#984: Meet The Manufacturer – Sun Noodle Ramen Shoyu Flavor

Well, this is the last of the sun Noodle Meet The Manufacturer samples to review. Some really tasty stuff has been tried – I bid them a very fond farewell. We finally arrive here at Shoyu.

Here are the ingredient and direction (click to enlarge).

The noodles. You get two of these and two of the liquid seasoning packets.

Liquid seasoning.

Finished (click to enlarge). Added hard boiled egg, narutomaki, kizami shoga (pickled ginger, roast pork, green onion, sweet onion, Urashima Sesame & Salt furikake and Jane’s Krazy Mixed Up Salt. The noodles are perfect – nice chewiness and they have a real fresh feel. The broth is great – nice soy sauce taste and just enough oil. The beads of grease dance on top with aplomb. Delicious! 5.0 out of 5.0! UPC bar code 085315400004.

A scene from Tampopo on proper ramen eating etiquette.

#980: Meet The Manufacturer – Sun Noodle Cold Ramen Soy Sauce Vinaigrette Sauce With Honey Apple Added

Here’s another cold variety to check out!

The ingredients and instructions (click image to enlarge).

Noodle packet.

The seasoning liquid.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added hard boiled egg, ham and Urashima Sesame & Salt furikake. The noodles are nice – chewy and very hospitable to their chilliness! The liquid ‘dressing’ is salty and flavorful – light and has a nice balance of saltiness, vinegar and fruit. Delicious! 4.0 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 085315400066.

Trailer for ‘Ramen Dreams’

#966: Meet The Manufacturer: Annie Chun’s Ramen House Spring Vegetable Ramen

Here’s another one from Annie Chun’s . This is one from their Ramen House line. Let’s check it out!

Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). Note in the instructions how it calls to drain the noodles and add a separate broth.

Here’s the fresh noodle packet.

Liquid soup base packet.

The thick liquid has a mustard scent and taste although I didn’t see mustard in the ingredients, but rather onion and mushroom were towards the top.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added hard boiled egg with Krazy Mixed Up Salt, green onion, sweet onion, kizami shoga (pickled ginger), and Urashima Sesame & Salt furikake. The noodles are good – nice and fresh. The broth has a rich, deep flavor I really liked – especially for a vegetable based broth. I would have liked to have seen a veggie packet since it was a vegetable flavored ramen. Good stuff! 4.0 out of 5.0 stars.UPC bar code 765667140307 – get it here.

Apparently there have been contests where you can win Annie Chun’s dinner party packages – pretty neat!

There’s a wide array of other products that Annie Chun’s makes – I’ve seen these seaweed snacks mentioned a lot.

Meet The Manufacturer #884: Yamachan Miso Ramen – Mild

Here’s another one of the fresh ramen samples from Yamachan. I’ve not been a big fan of miso in the past, but I’m open to this – looks fancy.

Here’s the back of the package (click to enlarge). Note the dual-pot method.

Here are the fresh noodles.

Here is the soup base.

Finished. Added onion, green bell pepper and broccoli. Also some turkey lunch meat with some Ajishima Kimchi furikake on top. The noodles are impeccable – fresh and tasty! Now I mentioned earlier that I didn’t like the flavor of miso. Well, I’m not going to say that I do now, but this was interesting. It was very salty and had an earthy flavor. I know it’s fermented and it definitely tasted like it. All in all not bad! 4.0 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 767921019206 .

Here’s a nivdeo of the Yamachan factory!

Here’s a video on what miso is and how its made.

#608: Koka Instant Non-Fried Noodles Spicy Black Pepper Flavour

Hadn’t tried it before and at under $3.00 for the four pack, how could I resist?

Here’s the front of a single pack. I have had many of the other varieties of Koka before, but spicy black pepper just sounds so good!

Look at those stats – 2g of fat and just barely over 1000mg of sodium. This is pretty nice stuff.

This packet contains powdered soup base and oil.

As you can see, the base has a nice pepper color to it.

A couple reviews back, I had some Batcheors Super Noodles Low Fat Chicken & Herb flavor from England. They had a little more fat in them and had a smaller block. The noodles in the Batchelors weren’t really good to taste before cooking; more like trying to crunch uncooked spaghetti. The Koka noodles are virtually the same texture as fried noodles when uncooked. Also, the noodles are actually lighter as far as weight. Thought that was neat.

After you cook the noodles, you sprinkle this garnish on top. It’s a bunch of freeze dried veggies. I really like how it mentions that it could be different depending on the season – amazing.

. I added a couple fried eggs. So there’s not a lot of broth in this one – it all kind of turns into this wonderful gravy kind of sauce. The noodles are excellent. The broth-like sauce is excellent. The garnish is wonderful. This is going on my top ten list: the sauce makes it reminiscent of Sapporo’s Chow Mein. The garnish however allows it to stand so far out from any other instants I’ve ever tried; a real smorgasbord of flavors. The noodles themselves are of top-notch quality. The sauce is nice and peppery but not overly so. This does not come across as a low-fat meal in any way shape or form. This is grubbin! What a lucky pick today! 5.0 out of 5.0 stars! UPC bar code 8888056000234I can’t recommend it higher! They don’t have this one just yet – but you can be notified when they have it. Check it out here.

This is probably one of the funniest advertising campaigns for noodles as well.

This is a Punjabi video of a song called “Koka.” Cultures can be so different – pretty awesome!