#32 Be Aware of Cub Ramen Butter Soy Sauce

Ramen I’ll introduce today is Butter and Soy sauce Ramen.

June6.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen onlineshop owner, Sakura.

[Area]: Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
[Flavor]: Butter and Soy sauce
[Japanese Name]: Koguma Shutubotsu Chui butter Shoyuaji Ramen(小熊出没注意バター醤油らーめん)
[English Name]: Be Aware of Cub Ramen Butter Soy Sauce
[Product Page]: http://jmyths.com/be-aware-of-cub-ramen-butter-soy-sauce.html

I normally encounter lots of Miso Butter Ramen, but Soy Sauce Butter would be unordinary. The design of a small bear is so cute. The bear has nothing to do with the noodle. You feel liking grabbing this without thinking much. It’s cute that much. This instant noodle is produced by the company which sells souvenirs of Hokkaido. And it is made by a noodle making company in Hokkaido. There are also series of ramen saying “Beware of bears”.

This product only includes noodle and soup.

Another small bear appears on the back of the package, too. The recipe is put 600ml of hot water and boil the noodle for 4 and half minutes. When the noodle is ready, remove the pot from heat and add soup and stir. Move it to a bowl and add some toppings as you like. This is the same procedure as the normal instant noodles. On the back of the package, it says some info about small bears. Brown bear is one of the big and dangerous wild animals living in Hokkaido. Mother bears are always next to small bears, so it’s better not to get closer to small ones because it’s dangerous. This is Hokkaido souvenir. I wonder they chose bear because of Hokkaido.

The noodle is yellow and the back of the noodles are slightly transparent. In the middle of the noodle, there is some firmness. Thant’s why I like this. The soup really has the butter taste, but once you swallow it, you taste soy sauce, too. The soup smells slight butter.

Not so many people know this, but butter and soy sauce are good match. The tasty soup makes you swallow the whole soup. You cannot imagine this is the instant noodle. This is the real taste. You should try this.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/be-aware-of-cub-ramen-butter-soy-sauce.html
Owner's online shop: Jmyths.com

#29Hachiya Soy Sauce Ramen

#29Asahikawa Hachiya Soy Sauce Ramen

May 30.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant ramen is Soy Sauce Ramen from Asahikawa, Hokkaido.

Area: Asahikawa,Hokkaido,Japan
Flavor: Soy Sauce flavor
Japanese Name: Asahikawa Hachiya Shoyu Ramen (旭川名物醤油ラーメン蜂屋)
English Name: Asahikawa Hachiya Soy Sauce Ramen
Product Page: http://jmyths.com/asahikawa-hachiya-soy-sauce-ramen.html

Today’s instant noodle is soy-sauce noodle being made by the established restaurant called “Hachiya”. The restaurant is the representative of Asahikawa in Hokkaido prefecture. The restaurant was in Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum before. The package already shows the tasty ramen.

I opened it very quickly. Inside, there are noodle and liquid soup. The pouch of the soup also says Asahikawa ramen soup.　

The recipe is on the back of the package. This is what you cook noodle and soup separately. You might feel it would be a little troublesome to do this way, but this should make the instant noodle much more delicious. Boil the noodle for 4 to 4 and half minutes. Stir the noodle sometimes. Prepare a small pot, too. Put the packet of the soup and 350cc of water into it and stir them well. Let it boil once again depending on the readiness of the noodle. Drain hot water and then put the noodle into a bowl.

The taste is so much better than you expect normal instant noodle should taste like. Mild, two different kinds of soup and the grilled lard, which adds the extreme individuality, are the only taste that you can experience with this noodle. Fish flakes and special grilled lard make this outstanding. Maybe because of the grilled lard, it taste like miso rather than soy sauce. This ramen ranks the second in the ranking of the instant noodles that Japanese ramen enthusiasts chose. The noodle is thick, so it matches with the thick soup. Its flavor is thick fish taste, so I cannot recommend this to someone who doesn’t like seafood. If you don’t have any problems with the taste of fish, this is recommended.

Product Page: http://jmyths.com/asahikawa-hachiya-soy-sauce-ramen.html
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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.

#17 Yamagata Tori Cyuuka Ramen

Instant ramen form Japan.
Yamagata Tori Cyuuka Ramen.

April26.2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s ramen is from Yamagata prefecture, Tohoku area.

Area: Yamagata, Tohoku, Japan
Flavor: Japanese soba soup flavor
Japanese Name: Yamagata Sobaya no Tori chuuka(山形そば屋の鳥中華)
English Name: Yamagata Tori Cyuuka Ramen (2 Serves)
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/yamagata-tori-cyuuka-ramen-2-serves.html


Yamagata was the Japan’s number one consumer of noodles, so people live in Yamagata prefecture like to have noodles. There are many ramen and soba restaurants there. Click here if you want to get more information about Yamagata. This instant noodle is produced by a Soba restaurant, therefore this instant ramen has a different taste from other products.

It contains 2 servings of noodles and liquid soups. Noodles are straight. I am sorry I forgot to take pictures of it. On the back of the package, there is a instruction of this ramen. This instant ramen should be cooked noodles and soup separately. First of all, boil 1ｌof water and put the noodles. Boil the noodles for about 5 minutes.

While boilling the noodles, prepare the soup. Put liquid soup and 300cc of boiling water into a ramen bowl(for 1 serve. I cooked 2 servings,so i put 600cc of boiling water). I wanted to add some vegetables, so I cooked it in another pot.

When noodles are ready, remove it to Colander. Draining hot water from noodles.

Finally, serve in a bowl and add some toppings.

It tastes slightly sweet. This instant noodle remainds me of Indonesian noodles,Migoren, which i had a few weeks ago. This is not same taste as Migore. Because Migore was not sweet. I don't know why. I guess those are my favorite flavor.

Product Page:http://jmyths.com/yamagata-tori-cyuuka-ramen-2-serves.html
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#12 Onomichi Soy Sauce Ramen -Ramen life-

Instant ramen from Onomichi, Hiroshima.

April 19. 2016 BY Japanese instant ramen shop owner, Sakura.

Today’s instant noodle is Onomich flavored ramen noodles.

Japanese Name: Onomichi Ramen Shoyu aji
English Name: Onomichi Soy Sauce Ramen
Product Page:http://jmyths.com/onomichi-soy-sauce-ramen.html

When it comes to Onomichi ramen noodles, it’s a soy sauce flavored noodle. Onomichi town is printed on the package, this is a port town in Hiroshima and is famous for lots of hills. It is a town full of an atmosphere of time that goes slowly. There’s also bridge approximately 60km in length that connects Onomichi city, Hiroshima and Imabari city, Ehime in Shikoku and is called Setouchi Shimanami Kaido and this is also popular for cyclists. For more details, please go to the official site. (Shimanami Kaido.)

The back of the package shows how to make it. It’s a type of instant noodle product where noodles and soup are prepared separately. To make the soup, you need 270cc of hot water. It is Onomichi ramen, but the manufacturer is located in Fukushima prefecture, so that is why the package says Onomichi “type flavor” and not “made of” I guess.

It comes with only noodles and liquid soup inside the package and that is very simple.

My recommendation for toppings mentioned were char siu, bamboo shoots, spring onions and an egg, however I didn’t have them at home today, so I’ve had them with no ingredients. These noodles are a soy sauce flavor with small dried sardines as the base. The soup has a slight fishy broth aroma. It has a light taste, so it may be great eating when you are a little bit hungry or at night. It should go well with nori seaweed to eat together. I’ll try this with some toppings next time.

There are some pictures of Onomichi which I took there. I went to a ramen restaurant close to a ferry terminal. I didn’t take the picture of ramen, but it’s good. Onomichi is nice place to visit.It takes about one hour from Hiroshima station by Shinkansen and bus.
More information:(OnoNavi.)

Product Page:http://jmyths.com/onomichi-soy-sauce-ramen.html
Shimanai Kaido official site:(Shimanami Kaido.)
Onomichi city official site:(OnoNavi.)