Tried the spicy shrimp. Tastes exactly the same as it did in college 30 years agp. Any better brands than Maruchan I should be aware of? In wikiing instant noodlesthere seem to be plenty of options out there world wide.
Does anyone sell awesome cup noodles or are they all kind of “meh”?
No, they’re the same. My kids love those things, but I hate them. They smell like poverty. There is another kind- I forget the name- that come with a black square bowl, that are pretty good. They are more expensive, like a dollar something- but they’re much tastier and have peanut sauce and such. I found them at my Target with groceries.
I’ve always hated Ramen noodles. The noodles are kinda nice but the broth is so weak its like they just waved a chicken or cow or whatever over it to give it flavor. On the other hand, stuff like Campbells Chicken Noodle or Beef Whatever has good broth but the noodles are mush. Combine the two and its much better.
We also like to take Ramen and combine with the following. They sell these cans of “oriental vegetables”. It will have stuff in it like fried tofu, baby corn, some kinda fungus thingy, mushrooms, and other things. Usually in a pretty strong and oily broth. Use that in combination with Ramen and its pretty good.
I use to survive on these things and can tell you from experience that they CAN taste good if you kick em up a notch. First you need to rinse the noodles off, some white residue will come off. Then you can add a little sesame seed oil, extra bullion cube of your choice and drop in a complete egg a few minutes into the boil. Sometimes i would drain the excess. Once in a while i would then place the entire cooked noodle dish under a broiler for a minute or so. I always added cheese to them also. Now i will once in a while opt for the expensive type noodles that are only sold in oriental stores. The closest thing you can get to it in the regular grocery store would be call bowl of spicy noodle. The more typos on the packaging the better they would taste.
Yakisoba? come with a small packet of dehydrated vegetables?
Lipton (not the folks who make Lipton’s tea) makes dried soup mixes, the best known of which is the onion “recipe secrets”. Try the noodle or chicken noodle soup mix. The broth is delicious, and the noodles are the right texture.
Maybe you’re thinking of the Simply Asia brand ones? I’m pretty sure they come in a black square bowl and I’ve found them at Target. I agree, they’re pretty good, but they are more expensive. There are several different varieties.
Yea, I got something like that once at Target, too. It either was very much like Nissin Chow Meinor it actually was the Nissin brand. I do know you can also get them at some Dollar General Stores. They are better in my opinion because they aren’t soup, and feel a bit more substantial and have pretty decent sauces. Pretty much a rehydrated version of Lo Mein.
The best I ever had was a super spicy Korean brand of big bowl o’ noodles from an oriental market. Don’t know the name…
Winn-Dixie brand Hot and Spicy are the best Ramen I ever tasted. Can’t eat 'em any more due to salt restrictions.
For any of the various ramen cup o noodles brands, from the cheapest to the more high-end labels, a dash of soy sauce, a dash of a Louisiana hot sauce and a squeeze of fresh lime juice makes a HUGE difference, at least to my VERY discriminating palate…
I really can’t remember what they are called, but you do fill it up to line with water and nuke it and add a spice packet or whatever. Pretty good.
Yep, that’s the Korean Brand Super Spicy Big Bowl of noodles that I couldn’t remember. Much Better than Cup o noodle.
Yong Shim Noodle Bowl is easily found at supermarkets and suits this ramen-lover just fine.
Are you talking about Lipton Cup a Soup? I’m pretty sure it’s the same Lipton as Lipton tea. At least the logos are the same.
Generally, I’ve found that the brands which include a packet of oil or some other liquid flavoring tend to be a helluva lot better than the ones that just have you add water and a bit of dried veggies. Not good, precisely, but better.
Yeah, that’s the one. And to look at the Lipton webpage, you wouldn’t know it. The only products they list are teas. The logos are the same, but there’s no mention of the soups anywhere that I can see.
Yeah, I can’t find anything definitive, but both Lipton teas and Lipton Cup A Soup are Unilever products. I found something that says that Lipton soup products are being absorbed into the Knorr brandname (another brand under Unilever). With that info and the fact the logos are the same, I have to assume the Lipton products are very closely related.
They aren’t THAT closely related. The soups are good. The teas are not.
If you’re buying cup noodles for the taste, you’re doing it wrong.
On that note, though, I highly recommend Myojo Ippeichan yakisoba. It’s hard to find as it’s apparently a direct import from Japan - the only place I know that sells it is Walmart, oddly enough. It’s not a soup, per se - you prepare it by pouring boiling water in the container and letting it sit, but you then drain the water before adding the flavoring packets. It comes with not one, not two, but FOUR packets, which are labeled in classic Engrish form as “dry vegetable”, “spice”, “sauce”, and “mustard mayonnaise”. The vegetable packet (mostly dehydrated cabbage) goes in with the noodles before you add the water, and the other three you stir in after draining. For what it is, it’s pretty tasty.
Side note: I’ve seen lots of soup bases and packaged side dish mixes at the grocery store I work at which are labeled as “Knorr (formerly Lipton)”, so I presume that whichever conglomerate owns the Lipton name sold off its dried goods concern to whichever conglomerate owns the Knorr name.