Agh!! Get it off of me! Getitoffofme! — oh, sorry… Ahem…this is the kind of instant noodles that gives people nightmares. In the interest of saying something useful besides just warning people from this travesty, I find it interesting that, even though technically ramen “started” from China, then evolved into the Japanese version we’re all…
ramen rating
you’re really supposed to add your own ingredients to this type of box ramen, like veggies and onions and maybe some meat…without additional goodies, it’s very very average…both the noodles and the soup is just boooring…it gets a 5
ramen rating: kurume ichiban tonkotsu shoyu
This is the last day of Ogawaya ramen week (actually, this review is 2 days late. Sorry…had a busy weekend), and I’m a bit sad. But, I’m also a bit glad…you try to come up with 5 different and interesting ways to describe the same noodles! I also want to give a shoutout to rameniac…
ramen rating: kurume ramen, futatsu no aji
I have a bad habit of not really looking at or reading the packages of ramen that I eat until after I’ve eaten them. In this case, I was a bit surprised to open the package and see two different colored soup packets…was this some special “red/white song battle” (K?haku Uta Gassen) ramen? No, there’re…
ramen rating: shimadaya shoyu
One neat thing about Shimadaya’s ramen is that there are three flavor packets! There’s a packet of soup base, a packet of seasoning oil, and a pack of spices. Those of you who enjoy reading ingredients will find that there’s both chicken extract and chicken extract powder, two kinds of fat (the seasoning oil is…
ramen rating: nissin shoyu
Deja vu…nissin’s shoyu ramen reminded me so much of maruchan’s shoyu ramen that i had to doublecheck the package. Nissin’s noodles are just as good, with a nice firm texture, and the soup is just as good. Just like the maruchan ramen, this is quite good, but not spectacular. It earns an 8.
ramen rating: ebisu mendokoro – fountain valley, ca
I’ve been going to Ebisu ramen for around 20 years now, so when my wife recently asked me why I haven’t reviewed them yet, all I could do was give her my best deer-caught-in-headlights look. Ebisu Mendokoro is owned by the same company that owns the Ebisu supermarket and the Bon Marche bakery in the…
ramen rating: yamachan shoyu
In a nutshell, this is a very average ramen. The noodles are nicely chewy, though they have a tendency to really clump together and become a too-hard-to-chew mess. The soup is just so-so. I can only give this a 5.5 (half point off for the clumpiness factor).
ramen rating: hidatakayama
Very average ramen with skinny so-so noodles and decent shoyu soup. You get a piece of mystery meat and some green onions and that’s it. This gets a 6.
ramen rating: sapporo shoyu tonkotsu
So is it shoyu or tonkotsu? Unfortunately, it doesn’t really matter. So-so noodles and so-so soup makes this a very average nondescript ramen. It gets a 6.
ramen rating: maruchan shoyu
Wow…everyone’s favorite college-student-cheap ramen has a semi-fresh ramen! It’s made in the U.S. and I found it at our local 99 Ranch (Chinese supermarket) so it should be relatively easy to find. And guess what…it’s actually pretty darn good! The noodles are a little bit skinny but chewy and tasty. The soup is a decent…
ramen rating: myojo shoyu
Ah…now we’re talking…this ramen is made by the same company as the last one I rated, which I really enjoyed. This one is shoyu flavored, and it’s very good. This is the best of the semi-fresh ramens I’ve had so far and I’m giving it a 8.5. Why not a 9? Because I haven’t had…