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Mi Goreng Rendang - fried noodle with a hot spicy vegetarian rendang curry paste, a traditional Indonesian curry similar to Thai curries, but has its own characteristics. Some of the characteristic ingredients in this recipe are kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), garlic, onion, pepper, coconut, kemiri nut (candle nut), clove, anise, and herbs.

This is about the spiciest of the Mi Goreng’s that I have tried, my mouth felt hot after eating it. It has a sharper taste than the typical curries found here, with strong garlic-onion flavor and a note of clove & anise that give it an almost ginger-like pungency. I liked the toasted onion which are a few tasty bits beside noodles.

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Mi Goreng Satay - fried noodle. This is my favorite Mi Goreng so far. A spicy hot fried noodle with a mixture of sweet dark soy sauce and garlic-onion oil paste with a sharp note of peanut and lime, and bits of toasted onion for added texture. There lot of tasty contrasts in it.

It’s February and the weather was rather cool inside. The flavor packets were for Indonesia’ tropical heat and were kind of hard to squeeze out. I left them in the boiling water to warm up before using them this time. I cut the packets and squeeze them between two chop sticks to get every bit out into a plate. I mixed together all the seasonings while the noodles were being cooked. Then I added the well drained noodles and mixed it together thoroughly for about 30 seconds. I had to eat it quickly while it still hot and the result was excellent!

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Mi Goreng - instant fried noodle. This is the original flavor that catapulted Indomie into Indonesia’s ramen hall of fame.

It’s seasoned with an Indonesian sweet soy sauce and a spiced garlic flavored oil with a note of sesame oil. Properly prepared and hot, it has a rather rich sweet spiced soy taste with slightly nutty note and an almost buttery feel in the mouth.

Now that I have tried it, it needs a bit of explanation as to why it has such a legendary status in Indonesia. It got there because peoples remembered it, a simple comfort food at a time of needs. It’s like how ramen became a national heritage to the Japaneses because it too served a great need in a formative period. People adapted to it and while there has been great changes, there’s always a nostalgic longing to reclaim our pasts.

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Rasa Soto Mie - instant noodle soup. Soto Mie is a common term for Indonesian soup, so it’s a traditional fare. The flavor is somewhat like the IndoMie Soto Betawi flavor, but noticeably without that sweet thick soy sauce. It was spicy hot pot style with light curry overtone and a garlicky-onion chili oil-based paste taste with a note of lime and other spices. It was not too spicy, so don’t use too much water to noodles in bowl with seasonings.

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Satay BBQ Chicken - fried noodle. It shared a similar recipe with many of IndoMie’s fried noodles type, though it’s mildly sweeter like miso with a note of peanut. It’s not the familiar BBQ chicken flavror, but it’s a popular sauce used in Indonesian BBQ. I did not tasted any chicken flavor itself.

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Rasa Soto Betawi - instant noodle soup. Betawi refers to the “people of Batavia” (old name for Jakarta) in Indonesian and the flavor of soto seasonings is a Jakarta specialty. This soto recipe has a peppery, mild sweet soy-curry taste with a note of coconut, lime and other stock & spices - very flavorful, if you were careful about not adding too much water to the seasonings in the bowl.

Indomie has multiple pouch type flavor packets, which are narrow and quite messy to pour out liquid with. I had resigned to tearing it open and drop it into the soup to soak out by itself.

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Rasa Ayam Bawang - onion chicken flavor instant noodle soup. This is one of the best chicken flavored instant noodles that I had reviewed. It has a strong tasty blend of hot pepper, garlic, onion and leek flavors. The seasonings reminded me of what used for a savory pepper steak recipe. Its noodles are decent too.

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Mi Goreng Pedas - hot instant fried noodle. It’s a hot version of IndoMie’s popular stir-fried style noodles seasoned with Indonesian sweet soy sauce and spicy hot garlic-onion flavored spicy oil paste with a note sesame and toasted onion bits. It has 5 condiment packets.

Now that I have mastered the art of making Mi Goreng, I have updated this review. This time, the noodles were served perfectly. It was hot and spicy, and tasted delicious. The noodle tasted much better when hot and served properly, I can now appreciate people’s love for it and upgraded the rating from my initial impression last time. It makes a light tasty snack for me.

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