Samyang Sogoki Myun Beef Flavor Ramen

Country of origin: Korea
Bought at Super Oriental Market

I'm always on the lookout for products from Samyang as just about all their products are the bomb diggity. I picked this one up fairly recently and I gotta be honest, the only reason I chose it is because I like the packaging. I'm expecting these to be at least pretty good though since they are made by Samyang. Let's open this mofo up!

It's the same 120g noodle block that comes with all the other Samyang ramens so it's definitely a lot of noodles and good quality ones at that. There's only one pack of stuff but it's a good size pack. Upon opening I notice there's a good bit of beef flavoring and a LOT of green onions. Time to cook.

The soup has a sort of creamy texture to it which I like, and has a decent amount of spice as well. Almost as spicy as Shin Ramyun. It doesn't seem like the flavoring pack got mixed up enough in the cooking process because I'm tasting different spices at different times in the soup, sort of like one area is spicy and the other tastes like nothing but onions. Maybe I got a bad spice pack? These are ok, there are a few too many onions/onion flavor for my taste but the spice level is decent. I'm going to give them a 6/10.

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Maggi 2 Minute Noodles Curry Flavor

Country of origin: India
Bought at Ummm... kinda can't remember. I just have them, ok? Like some people have cats and dogs.

Let me start off by saying that my past Indian noodle experiences have not been very good, but I'm willing to give some more a try since curry sounds pretty good today. These are made by Maggi, which is owned by Nestle, and they make everything from soup bullion to spices and sauce mixes. You can find a lot of their products at Wal-Mart and other grocery stores. So let's see how their noodles stack up.

 

So it's a pretty standard noodle block and a TASTEMAKER packet, which is quite possibly one of the best names for a flavor pack I've ever seen. These noodles also have an interesting smell to them, not necessarily bad but a little bit funky. Time to cook!

Better pay attention to the directions on this one. It says to use 225ml of water and boil it for 2 minutes and don't drain off any excess water. Know what that means? Noodle bowl! Sweet. But how in the world am I gonna measure out 225ml of water? Water, meet measuring cup. Suck it, impossibility! Ramenator 1, Indian noodles directions, 0. Hah.

 

 

  So here's the whole thang. These smell really good so I couldn't resist tearing into them and man, these are the best Indian noodles I've ever had. Which in itself isn't saying a lot, but these are very good. If you like Indian food or curry you should definitely try these out. 7/10.

 

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Nissin Demae Satay Flavor Ramen

Country of origin: Hong Kong

Bought at Super Oriental Market

So again it's been a while, but I've been busy so don't give me any crap. Continuing on with the Nissin Demae ramens we have the satay flavor. For those of you who don't know what satay is, it's a sauce often used in Thai cooking made from peanuts and coconuts. It's pretty tasty stuff if you are into Thai food. I could go for some chicken or beef with some peanut sauce right now. Mmmm...

Food daydreaming aside, here's what comes in this package. Pretty standard stuff, regular noodle block and two packs of stuff, soup base and seasoning oil. Let's cook these up and see how it goes.
Blogger has been having some issues so the last pic got lost in cyberspace forever. Oh well. It's very regular looking stuff, but despite its plain looks this simple bowl of ramen offers some serious flavor. The peanut and coconut sauce flavor is here in full force and tastes like some noodles I had in a Thai restaurant, only a soup instead of noodles and sauce. This one gets points for uniqueness since I've never had a bowl of ramen quite like this. I'm giving this one an 8/10.

IS NORTH KOREA BEST KOREA?

Haha, no, definitely not.

Nissin Demae Sesame Oil Flavor Ramen

Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Bought at Super Oriental Market

So I've tried several different sesame flavored ramens, with mixed results. I expect it to be greasy to a degree, but it doesn't need to be like eating a bowl of cooking oil. Nissin Demae ramen is usually pretty good stuff so I'm anxious to give this one a try.

So we have a slightly bigger than average noodle block, a seasoning pack and a sesame oil pack. Pretty straightforward, so we press on.

Cooked these up nice in a pot on the stove. Looks pretty good and smells pleasant... cooked the noodles a little extra to get them to where I like them as I usually do. Nissin Demae noodles are a little bit thicker than standard noodles so you may want to do the same. These are very, very good. I've reviewed two other sesame oil flavor noodles, one not bad, one terrible. This one is the best by far. Just the right amount of sesame oil flavor balanced out with other oriental style flavors make this ramen a very tasty bowl indeed. I'm giving these a 10/10. Definitely the best sesame flavored ramen I've ever eaten.

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