Time for breakfast! Been waiting to try this one for just the right day. Just look at those enormous shrimp on that package! Jeez! I’m sure this will make for a good breakfast. Got this one at the local H Mart. By the way – today is a holiday – check out what Wikipedia says about it:
The law establishing the holiday was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd to the Omnibus spending bill of 2004.[3] Before this law was enacted, the holiday was known as “Citizenship Day”. In addition to renaming the holiday “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,” the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day.[4] In May 2005, the United States Department of Education announced the enactment of this law and that it would apply to any school receiving federal funds of any kind.[5] This holiday is not observed by granting time off work for federal employees.
So happy Constitution Day! Happy Citizenship Day! Noodle time!!!
The back of the packaging (click to enlarge).
This is a big noodle block!
Here’s the dry seasoning.
A fine powder.
Liquid base.
Has a strong lemon scent – very tom yum.
Veggies!
Nice mixture.
Finished. Added some veggies, two fried egg with Krazy Mixed Up Salt and some Crystal Hot Sauce. The Noodles are excellent – buttery and plentiful. Nice chew. The broth has a great citrus and spicy taste – very much like tom yum soup. I’m always impressed by the quality of these; they’re inexpensive and really good! 4.0 out of 5.0 stars! UPC bar code 721557450925 – get it here!
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Evan Osnos talks about a viral video that made Chinese citizens stand up; Nigeriatown in Guangzhou; and other signs of a new China. Chicago, May 1, 2009.
Here’s a new one – sounds good to me – kind of funny having two instants that are ‘hot and sour’ flavored in a row…
The label around the side! Click to enlarge!
Hey – a new fork!
The noodle block.
Powder seasoning.
Slightly granular in nature.
There are two liquid packets.
Dark and thick.
This is a seasoned oil.
Looks interesting…
The veggie and seafood packet.
I must say – I’m quite impressed with the variety here.
Finished. Added some bell pepper, onion, broccoli, odeng (Korean fish cake), hard boiled egg with Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning and a few squirts of Huy Fong Sriracha chili sauce. The noodles are thin, tasty and buttery – exceptional. The broth has a nice spicy, sour and tasty flavor. The vegetable/seafood mixture wasn’t bad; I would say it adds more to the broth than as something that stands out on its own. This was really quite good – 4.25 out of 5.0 stars – I’m impressed. UPC bar code 8934563501167 .
A Vina Acecook promo video.
My lady also finds this to be very amusing as do I
Here’s an interesting one. This one’s got bean thread, something I am not usually thrilled with. Let’s see what happens.
Here’s the side panels – click to enlarge.
The lid is clear so you can see inside!
The bean thread whorl. I think it’s probably a nest or something; I don’t know what the correct term is.
The seasonings come in their own fancy packet – as a block.
I decided this morning to make some banana bread with chocolate chips. Actually, this is the seasoning block! Crazy looking, eh?
Finished. Added some baked chicken breast and a little Sylvia’s Queen of Soul Food hot sauce. Okay so the noodles aren’t too bad – not my favorite though. they’re clear and hard to break apart with the lips. The broth is pretty good – definitely a nice hot and soup soup flavor. The veggies and bits aren’t bad – they really go nicely with the hot and sour flavor. 3.5 out of 5.0 stars. Probably one of the best bean thread soups I’ve had yet. UPC bar code 086190000102 – get it here.
This is a wacky one!
A Monster Named Nian – The Story of Chinese New Year
Here’s the last of the packs that Carter B. sent from his time in Mali. Hot & sour shrimp sounds awesome – so let’s give it a try.
Back of the packaging.
The noodle block. The sun has found the cracks in the blinds!
The dry seasoning packet.
Interesting stuff – a lot of crumbly things in there.
Oil and seasonings.
Lots of bits in this stuff… Hmmm…
Finished. Added one egg with Huy Fong Sriracha hot chili sauce, some Fresno peppers, some Cavender’s Greek Seasoning and a few Blue Diamond Sea Salt almonds. Hey yum! The noodles are thin and flat and kind of, well, stringy. They have some pre-seasoning going on as well. The broth is great – a nice hot and sour and reasonably shrimpy. Wasn’t expecting I’d like this one as much as the other Gau Do I have, but I like this a lot – 3.765 out of 5.0 stars! UPC bar code 8934679941826 .
Baijia with rice noodles eh? Sounds different – hope it’s better than all the others I’ve tried!
Four packets – going clockwise from top left: veggie-thingies, very dark liquid, powder seasoning, slightly less dark liquid.
Here’s the back of the package.
Here’s everything atop the rice thread. When I initially opened the package, I got a whiff – a horrible smelling whiff. A kind of vinegar scent.
Okay, let’s try this. Oh wow – alright so the noodles are better than the noodles I’ve had in all of the other Baijia products. But then there’s the taste. Hot and sour doesn’t even begin to describe. The broth is greasier than can be tolerated and the flavor is like a chemically-inducedf spicy with vinegar and I don’t know what. This is wretched and I couldn’t eat more than one bite. Easily one of the worst instant noodles I’ve had in my life. 0 out of 5 stars. That a big round one.
Here’s another free movie from Youtube – ‘Robinson Crusoe on Mars!’
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