Re-Review: Mama Jumbo Pack Pork Flavour Oriental Style Instant Noodles

I’ve been having fun re-reviewing these Mama packs lately – it’s been a while that’s for sure. Here’s another one – pork flavor. It probably won’t be like a Tom Yum kind of thing, so I’m curious how it’s going to taste.

Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). Notice it’s also in Spanish.

The noodle block. The package mentions this is a ‘jumbo’ size.

Dual packets of dry ingredients: chilli powder on the left and soup base on the right.

The chilli powders sits atop of the soup base here.

Here’s the liquid packet.

A paste. It has a very smoky scent to it.

Finished (click image to enlarge). I added stir-fry vegetables, onions, light ham, fried shallot and Apinya Thai Chili sauce. The noodles are good – they don’t gorge themselves on the liquid, rather they get to a certain size and stay put. They have a nice thinness and slight crumble to the chew. The broth is spicy and slightly smoky with a sweet kind of pork flavor as well. They balance interestingly. I like it – 3.5 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 052066002061 – get them here.

Mama noodles TV commercial

Mama Korean instant noodles? Hmm…

Meet The Manufacturer #886: Yamachan Ramen Tonkotsu-Shoyu Rich Pork Flavor Ramen

Tonkotsu-Shoyu… This one looks really interesting!

Here’s the back of the package (click to enlarge).

Here are the fresh ramen packets.

Here are the soup base packets.

Yamachan also has bamboo shoots (menma)! They sent me some. Click to enlarge.

Finished. Added broccoli and yellow onions, green onions, some pork with Spade L Ranch Pork Rub, bamboo shouts, hard boiled egg with Krazy Mixed Up Salt and a little Ajishima Kimchi Furikake. The noodles are really good as usual – nicely chewy and really fresh. The broth has a complex flavor – a strong soy taste. Has a sort of bitterness and a sweet taste as well. Lovely color too. This is some tasty stuff! 4.75 out of 5.0 stars! UPC bar code 767921011309 .

How to cook Yamachan Ramen!

Uchuu Senkan Yamato!