#33Hakata Chinese Style Ramen

Today’s lunch is Chinese Style Ramen from Hakata, Kyushu, Japan.

June9.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

●Area: Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
●Flavor: Soy sauce flavor
●Japanese Name: Hakata Chuka soba(博多中華そば)
●English Name: Hakata Chinese Style Ramen
●Product Page: http://jmyths.com/hakata-chinese-style-ramen.html

This instant ramen includes noodle and soup. The noodle is straight, not thick, not thin. On the soup packaging, Flying fish is printed.

Cook soup and noodle separately. Boil the noodle for 3 minutes and need 250cc-300cc of hot water. To make it much more delicious, you can add some leek, Chashu and some vegetables you like. I added leek, cabbage and sliced pork.

This ramen is very simple taste of soy sauce ramen. This instant noodle is good to make your debut on soy sauce ramen.

●Product Page: http://jmyths.com/hakata-chinese-style-ramen.html
●Owner's shop: Jmyths.com

#31 Country Style Tonkotsu Ramen

Yummy Tonkotsu instant ramen!

June3.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s Ramen is Tonkotsu Ramen from Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.

Area: Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Tonkotsu flavor
Japanese Name: Inaka Tonkotsu ramen(田舎とんこつラーメン)
English Name: Country Style Tonkotsu Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/country-style-tonkotsu-ramen.html

I like this simple packaging. It doesn’t have ramen pictures on it, but it looks good.

It contains noodle and soup powder. The noodle is fried and curly.

The recipe is on the back of the package. Boil the noodle for 3 minutes with 500ml of boiling water. Stir the noodle sometimes. When the noodle is ready, add the powder soup and stir it well. Put the noodle and soup into a bowl.

This instant noodle is simple Tonkotsu ramen taste, not too light, not too rich, it's just right for me. I added an egg and chopped scallions. This is from Ukiha city of Fukuoka prefecture where is the three major noodle making of Kyushu area.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/country-style-tonkotsu-ramen.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com

#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

#23 Kurume Tonkotsu Ramen Umakacchyan Series

May 16.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is Umaka-chan’s Kurume Tonkotsu taste, made with pork belly and bones.

Area: Fukuoka,Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Tonkotsu flavor
Japanese Name: Umaka-chan Kurumefu Tonkotsu (うまかっちゃん久留米風とんこつ)
English Name: Kurume Tonkotsu Ramen Umakacchyan Series
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/kurume-tonkotsu-ramen-umakacchyan-series.html

Umaka-chan is one of the popular instant noodles in Japan. The brand has been loved by lots of people for a long time. These days, expensive instant noodles are very popular, but Umaka-chan is old-style and lovable instant noodle. The noodle is fried and curly. The soup is powdery. This time, I’ll make some changes. I want to eat Umaka Fuji Ramen, which is described on the website of Umaka-chan, with lots of bean sprout. The look of the complete ramen dish will be like Mt.Fuji. That seems a little tip. Now, let’s start cooking.

Heat oil in a frying pan, and add 400g of bean sprout until they are ready to eat. Season them with some salt and pepper. I don’t have a frying pan, so I use a pot instead. Next, boil 550ml of water and then put noodles in it. Keep boiling it for 3 minutes. When the noodle is ready, remove the pot from heat and add powdery soup to it and blend them well. Put the noodles in a bowl and add the cooked bean sprout on top of that. In the end, put the boiled egg on top of them. The tip is to decorate bean sprout like Mt. Fuji and the boiled egg like the rising sun. When I cooked it, I couldn’t make the noodle look like the mountain in the picture maybe because I overcooked the bean sprout. A very small mountain was created in the middle of the bowl. Because the amount of the bean sprout was not much, the boiled egg didn’t look like the rising sun. Not impressed, but the taste was good.

As the package of the ramen says thick Tonkotsu taste, the soup is actually thick. Lots of the bean sprout and the boiled egg bring out the taste of the soup. Although there are lots of vegetables in the bowl, the soup doesn’t become watery. This ramen is healthy thanks to lots of vegetables. If you want to try instant noodles which Japanese normally eat, this is the one.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/kurume-tonkotsu-ramen-umakacchyan-series.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com
Cooking movie: Umakacchan kurume Mt fuji

#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.

#13 Instant ramen from Hakata.

#13Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen Washi Package

April 20.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen is from Hakata, Fukuoka, Kyushu.

Area: Hakata, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Tonkotsu
Japanese Name: Hakata ramen tonkotsu aji
English Name: Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen Washi Package
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/hakata-tonkotsu-ramen-washi-package.html

This instant noodle is a different flavor to the other Hakata noodles mentioned previously( Hakata Chicken Ramen Washi Packaging ),this is a Tonkotsu flavor version of the same product. As I mentioned before, it is again a Hakata noodle, so it should not disappoint you. The package has a Fukuoka festival printed on it, the festival is called ‘Hakata dontaku’ and it is held every May, there are more than two million people that visit from both inside and outside of Japan and it is a traditional festival that has been held for over 50 years.

There’s an instruction on how to make them at the back of the package. It recommends to cook the noodles and soup individually. Firstly, put the noodles in boiling water and boil them for about two minutes. Secondly, put the soup powder in a noodle bowl and pour in 270cc of hot water (This should be done while the noodles are boiled.). Lastly, just add the cooked noodles in the soup to complete.

The package has noodles and liquid soup inside, the liquid soup contains fat, so it’s best to warm it up before using.

See this, my toppings were an egg (cut in half), chashu (a few pieces of roasted pork), spring onions and reddened pickled ginger.

It really was the Hakata ramen noodle in taste and of course I was so satisfied! You’ve got to try them if you love Tonkotsu flavor noodles. Here is a video of this product being made.
You tube: Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen Washi Package

Product Page:http://jmyths.com/hakata-tonkotsu-ramen-washi-package.html

#11Fukuoka Tonkotsu Ramen

Instant ramen noodles tonkotsu flavor
from Fukuoka, Kyushu.

April 18.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen menu is Fukuoka tonkotsu ramen.

Japanese Name: Fukuoka no tonkotsu ramen
English Name: Fukuoka tonkotsu ramen
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/fukuoka-tonkotsu-ramen.html

The ramen dish in the photo is looking delicious. Though one of the characters is slightly on the picture of the char siu.The noodles are special this product focuses on the noodles. The packet has a 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.

Inside is packed with noodles and liquid soup.

The soup contains pork extract.

A guide for cooking written at the back is for cooking the specialty noodles and the 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 and add the noodles in the bowl.

What they recommend for toppings is spring onions, char siu and boiled eggs it says, but I normally top up with reddened pickled ginger for tonkotsu ramen. That makes the taste milder.

I added cabbage, green onion,an egg,and char siu. I should have added more char siu, so it will go more rich tastes.

Product Page:http://jmyths.com/fukuoka-tonkotsu-ramen.html
You tube: Fukuoka Tonkotsu Instant ramen cooking

#10 Yakushima Frying Fish and Tonkotsu Ramen

April 15.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen noodle is Yakushima ramen noodles.

Japanese Name: Yakushima agodashi tonkotsu ramen
English Name: Yakushima Frying Fish and Tonkotsu Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/yakushima-frying-fish-and-tonkotsu-ramen.html

It has the taste of flying fish broth and tonkotsu, pork bone broth. Yakushima is located in Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu area, Japan and is a listed as a world heritage island. Yakushima is famous for flying fish broth products and is famous for their abundance. The green color of the package expresses their abundance in Yakushima and the ◎ mark printed in the middle is the age of the Yaku cedar tree that is aged over 1,000 years. Yakushima was listed as a world heritage island in 1993 and since then it has been impressing a lot of people both inside and outside of Japan.

The package includes a liquid soup and a block of noodles. The noodle block is fried with a type of curled noodle.

At the back of the package, there’s kind instruction on how to make them that instructs to boil up water in a pot, add the noodles and boil for three minutes just like normal instant noodles. More information about Yakushima can be found here.Yakushima Japan guide.com

The recommended toppings as mentioned were spring onions, sprouts, seaweed, char siu pork pieces and sesame seeds, however I use seaweed, spring onions, white spring onions and thinly sliced pork for toppings. The noodles are very firm to chew and delicious. One type of flavor of this noodle is tonkotsu, it contains flying fish broth, so it has quite a bit of fishy taste and flavor, so it doesn’t suit anyone who doesn’t like fishy soup. The taste of the soup is relatively clear, so it should be enjoyable for someone who is ok with fishy soup. It may be described as a Japanese unique taste.

I buy ramen noodles everywhere in Japan when I travel and have noticed that the instant noodles in Japan don’t often have a photo of noodles on the package. I wonder if that’s for stirring consumer’s imaginations..? Of course it’s best if you can buy what you like, but it’s a little difficult with just a little information to decide, isn’t it? Alright, see you next time.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/yakushima-frying-fish-and-tonkotsu-ramen.html
About Yakushima:Yakushima Japan guide.com