#26Miyazaki Spicy Ramen

May 23.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s noodle is Miyazaki Spicy Noodle.

Area: Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
Flavor: Spicy
Japanese Name: Miyazaki Karamen (宮崎辛麺)
English Name: Miyazaki Spicy Ramen/ Miyazaki Spicy Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/miyazaki-spicy-ramen.html

I chose this because I wanted to eat something spicy very much. The big golden letters on the package of the noodle says “Spicy Noodle”. You cannot miss this noodle if you like spicy food.

It contains noodle, powdery soup, and dried Chinese dive. The noodle is fried and frizzled.

The back of the package says “how to eat this in a more tasty way”. The recipe is same as normal instant noodles. Boil 500 ml of water in a pot and put noodles in it. Keep boiling for 2 minutes as you stir. Remove it from heat and add powdery soup and accompanying Chinese chive to it, then stir. When they are ready, put them in a bowl. When you cook the noodle, it is recommended to add some minced meat too. After putting the powdery soup, add a beaten egg to it and then boil for 10 seconds. That makes the ramen much more delicious.

I added bean sprout, leek and egg. When I put the noodle in the bowl, I realized I had forgotten the egg. So I added the egg at that moment. I don’t complain even the egg is still raw. What’s great is the combination of the soup from Miyazaki chicken and soy sauce, and more so with the combination of garlic and chili. This is really the local food from Miyazaki because Chinese chive is considered as the feature of Miyazaki and spiciness. The noodle itself is nice. The taste of the soup lingers on.

I don't think this ramen is so spicy, but tasty. Spicy hot. I recommend you to try this ramen especially in this summer. It’s the Miyazaki way to add some minced meat and egg. Please try it as well. Adding some rice to the remaining soup is also recommended. You can eat all of that without wasting anything. This noodle has the similar product, “Miyazaki Spicy Spicy”, which I’ll introduce to you in the future.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/miyazaki-spicy-ramen.html
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#24Tetsuya Ramen Tonkotsu Soy sauce

May 18.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is Tetsuya Ramen from Hokkaido.

Area: Hokkaido, Japan
Flavor: Tonkotsu Soy sauce flavor
Japanese Name: Ramen Tetsuya Tonkotsu Shoyu (らーめんてつや豚骨正油)
English Name: Tetsuya Ramen Tonkotsu Soy sauce
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This is the special soy sauce ramen that has been popular among Japanese people. Media and magazines show how popular this ramen is. “Ramen Tetsuya” is the landmark of Tonkotsu Soy Sauce. This is the instant noodle which you can enjoy the special soup at home. Within 3 years since the shop started the first shop in 1997, it has expanded to 3 restaurants. And now it has multiple restaurants. In Sapporo where ramen restaurants are competing each other, this restaurant made its name as being popular for Tonkotsu soup.

The content is noodle and liquid soup. The pouch of the noodle says the name of the company, expiry date, and the phone number. I think the noodle is curly.

Soon I started cooking. Need to cook the noodle and the soup separately. First, boil the noodle. Boil plenty of water and boil the noodle for 6 minutes. I made it for 5 mins because I like the noodle to be still hard. When it boils up, stir them without damaging the noodle. During that time, make some soup. Put the soup and 270cc of water into a pot and then stir them well. It makes much easier to take the content out if you put the pouch of the soup in the hot water in a bowl beforehand. Depends on how hard you want the noodle to be, boil it up and move some water to a bowl. Drain hot water and then put the noodle in the bowl. The Ramen is completed once you put some ingredients you like on top. Because I only had one gas stove, I put the pouch of the soup and 270cc of hot water in a bowl instead.

As you can see, the soup is very thick. It’s not raw noodle, but firm and curly thick noodle matches very much with the soup. In the history of the instant noodles, this must be the best one! Because of the thick taste, the soup won’t be watery even when you add lots of ingredients. The taste is rather thick than oily! This is how Hokkaido Ramen taste like. If you like Hokkaido or Ramen, you should try this. Please contact me if you want to buy this ramen.

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#21 Hello Kitty Noodle (soy sauce)

April 11.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is Hello Kitty Soy Sauce Ramen

Area: Hokkaido, Japan
Flavor: Soy sauce flavor
Japanese Name: Hello Kitty Shoyu Ramen (ハローキティ醤油ラーメン)
English Name: Hello Kitty Soy Sauce Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/hello-kity-noodle-soy-sauce.html

Today’s noodle is Hello Kitty Soy Sauce Ramen. A winning trick has to be Hello Kitty!

It includes noodle, soup and oil for cooking.

On the back of the package, there is the recipe. Hello Kitty explains clearly there. Boil 550 to 600cc of water in a small pot and put the noodle in it. Boil it for 6 minutes. I go for 5 minutes. Stir them sometimes without damaging the noodle. When it’s ready, remove it from heat. Put soup and cooking oil to it and stir them well. Put it in a bowl. Add some ingredients as you like. Soy sauce ramen is nice with bean sprout. In Japan, bean sprout is cheap, so it’s easy to use. Boiled egg is a must!

The package of the noodle being Hello Kitty makes me think this might be for kids, but this is yummy! This is the real Sapporo soy sauce ramen. Especially the noodle is delicious. Because of the package being Hello Kitty, I think men wouldn’t go for this ramen, but once you taste it, you will think “Hello Kitty is not bad”. Hello Kitty is very popular in the world, so this might be good as a present, too. Not only the cute design, but also the tasty ramen as Sapporo soy sauce let you enjoy Japanese ramen. I recommend this.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/hello-kity-noodle-soy-sauce.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com
You tube: I cooked Hello kitty soy sauce instant ramen.

#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.

#18Toyama White Shrimp Ramen

Instant noodle from Japan.

April27.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen is from Toyama prefecture, Tokai area.

Area: Toyama, Tokai/Hokuriku, Japan
Flavor: White Shrimp flavor
Japanese Name: Toyama Shiroebi ramen(富山白えびラーメン)
English Name: Toyama White Shrimp Ramen
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/toyama-white-shrimp-ramen.html


I felt like to have a light taste ramen today, so I picked this instant ramen. The picture of the package looks good.

It contains noodle and 2 types of soup(liquid and powder). Noodles are non-fried and curly. No white shrimp includes.

There is a instruction on the back of this package. Boil the noodles with 500cc of boiling water for 3minutes. When noodles get ready, remove heat and put powder soup and liquid soup. It’s very easy.

I added some toppings such as green onion, sliced pork and Wakame seaweed.

I like this thick curly noodle. This is the instant ramen that I wanted to have today!

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/toyama-white-shrimp-ramen.html
Owner's shop: Jmyths.com

By the way, Toyama prefecture is famous for "Yuki-no-Otani" Snow Wall Walk which is a part of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. It’s open from middles of April to end of June every year. It’s a very famous sightseeing spot in this season. You might have to wait to get a train or ropeway because there are many tourists from all over the world. However, it’s worth going!! More information about "Yuki-no-Otani" Snow Wall Walk .

Indomie Mi Goreng instant noodles

#15 Spinoff:Indonesian instant noodles

April22.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s noodle is from Indonesia.

I got this Indonesian Indomie Mi Goreng instant noodles. This is more like a fried noodle than a ramen soup noodle. It looks so delicious. This has a HALAL mark on, so there’s no pork extract contained. It does say it is an exported product, so it must have a different taste to the one sold locally.

In the packet, there are noodles, seasonings, seasoning oil, soy sauce and chilli powder.

There’s an English instruction, but it’s faster to look at the picture and cook. I boiled the vegetables and shrimps together with the noodles as I wanted to eat them. The fried egg on the package looked attractive, so I fried an egg as well. I didn’t have oil, so I made the fried egg in the microwave. I sprinkled some chili powder, reddened pickled ginger, spring onions on top of the noodles and it was complete.

I didn't drain the water from the boiled vegetables enough, so the taste was a little lighter. It did say it should cook for three minutes, but I guess two and half minutes might be enough actually. They were so delicious that I couldn’t think that they were instant noodles. A slightly sweet sauce Asian in its style I reckon. I liked it how they weren’t too salty like a Japanese sauce and fried noodles. The fried egg might be a must include item. The taste was something specific to the country it was made in so I had to feel like I was eating out at a restaurant more than cooking at home but I would like to try having it in a few different ways because it's cheap and easy.

Cooking movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL33kVaNF_8
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