Nissin Cup Noodles Crab Flavor

Another wonderful one from Nissin. So fresh and natural tasting, and full of yummy flavours and textures. I don't like this as much as the  chicken flavour, but it still knocks socks off just about everyone else. This really does taste like you'd get in a noodle shop. Awesome. No meat, but does have dried seafood.

Score: 8

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Nissin Cup Noodles Chicken Flavor

Awesome. I am so happy with Nissin, they are my type of nood. Easy to make, all veggie, excellent value for money, and so delicious. I wonder how they can do it so well, and others fail so miserably. The noodles in this are sublime. Perfect texture, flavour and character. The flavouring is savoury, interesting, fresh and satisfying. The little bits of dried vegetables break down into soft delicious bites. And it's not spoiled by too much chemical flavouring, or heavy chilli spices to cover up the inadequacies of the product. These are great.


10/10

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Lidl Vitasia Instant Noodles Authentic Oriental Noodles Chicken Flavour

18p for 108g from Lidl. Cheap, but not good value. You get a lot of noodles, but not much flavour. The powdered flavouring is tasteless - you have to add your own salt or garlic powder or whatever, so you might as well just buy some plain noodles and add your own flavouring.

It's veggie. Doesn't say where it is made.

Date:  Oct  2015   Score: 1

I like this sort of noodle. Soft and tasty. Made in China. Veggie. Seasoning is a bit weak, so extra seasoning is required - a bit of salt or garlic or soy sauce, whatever, just something to make to feel a bit pleasant than eating some wet string.

Date: July 2016  Score: 3


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Vit's Seafood Instant Noodles

35p for 78g from Tesco. Made in Malaysia with "prawn seasoning powder" and "chicken seasoning powder" so a little vague on animal content.The noodles are OK, if a little firm, but the sauce is too hot. It's got some tomato flavour and some seasoning, and a lot of blunt chilli powder. This is not my thing at all, and if animals were killed and ground up to put into this product, then that's a vile shame, as there's no way anyone could taste it, so they might as well have gone veggie.

Score: 1

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Maggi 3 Minute Noodles Chicken Flavour

Yeah. It's edible. But does lack a bit of flavour and character. Probably best as a base with some tasty things added, such as chopped spring onions and chopped baby tomatoes. 

Date: Sept 2023   Score: 4 

Cheap to buy. Quick and easy to make. No dead chickens. Soft edible noodles, and a bland but acceptable flavouring that comes a little more acceptable with salt. Not great, but does the job. I wouldn't object to having them again.

Date: July 2016   Score: 4/10

No chickens were ground down into powder for this version, unlike Maggi's Two Minute packet version, which does use dead chickens. But other than that the products are the same. Thin tasteless noodles and a thin flavouring which doesn't quite have enough impact, but which still manages to leave your mouth tasting of MSG. Put in some salt and it's edible enough, so I'm not going to object to it, but there are tastier products available.


Date: Oct, 2015  Score:  4/10

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Itsu Vegetable Festival Crystal Noocle (Cup)

The Itsu (or is it itsu) range are usually around £2, which is rather a lot for a snack that can be usually purchased for less than 50p. But now and again there is an offer, and I'll grab a few. These were severely reduced because they were "out of date". There is a lot of style and packaging with an Itsu noodle. A see through top (why?) and a large pink plastic spork.  You can see where the money goes, and it's not really on the food. The noodles are dreadful. They are gluton free, but that's no excuse for making them so bad. They are made out of mashed potatoes and peas. Yes. But the resulting texture and flavour is plastic. The sauce, however, is quite tasty. A savoury, herby, tomato flavour  - though there are no tomatoes, with some hint of roasted vegetables. It is nice. The sauce is actually a liquid rather than being dried. Not sure why that is, because there is still a processed flavour about the whole thing, but the ingredients do work. It's more of a soup with some plastic wire put in, and it is difficult to eat. The spork is genuinely useful here. My recommendation is to throw the potato noodles away, and just drink the soup. Or better yet, just buy an Ainsley Harriot packet soup.


Score: 3

Maggi 3 Minute Noodles BBQ Beef Flavour

Cheap cup noodle from Tesco. I used less water than recommended yet it was still watery. More flavoursome than the curry flavour, but still needs seasoning to bring the flavours out. It's supposed to be beef, but the main flavours are onion, herb, yeast extract, MSG, and sulphury egg. Finishes a little dirty/artificial due to the MSG. It's edible, but probably less likeable than the curry flavour. Thin noodles.
Cheap, veggie, easy to make, edible. I wouldn't object to eating again, though wouldn't search it out.

Date: Oct 2015   Score: 4/10

Beef flavoured