Re-Review: Nissin Demae Ramen 出前一丁 Artificial Chicken Flavor (Hong Kong)

My son Andy, my wife Kit and I walked to the local 99 Ranch Market on Friday. He decided he needed more kamaboko and wanted to pick out some ramen himself to try. Here’s one he picked (he likes all things chicken flavored) and will get to try today. He’s letting me have a bite and a slurp of broth for making it for him.

Here’s the back of the package. Note that it mentioned adding the soup base and seasoning oil although I found no seasoning oil packet. I thought I’d look at the original review I did way back – ne’ery an oil packet there either(click to enlarge).

The noodle block – good size and weight to it. This would one I would consider a hefty brick.

The seasoning powder.

The soup base in all its glory.

Andy is a big fan of this stuff – he even wanted veggies! Not bad. Read his blog, Andy’s LEGO Stuff, here!

Finished. Andy requested some of the frozen stir-fry veggies and some of the kamaboko. Decent noodles – a little thinner and firmer than Top Ramen. The broth is a little stronger too – I would call it a slightly less Americanized flavor. Good stuff – Andy loved it! 3.5 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 4897878000036 – get it here.

Curry or shoyu? Curry – hands down! The Nissin Curry Demae Ramen is out of this world delicious.

This is a great one.

Re-Review: Meet The Manufacturer – Nissin Demae Ramen With Sesame Oil

Well folks, this is the last one I’ll be reviewing for Meet The Manufacturer: Nissin week. There will be more Nissin reviews coming of course so don’t worry. The ramen hamper runneth over with new varieties to try! So this is a very old one – old as in I reviewed it was back at number #85 – over 600 reviews ago. I think it’s due.

Here’s the back of the packaging. Vertical instead of horizontal like the front… Interesting…

The noodles look almost hungry for some boiling water. I like the ripple on the end.

Here are both side of the seasoning packet.

The contents of the seasoning packet.

This is the sesame oil packet. Fingers not included.

Time to cook up the last of the Nissin week!

Finished. A very plain looking bowl of instant noodles, however a deceptively good one. The noodles are nice and have the right balance of width and firmness to them. The broth has a nice soy flavor to it which the sesame oil mixture accents nicely. This is a good bowl of noodle soup and shall always be. I remember having this as a little kid and despising it though; I though it smelled like cat pee. I think I probably added far too little water to it as I thought the taste was extremely strong and horribly pungent – which properly prepared aren’t words I could use for it. I like it. 3.75 out of 5.0 stars. UPC barcode 489878000012 – get it here.

Here’s a 40th Anniversary commercial for this one!

Here’s a commercial for this one.