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This is a pretty standard brick-style (SBS) Ramen with two seasoning packets (SPs), one spiced powder and the other an orange refined oil. (Why orange? Why not?) It prepares quickly, as any good Ramen should. Boiling water, cook for 3 minutes, stir in the packets. The overall impression is that this Ramen is carried off pretty well. The beef seasoning has those indigestible little plastic chives, but that's certainly a pardonable offense, as all Ramen seems afflicted with this. In no way should this be construed as a condemnation of Ramen; rather a recognition of the pitfalls of dining from a cube. The broth was mild, but tasty and not overdone. A middling brown color, most certainly from the caramel coloring in the beef powder. The broth is not too salty, but there's enough there to keep you interested. The oil packet is good for giving the soup enough weight to generate the impression of an actual soup, rather than noodles floating in salt water. Still, it remains subtle enough to satisfy vegetable-oriented palates. The noodles are flat and curly, with a decent springback to them. You'll probably need both a fork and a spoon; the noodles aren't interested in staying on the spoon, and eating broth with a fork is...time-consuming. At the end, some of the spices were revealed to be insoluble in water, so there's a bit of left over, very fine grit. A common yet inexplicable feature of many Ramens.
The pre-cooked net weight is 80-90 grams (they say 85 + or - 5 grams. Never eaten a food product with a margin of error before.) 200 calories altogether, but an unapproachable 90 of them are from fat. It's 10 grams of fat altogether, which will knock out 15% of your required fat. See, feel like you accomplished something already, don't you? This bad boy's also gonna knock down 36% of your daily sodium. But hardened arteries go right along with the white-knuckle, packaged-noodle lifestyle, so keep on chugging, I say. Perhaps the most damning thing is their attempt to call this two servings. Who in Hades is going to split this in half and share it with a friend? So, we're looking at 30% of your fat, and 72% of your sodium. Sweet Jebus, I think I'm getting dry. Right back after a glass of water.
Synopsis: A tasty Ramen, but not likely to become a mainstay. A good taste of variety, and certainly more palatable than most American beef Ramen. If you want to give it a go with half or none of the refined oil, that might do you a little better on the health front.
Rating: 6.5 bricks, with a side of sweet-Jebus-that's-a-lotta-fat-from-a-dried-noodle.
This is a pretty standard brick-style (SBS) Ramen with two seasoning packets (SPs), one spiced powder and the other an orange refined oil. (Why orange? Why not?) It prepares quickly, as any good Ramen should. Boiling water, cook for 3 minutes, stir in the packets. The overall impression is that this Ramen is carried off pretty well. The beef seasoning has those indigestible little plastic chives, but that's certainly a pardonable offense, as all Ramen seems afflicted with this. In no way should this be construed as a condemnation of Ramen; rather a recognition of the pitfalls of dining from a cube. The broth was mild, but tasty and not overdone. A middling brown color, most certainly from the caramel coloring in the beef powder. The broth is not too salty, but there's enough there to keep you interested. The oil packet is good for giving the soup enough weight to generate the impression of an actual soup, rather than noodles floating in salt water. Still, it remains subtle enough to satisfy vegetable-oriented palates. The noodles are flat and curly, with a decent springback to them. You'll probably need both a fork and a spoon; the noodles aren't interested in staying on the spoon, and eating broth with a fork is...time-consuming. At the end, some of the spices were revealed to be insoluble in water, so there's a bit of left over, very fine grit. A common yet inexplicable feature of many Ramens.
The pre-cooked net weight is 80-90 grams (they say 85 + or - 5 grams. Never eaten a food product with a margin of error before.) 200 calories altogether, but an unapproachable 90 of them are from fat. It's 10 grams of fat altogether, which will knock out 15% of your required fat. See, feel like you accomplished something already, don't you? This bad boy's also gonna knock down 36% of your daily sodium. But hardened arteries go right along with the white-knuckle, packaged-noodle lifestyle, so keep on chugging, I say. Perhaps the most damning thing is their attempt to call this two servings. Who in Hades is going to split this in half and share it with a friend? So, we're looking at 30% of your fat, and 72% of your sodium. Sweet Jebus, I think I'm getting dry. Right back after a glass of water.
Synopsis: A tasty Ramen, but not likely to become a mainstay. A good taste of variety, and certainly more palatable than most American beef Ramen. If you want to give it a go with half or none of the refined oil, that might do you a little better on the health front.
Rating: 6.5 bricks, with a side of sweet-Jebus-that's-a-lotta-fat-from-a-dried-noodle.