Made By: Indofood [Indonesia]
Required to Prepare: 400ml water, saucepan & range
340 calories per serving
For today's lunch, I'm reviewing an Onion Chicken flavour ramen soup from Indomie, who is probably better known for their Mi Goreng line of non-soup noodles but who also produces a decent variety of instant noodle soups--this one sounds like it should be a nice, mild, savory flavor. On with the review!
Inside the packet we find a block of golden ramen-style noodles, along with a pack of seasoning oil and a foil double-pack containing soup base on one side and a decent portion of chili powder on the other. To prepare, we boil our 400ml (or 1-3/4 cups) of water, and add the noodles and cook for three minutes. Meanwhile, we are supposed to go ahead and put the contents of the flavoring packets into our bowl, and stir them up into a paste. When I open the soup base, I notice a celery-like aroma, and the seasoning oil has a scent not unlike french-fried onions. Anyway, once the noodles are cooked, we pour them over our seasoning paste, stir things up, and serve!
The flavor of the broth is a bit less oniony than I had expected; it seems very much like a western-style chicken broth. The noodles have a decent texture, and interestingly, while eating the noodles I do notice a taste of the fried-onion flavor from the seasoning oil--the noodles must be picking up the oil as I lift them out of the broth, and it gave them a certain complexity that I appreciated and enjoyed. I didn't notice a lot of spice while I was eating, but once the bowl was finished I did seem to have a small chili-heat afterglow going on.
While overall I'm not sure the flavor of these is
that much different than just a plain domestic-brand chicken flavored ramen, the price is really not that much different either, and for the difference I appreciated the extra complexity and intensity of flavor that these had. Even though they're basically "just" a chicken flavor, for some reason I'm looking forward to having them again. :)
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