Made By: Nippon Trends Food Service (Product of USA)
Required to Prepare: Saucepan & Range, Boiling Water
360 calories per package
While I was browsing the aisles at Uwajimaya Bellevue on my last visit, I found a section of fresh noodles in the refrigerated section, away from the extensive dry-goods instant noodle aisle. Since they are fresh and need to be refrigerated, they obviously have a shorter shelf-life than the 'normal' dry ramen, so I just picked up one to try this time.
Inside the package there is a styrofoam tray that holds the pack of fresh noodles, and a little foil packet of liquid soup base. To prepare, we need to boil water in both our saucepan and our teakettle; we add the noodles to the saucepan and cook for 1-1/2 minutes (or 2-1/2 minutes if frozen), and meanwhile we mix 1-1/4 cups of boiling water with the soup base in our bowl. Once the noodles are cooked, we drain them and add them to the bowl, and the noodles are ready to serve!
The noodles have a wonderful texture, much more like "real" restaurant ramen than the dry ramen everyone is used to. The broth tastes a bit different than I was expecting from a shoyu broth; there is a strong taste of sesame oil which really overpowers the other flavors. Overall, the soup is kind of plain, honestly, but I don't hold that against it, because it's clearly meant as a base for you to add your own ingredients (much like restaurant ramen). So, although I think it is just okay on its own (and I felt obligated to review it that way), I am definitely looking forward to having it again--and adding my own green onion, crab stick, boiled egg, and other nifty ingredients to make this into a really awesome bowl of "real" ramen. :)
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