#28Vietnamese instant noodles

#28Vietnamese instant noodles (Spinoff)

May 27.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is from Vietnamese.

A trial eating of Vietnamese pho shrimp and crab taste. There’s a sticker pasted on it saying they are rice noodles, Vietnamese pho, shrimp, crab and 253kcal. Pho is familiar in Japan, too.It’s more like eating at a Vietnamese restaurant than cooking at home type. The label sticker pasted on the packet has Japanese writing and it says Made in Vietnam, however it also says it is manufactured by contract in Taipei city. Are they really made in Vietnam then? Anyway, let’s cook these up now.

There are a block of noodles, two seasoning sachets and herbs inside the packet. The cooking method is either cooking in a pot or pouring hot water on, so I chose the easiest way. I put seasonings, noodles and herbs in a bowl first, poured 400ml of hot water and waited three minutes. I wanted to put something on, so I topped it with boiled sprouts and an egg.

The spice was a little interesting. The taste was very light. I didn’t really taste the shrimps and crabs, but the noodles were slippery and delicious, so this may be perfect when you want to eat light food. I also tried a chicken flavor of the same type.

It think the chicken flavor suits Japanese people’s taste. It’s cheap and lasts long, so it may be a good idea to stock this for emergency occasions.

Owner's shop: Jmyths.com

#20 Singapore instant noodles

Laksa noodles /Singapore instant noodles

April 9.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

I tried a Singapore noodle called Laksa noodles. It looks so yummy. It says that it’s Made in Singapore. It’s easy to understand as there’s an explanation in Japanese at the back of the packet. It’s written on the package that the sticky thick noodles go well with the spicy thick soup with coconut milk and shrimp umami having a great effect. Well, let’s just make them as it’s hard to imagine.

The packet is packed with noodles, Laksa paste and premix.

It did say that the sticky thick kind of noodles are not really seen in Japan often. The method of cooking is also different I suppose. For Japanese instant noodles, we put the noodles in first before adding the soup after stopping the heat, but for this product, you are supposed to add the soup, boil it up, put the noodles in and then boil for another seven minutes. Soup A is a coconut flavoured white powder sachet and soup B is an aromatic shrimp paste. For toppings, they have written that seafood, chicken, sprouts and deep fried tofu are recommended. I cannot even guess the taste, so it is certainly helpful to have such a topping indication actually. As for myself, I topped mine with seafood mix and green onion. Alright then, let’s try it. The noodles are more like a udon noodle type texture and indeed chewy. The taste is spicy, but the coconut milk is strong enough to be mild on the whole. I can taste the aromatic shrimp well, too.

I heard that these noodles were selected on CNN and the global instant noodle ranking. It is the taste of satisfaction. There’s nothing like it in Japanese instant noodles, I reckon. It’s a different type of instant noodles, but Karakara noodles made in Miyazaki may go well with these noodles.

Cooking movie(click here).

Owner's shop:Jmyths.com