Indomie Mi Goreng Rendang

Country of Origin: Indonesia
Bought at Super Oriental Market

Yay for new stuff from Indomie! Indomie noodles are probably my overall favorite and are just about always very, very good. I admit I had no idea what rendang is, so like anyone else in this day and age when I don't know what something is I ask the internet. According to Wikipedia, rendang is an Indonesian spicy meat dish, traditionally served to honor guests or on special occasions. Sounds good!

Just like other Indomie noodles, you get a LOT of stuff with them! Chili powder, bumbu spice, a seasoning oil, soy sauce, and fried onions. Hells yeah. I cooked the noodles in a pot for about four minutes and mixed it all up. Here's what I got:

These noodles are da bomb! The original Mi Goreng noodles are still my favorite of these, but these are very tasty with hints of coconut and curry with a decent amount of spice! Reminds me of Thai food I've eaten like Masaman Beef (coconut sauce) or similar. Be sure and check these out, you won't be disappointed. 8/10.

WaiWai Casserole Beef Flavour Noodles

Country of Origin:  Thailand
Bought at Super Oriental Market


So the first thing I'm noticing about these is that sticker on the package below where it says "casserole," which I'll discuss in a moment. What's under that damn sticker?

WTF?? Was that really necessary? A lot of ramen I eat has a nutrition label slapped on the back which I completely understand, but I wonder why they felt they needed to put that on there? Hmm...

So here's the content of the package. The white stuff is coconut oil and there's a decent smelling spice pack. Before we cook, take a look at this:

Four different languages! Truly international ramen.

So I ended up with some basic looking stuff. Why is this called a casserole? Just to make sure I didn't have some kind of mistaken view, I looked up the world casserole in the dictionary. A casserole is defined as "a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover." or "any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish." Any food? Well I guess then you could call anything a casserole, as long as it's edible. So how are these?

They taste okay with a pretty standard beef flavor, but I am not digging the quality of the noodles. I cooked them almost twice as long as the package said and they still had that chewy, not quite done consistency. I'm giving these a 4/10.

Payless Pancit Canton Original

Country of origin: Philippines
Bought at Super Oriental Market

I reviewed the Payless Xtra Big noodles a while back and they were pretty damn good, and a shitload of noodles on top of that. So here's their original pancit canton. Now I originally thought 70 grams is not big but then I realize that that's compared with the other Filipino noodle company Lucky Me, whose noodles are usually about 55g which is not a lot of noodles. Hence, Payless! Or maybe pay the same price but get more noodles?

So you get a seasoning pack, soy sauce and coconut oil. I usually really like the flavor that the coconut oil gives noodles so I'm expecting these to be pretty good!

So here it is all done. There's really small pieces of carrot and green onion in here but it's hard to see in this pic. As with most of the other Payless noodles I have had these are pretty tasty and didn't disappoint me. The soy sauce, coconut oil and other stuff come together very nicely. My only complaint is the noodles could've stood to be a little more al dente and less stiff, but nobody's perfect. I'm giving these an 8/10.

So what do you do with 1,000 packs of ramen?

Put it on a Slip N Slide! Duh!

Yeah, it's really dumb. But funny. And it does contain a girl in a bikini covered in ramen. Watch, already!

Unif Tung-I Chicken Flavor Ramen

Country of origin: Vietnam
Bought at Super Oriental Market

Time for something a little more mainstream. Unif noodles are usually pretty good and chicken flavor sounds good to me. But before we begin, check out the packaging here. First you have a chicken king or chicken pimp, I can't decide which he looks more like. We'll call him His Majesty Cluck a Duck. Then (harder to notice) is the phrase "kylling smak" which sounds fucking hilarious. I think smak is a word for noodle, but I'm not sure and too tired to look it up. Anyway, let this venture into the world of ramen begin!!

Some funky colored noodles and one whole seasoning pack. I looked at the package but couldn't find any unusual ingredients in the noodles, so that kind of makes me worry a little. But after a few minutes of quiet reflection and prayer I decide to carry on anyway.

So here it is. Looks pretty normal. Some noodles I've reviewed have this strange sickly sweet taste that is completely unexpected and to me just tastes awful. This is one of them. I'm not sure what makes them taste this way, but when I eat chicken flavored ramen I do not want it to be sweet. Too much sugar maybe? These are just flat out not good. Sorry, Chicken ala King. 3/10.

Ve Wong Kung Fu Artificial Onion Flavor Ramen

Country of origin: Vietnam
Bought at Super Oriental Market

It's been a little while since I've eaten any Ve Wong noodles so I decided to give them a try. These are a fairly new flavor and I admit that artificial onion flavor doesn't sound too great, but I'm going to give them a shot anyway. Another ingredient is "artificial pork flavor," so maybe it will taste like something else, too. By the way, I think I'm going to start doing all my package pics this way instead of taking the pic before I open the package, it seems to come out better.

So there's a seasoning pack and a pack of "flavored oil" which kinda looks like minced onion and is more solid than an oil. Time to cook!

I thought a super closeup picture may have been in order. There are a lot of onions in this soup (duh) and... not much else. This is the closest ramen will ever get to tasting like biting into an onion. I hope so anyway. If for some twisted reason you like eating onions by themselves (and I don't mean in tasty situations like onion rings or a bloomin' onion) then try these out, otherwise... onion. That's all there is to say. 4/10.