippei-chan
This is a decent ramen. Thin noodles that’re a bit bland but ok. The soup is a shoyu base and also just ok. There’re small slices of garlic, which is nice if you like garlic like me. There’s also some corn, a few bits of bamboo shoot, and a few slivers of onion. It gets...
ramen rating: maroyaka tonkotsu
This very so-so tonkotsu ramen has skinny but decent noodles, sesame seeds, seaweed, and green onion. Unfortunately the soup tastes more like msg soup than tonkotsu. It gets a 5.
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This tonkotsu ramen has skinny noodles and lots of goodies, with sesame seeds, onion, seaweed, meat and even ginger. The meat was actually pork-like. Overall this was a mixed bag…I absolutely hate ginger (so I didn’t add any) and I’m not crazy about the skinny noodles. On the other hand, the noodles were nicely chewy,...
ramen rating: hidatakayama
Very average ramen with skinny so-so noodles and decent shoyu soup. You get a piece of mystery meat and some green onions and that’s it. This gets a 6.
ramen rating: ikebukuro chukasoba
Actually it’s Ikebukuro Taisyoken Chukasoba and boy, what fancy packaging. There’s four packs of goodies inside and two kinds of oil. There’s onions, shinachiku, naruto, seaweed, sesame oil…the works. But boy, what a disappointment. The noodles are the flat kind, nicely chewy, but slightly…sweet? And the soup tastes like…well it tastes like msg soup. Sigh....
ramen rating: torigara shoyu
This chicken shoyu ramen is pretty average. Skinny noodles. So-so soup. Corn, onions, and a slice o’ the traditional mystery meat. It gets a 5.
ramen rating: wan tan men
Wan tan men with shoyu flavored soup. And piggy naruto (fish cake slices)! The noodles are so-so. They soup is decent. And there’s a few pieces of won ton and assorted goodies. It’s not the best ramen in the world, but it’s fun! It gets a 7.5 (bonus half point for the piggies).
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This is a white tonkotsu ramen. Once again, the obligatory mystery meat. The noodles are TOUGH. I actually thought I undercooked it but I followed the instructions exactly. Even after I put it in the microwave for another 30 seconds, it was still pretty tough to chew. Not only that, but the noodles were tasteless....
ramen rating: chicken ramen
The “original” Nissin chicken ramen. And it has…holy cow! There’s a chunk of styrof–I mean egg custardy thing in it! How cool is that! The noodles have a slightly burnt taste to it, but decent. Nothing extraordinary. The soup isn’t bad. Overall it’s just decent. But I gotta give an extra point for the egg...
ramen rating: king car
Well, it’s not *horrible*…but that’s about the best thing i can say about it. Skinny tasteless noodles. Bland soup. It comes with some seaweed bits and such. I guess it gets a 3.
ramen rating: menya kitakata
Mmm…back to the shoyu ramens. This one’s not bad. Slightly wider and chewy noodles. Soup’s decent. There’re bits of onion and maybe 3 whole pieces of shinachiku, and the obligatory mystery meat. Overall it’s pretty decent. It gets a 7.
ramen rating: hirauchimen
This is different. Hirauchimen to dashisyoyu…flat-made noodles with pork bone shoyu soup…more or less. (Trivia: the kanji for pork in Japanese is the kanji for dolphin in Chinese!) This was pretty good! It doesn’t taste like a “typical” ramen. The noodles are flat and chewy and the soup is pretty tasty and rich. There’s a...
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