Archive for March, 2006

Meiji Gummy Choco Mix Fruit Flavors

March 24th, 2006

Meiji Gummy Choco Mix Fruit Flavors

Buy in Ramen & Snack Shop »

Meiji Gummy Choco Mix Fruit Flavors: Strawberry, Muscat & Orange. The jumbo-sized tube contains three kinds of real fruit flavored gummy covered in fruit-colored chocolate. It weighs more than a typical ramen pack, however, don’t count on it lasting very long, as these addictively delicious choco gummies may be gone before you get to serve a pack of instant noodle!.

As the chocolate melts in your mouth, the taste starts out slow to give way to a very rich sweet milk chocolate flavor with a fruity note that then take on a stronger tart tangy taste of each fruits as the chewy-fruity gummy center is left behind which is gone too quickly before you notice its much.

Read the rest of this page »

Chow Mein - Beef Teriyaki

March 15th, 2006

3 1/2 Stars

Nissin Quick & Easy Chow Mein - Beef Teriyaki Flavored

Nissin Quick & Easy Chow Mein - Beef Teriyaki Flavored, microwaveable. The flavor is reminiscent of smoked BBQ sauce mixed with a little sweet & spicy Chinese hoisin sauce, though not as sweet.

It’s quite tasty, almost like stir-fried lo mein in a thick dark brown sauce. The tender green onion pieces were quite noticeable and the rare tiny morsels of Shiitake mushroom were delicious. Overall, it has a decent note of beef and vegetable flavors.

Read the rest of this page »

Ho Fun Soup - Abalone & Chicken Flavor

March 11th, 2006

3 1/2 Stars

Kamfen Ho Fun Soup - Abalone & Chicken Flavor

Buy in Ramen & Snack Shop »

Ho Fun Soup - Abalone & Chicken Flavor, a classic flavor of southern coastal Chinese cuisines. It has a refined onion chicken flavor with a seafare taste from the Wakame seaweed and abalone extract flavor with a mild sweet note.

Abalone extract flavor does not have that fresh shellfish taste, but it’s used as a flavor enhancer to add an almost meaty quality with a slightly carmelized sweet note to dishes like the classic oyster sauce used in Chinese cooking. It reduces the gaminess of chicken flavor while adding a rich flavor note.

While the soup looked rich and oily on top, because of the fat-free rice noodles, the actual amount of fat in the soup is relatively low at 3g or 5% daily value. The “vermicelles” Ho Fun noodles are smaller than the ones served in restaurant.

Read the rest of this page »

Kikkoman Egg Flower Soup Mix - Hot & Sour

March 10th, 2006

3 1/2 Stars

Kikkoman Tofu Miso Soup

Buy in Ramen & Snack Shop »

Kikkoman Egg Flower Soup Mix - Hot & Sour Flavor (3 servings per packet), require 1 fresh egg for the recipe.

In the time to boil 2 1/2 cups of water, you have an authentic Hot & Sour Egg Drop Soup! Its a vegetable chicken flavored egg drop soup thicken with potato starch and seasoned with a hot & sour recipe.

Prepared as per directions, the soup looked and tasted surprisingly good…though I recommend using only about 2 1/4 cups or less of water for a stronger flavor as served in most restaurants. It has a rich soy sauce taste, mildly sweet with a strong note of pepper and sourness. There is just a few slivers of the familiar crunchy black jelly mushroom too.

Read the rest of this page »

Hot-Kid Seaweed Rice Crackers

March 9th, 2006

Want Want Seaweed Rice Crackers

Buy in Ramen & Snack Shop »

Want Want’s Hot Kid Seaweed Rice Crackers. The package contains 10 mini-packets of two crackers each to keep it fresh. These delectable light and crunchy rice crackers are very tasty without the heavy taste of salt or sugar as in many snacks.

It has that classic light crisp puffed texture of very crunchy rice crackers. The light seaweed flavor complimented the delicious soy sauce flavored cracker and its mild sweetness with a note of savory bonito seasoning. The bonito flavor give it an extra rich taste much like a bit of anchovy in cooking does and the light sweetnes just balance the taste nicely!

Read the rest of this page »