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Sunday 28 December 2014

Mr. Min Authentic Korean Udon Fresh Noodles with Vegetable Broth










Bought in Carrefour, Marseille. Large tub, which contains a sealed packet of udon noodles - thick, floury and tasteless, a packet of soup broth - a thin and pleasant enough soy sauce, and a packet of dried vegetables - which remain dried and unpleasant, no matter how long you leave them to soak. When put together as instructed you end up with a waxed container with the floury and tasteless noodles sitting in a very watery soy sauce sprinkled with dried vegetables slices. Not an attractive meal; no matter how "authentic" it is meant to be, this is not an experience I want to repeat.

Mr Min is a Korean product designed for the French market. The packet also contained instructions in English, though I've not seen it in the UK yet.




Wednesday 10 December 2014

The best beef flavoured instant noodles




Beef is a popular flavour for UK noods - especially Pot Noodle, who do a number of variations. It is also used by Asian noodle companies for the Asian market, but not as often as other flavours. Most companies use a beef flavouring rather than real beef - I suspect this is more to do with cost than morality, though some manufacturers might feel that as the taste can be easily and cheaply replicated, there's little sense in alienating a large and growing sector of the marketplace.




Nissin Cup Noodles Beef Flavour

 Hot Marmite drink with vegetable pieces. Veggie. Score: 8






Mama Instant Chand Noodles Beef Flavour (Pho Bo)

 Savoury, not beefy. Rice noodles. Veggie. Score: 8




A-One Pho Bo Beef Flavour Rice Noodles

 65g for 32p. Veggie. Rice noodles. Not very beefy. Lime and coriander.   Score: 7





Pot Noodle Mr Chu's Golden Noodle No.7 Sticky Rib Flavour

 Beefy. Score: 7







Nongshim OoLongmen Beef Flavour

Veggie. Onion.  Score: 7







Indomie Instant Noodles Beef & Lime Flavour

 Veggie. Onion. Score: 5






Golden Sunrise Instant Noodles BBQ Beef Flavour

Veggie. MSG. 70g for 20p.  Score: 5








Aldi Make in Minutes Instant Noodles BBQ Beef Flavour

 Veggie. Peanut butter. 108g for 18p. Score: 5





Koka Beef Flavour

 Veggie. Marmite.  Score: 5




Chung King Instant Noodles Beef Flavour

 Floury beef. Veggie. Score: 4





Lidl Newgate / Vitasia Speedy Noodle Beef & Tomato Flavour (cup)
 Floury tomato ketchup. Veggie. Score: 4




Pot Noodle Chilli Beef

 Hot chilli sauce. Score: 4



ASDA Beef Flavour Noodles

 XXX Meat. Score: 3












Lidl Vitasia  Beef Flavour (packet)

Veggie: Score: 3






Batchelors Super Noodles BBQ Beef

 Mushy curry flavour. Score: 3






Pot Noodle Beef &Tomato

 Tomato ketchup. Score: 2





Mug Shot BBQ Beef Flavour


Veggie. Score: 2




Indomie Mi goreng Rendang Spicy Beef Flavour

 Spicy peanut butter. Veggie. Score: 2





Sawadee Beef Casserole Flavour

 Wishy-washy beef. Score: 2





Batchelors Super Noodles Roast Beef & Onion

 Score: 1







Friday 5 December 2014

Chung King Instant Noodles Beef Flavour




Four for 99p in a 99p store. Floury but acceptable noodles in a savoury sauce. Beef flavoured, but all veggie. It tastes like yeast extract. This is the noodles equivalent of Marmite on toast. OK.

Score: 4




Beef flavoured