Asian Sides - Thai Sesame Noodles
December 10th, 2005
Lipton is tapping into the Asian cuisine with this “Asian Sides” product line. The flavor is good, but the taste is too weak to pass for a real Thai cuisine. It has a sweet, weak soy taste with a note of cilantro, sesame seeds and barely a hint of lemon grass. The noodles tasted more like a macaroni product, not “lo mein” as labeled.
The package pictured a vey appetizing non-soup serving. Using a standard 8 oz/cup measure, the serving came out quite soupy. I served it in a regular single serving bowl, so don’t see how there are two servings per container here. As a single serving, it has about the same calories and sodium as typical ramen with the soup. Not very “instant” as it took more than 10 minutes to do.
Suggested Cooking Directions
- Add contents of packages to 1 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- Cook 7 minutes covered and let stand for another 2-3 minute to thicken sauce before serving.
Product of Canada by Lipton/Knorr.
Ingredients*
Net wt. 4.4 oz (124g)
Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid), Sugar, Sesame Seed, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Dried Vegetables (Red Bell Pepper, Leek), Maltodextrin, Salt, Sesame Oil, Soy Sauce Powder (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Garlic Powder, Spices (including Paprika, Cliantro), Natural Flavors (including Lemon Grass Flavor), Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate.
Disclaimer*
Ingredients were copied from the product label, however you should not rely solely on this information in any manner.
Lipton is tapping into the Asian cuisine with this “Asian Sides” product line. The flavor is good, but the taste is too weak to pass for a real Thai cuisine. It has a sweet, weak soy taste with a note of cilantro, sesame seeds and barely a hint of lemon grass. The noodles tasted more like a macaroni product, not “lo mein” as labeled.
The package pictured a vey appetizing non-soup serving. Using a standard 8 oz/cup measure, the serving came out quite soupy. I served it in a regular single serving bowl, so don’t see how there are two servings per container here. As a single serving, it has about the same calories and sodium as typical ramen with the soup. Not very “instant” as it took more than 10 minutes to do.
Suggested Cooking Directions
- Add contents of packages to 1 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- Cook 7 minutes covered and let stand for another 2-3 minute to thicken sauce before serving.
Product of Canada by Lipton/Knorr.
Ingredients*
Net wt. 4.4 oz (124g)
Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid), Sugar, Sesame Seed, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Dried Vegetables (Red Bell Pepper, Leek), Maltodextrin, Salt, Sesame Oil, Soy Sauce Powder (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Garlic Powder, Spices (including Paprika, Cliantro), Natural Flavors (including Lemon Grass Flavor), Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate.
Disclaimer*
Ingredients were copied from the product label, however you should not rely solely on this information in any manner.