This is the cup version of Soba. It is made in a manner I've not encountered previously. Soba is a Japanese stir fried noodle meal, so Nissin want it to be as close to a stir fried product as possible. In this case they ask you to take out the flavouring powder, and pour on boiling water and leave for three minutes, then pour away all the hot water through holes in the lid (lots of warnings about burning your fingers!), then add the flavouring packets, stir and eat. The result is moist but not wet. There is a lot of onion flavour, so you do get an impression of fried food. A sort of soya sauce is also used as part of the flavouring. The chilli heat is moderate, so it informs and spices the food rather than dominates. Although mostly tasting of onion and soya sauce, and the noodles being a bit bland (this is made in German rather than Asia, so the noodles are likely to be air dried rather than deep fried), this is a tasty product that I enjoyed. Damn shame that being made in Germany, and despite the main food lumps being soya chunks, it contains pig fat. Why?
Date: May 2016 Score: 8
Now branded Cup Noodles, and with a warning to take care when pouring out the hot water. And, yippee, it doesn't contain pork.
This is a tasty, savoury mood. Yes it relies on soy sauce and onion, but it works, and the chilli gives it a rousing kick, without being dominating. I like this. A lot.
Date: July 2021 Score: 9
