#30Island Red Pepper Miso Ramen

June1.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s Ramen is Spicy miso Ramen from Tokyo.

Area: Tokyo,Japan
Flavor: Miso flavor
Japanese Name: Shimatougarashi Miso ramen(島とうがらしみそラーメン)
English Name: Island Red Pepper Miso Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/island-red-pepper-miso-ramen.html

I’ll introduce the noodle from Hachijojima Island. Hachijojima locates the 287 km north of Tokyo. The address is Tokyo, but it takes about 50 minutes by the jet even from Haneda Airport. It has warm and beautiful sea, deep nature. You can enjoy mountains with rare plants, fresh seafood and fruits, outside bath with nice view, and so on. It is one of the islands I want to visit. Shima Red Pepper is one of the most popular souvenir of Hachijojima.

Soon I checked the package. It contains only words, no pics of ramen. But this is indeed instant ramen. The white letters explain “When I looked it from the coast, I thought it was a devil island, but once I came here, Hachijojima is the island of sympathy”. I don’t know exactly what that means, but I think it as “Once you visit the place, you know it’s a nice place”. The yellow letters say mixing Hachijojima’s red pepper with the noodle. Looking forward to that. The picture of the devil is cute, but I don’t know why the devil is used here.　

The back of the package has “how to make this” section. This noodle is what you need to cook soup and noodle separately. Boil the noodle for 2 minutes and need 270cc of hot water. It says you need to break the noodle into two pieces, but I put the noodle as it is because I don’t understand the meaning of breaking it into two.

The content is the noodle and the soup. The noodle is a bit brownish and has some black spots. This might be red pepper. The soup is spicy miso and yummy. I might be addicted to this spiciness. The noodle is straight and thin.

It costs lots of time and money to go to Haachijojima, but you can enjoy this noodle anytime anywhere. It is difficult to get this ramen even in Japan. Similar to this, there is Ashitaba Ramen. The feature of that is “Ashitaba, green and yellow vegetable, is blended in the noodle. It makes your body happy. “Ashitaba is the strong leaf that grows tomorrow even that is picked up today. It becomes well-known for its super nutrient natural food. The color of the noodle is green. You can see clearly the noodle contains the leaves of Ashitaba. You can enjoy this being rather healthy noodle than so called ramen. Please try Ashitaba ramen as well.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/island-red-pepper-miso-ramen.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com
Ashitaba ramen page: http://jmyths.com/ashitaba-ramen.html
About Hachijojima: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/spot/natuscen/hachijo-island.html

#27Momotaro Tomato Noodle

May 25.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s Ramen is Miyazaki Tomato Ramen.

Area: Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Tomato flavor
Japanese Name: Momotaro Tomato men(Tomato麺)
English Name: Momotaro Tomato Noodle
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/momotaro-tomato-noodle.html

The black package is a good match with the drawings of the red tomato. The white thin line shows the shape of Miyazaki prefecture. It says it uses tomatoes from Takachiho in Miyazaki. Takachiho has the Gauge called Takachiho Gauge which has columnar joint of precipice. It is one of the most popular sightseeing spots in Miyazaki. Let’s cook it.

It has noodle, soup and small amount of sliced and dried tomatoes.

Follow the instruction on the back of the package. Boil 500 ml of water and boil the noodle for 2 and half minutes. Remove it from heat and put the powdery soup. Blend the powder with the hot water well, and then move it to a bowl. Then powder the sliced tomatoes on top and it’s completed. To make it much more delicious, you can add some raw tomatoes, grated cheese and some vegetables you like.

This time I added half of a tomato. I also added some leek to have something colorful. Now it’s yummy. Because this is soo good, I’m selling this. Being tasty is the essential element of course. When I ordered a tomato ramen at a restaurant, it cost me 1200 yen. So it’s surprising that I can eat tomato ramen for less than half price of that. You cannot believe this is the instant noodle because it’s too good. You won’t even try leaving any soup.

That is how delicious this noodle is. The taste is somewhat similar to the minestrone. The soup suits the curly noodle. The tomatoes on the top of the noodle also suit the soup. It would be nice with fried minced onions, too. You definitely need cheese. Since it was a waste to enjoy such a delicious noodle alone, I offered some to my colleagues. Their comment was “Oh? What? How delicious this noodle is!” They were satisfied with the noodle. This noodle can be a nice present. People who like tomatoes should try this.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/momotaro-tomato-noodle.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com

#22Kirin Ramen Salt

May 13.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is Kirin Ramen Salt

Area: Aichi, Tokai, Japan
Flavor: Salt flavor
Japanese Name: Kirin Ramen Salt (キリン家庭用ラーメン塩味)
English Name: Giraffe Home Use Ramen (Kirin Ramen Salt)
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/kirin-ramen-salt.html

Today, this isn’t lunch. It’s yesterday’s supper. A light salty noodle. The package doesn’t have a picture of ramen, this is respectable instant noodle. If you want to know what the name of this product means, please go to the product page. The picture of the giraffe is very cute. This is made by the same company producing the Capybara Ramen which I have introduced on this website before. The recipe is also same, so please see the previous blog.

It contains fried and curly noodle and powdery soup. The package of the soup also shows the cute picture of the giraffe. The soup is transparency and sophisticated.

It’s nice and simple salty taste. The noodle is not so hard, so better not to boil it too long. Because of its simple taste, I recommend you to add some vegetables and eggs as toppings.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/kirin-ramen-salt.html
Owner's store: Jmyths.com

#19 Fukuoka Tomato Ramen

Instant noodles from Japan.

April 28.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen is from Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu area.

Area: Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Tomato flavor
Japanese Name: Fukuoka Tomato Ramen (福岡とまとラーメン)
English Name: Fukuoka Tomato Ramen
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/fukuoka-tomato-ramen.html

Our ramen for today is Fukuoka tomato ramen noodles.

This package has a tomato image on the whole packet. You can tell it is ramen, because it does say TOMATO RAMEN in English on the package. The decisive fact is of course tomatoes. It says ‘Soup with tomato momotaro 100% being used’ on the packet. Momotaro is one of the tomato kinds and they take about 70% of the share in Japan. So, you can tell how the soup is extracted with umami from tomatoes and tomatoes as it says they used Momotaro 100% in the soup. You can almost only see tomatoes, but this product also focuses on the noodles. The packet has a small writing saying ‘it uses Fukuoka barley.’. Well, Fukuoka prefecture developed a new kind of barley for ramen in order to polish the ramen up even more recently. This barley is called ‘Rah barley’ and produced only by the farmers in Fukuoka prefecture. When they make noodles with the barley, the noodle has a light color, firmness and doesn’t get too soft so it is the straight and skinny as its feature. It’s worth eating these developed noodles made with specific flour that was only made for ramen noodle use.

It contains noodles and liquid soup. Noodle is straight and dried.

A guide for cooking written at the back is for cooking the specialty noodles and the tomato Momotaro soup and eating them. Boil enough water in a pot, add the noodles and boil for approximately three minutes. While boiling the noodles, prepare 270ml of hot water and mix the soup sachet in a bowl, drain the water once the noodles are cooked drain the water and add the noodles in the bowl. There’s no information written regarding the extracted pork.

As a preferable way of eating, it’s even better adding some powdered cheese, bok choy and char siu. The leftover soup after the noodles have been eaten is still good to drink as it is, but it’s also recommended to add some rice in the soup and eat like a risotto. Please enjoy your original dish with these noodles by adding some cheese powder and so on. I love adding some cheese personally as the cheese always goes well with tomatoes! I didn’t have cheese today, so I added fresh tomato and green onion, which went well!!

This product has gotten attention on TV in Japan.

Product Page:http://jmyths.com/fukuoka-tomato-ramen.html
Owner's shop: jmyths.com
Japanese instant ramen- Fukuoka Tomato Ramen cooking movie.

#14 Green Premium Sapporo ichiban Zero Seafood flavor

April 21.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen is a healthy ramen!

Japanese Name: Green Premium Sapporo ichiban Zero Kaisen ramen
English Name: Green Premium Sapporo ichiban Zero Seafood flavor
Product Page:-

I saw this instant ramen in a newspaper yesterday. According to it, health-conscious instant noodles are increasing in Japan. I went to supermarket to buy it and had this instant ramen today. It says “Zero-oil soup”, “Non-fried noodle”, “Zero- colesterol”. Boiling time should be for three minutes. 291kcal/1serve without any toppings. That was put on the market in 2015.

It contains noodles and liquid soup. It looks totally same as a normal instant noodle.

I didn’t put anything this time. This is first time for me to try healthy ramen noodle, so I wanted to exploit the flavor of the ramen and soup themselves.

It tastes okay. I mean this instant ramen is good as a healthy food, but it needs something. I prefer usual instant ramen for sure.

If you are interested in this instant ramen, please contact me at anytime.
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