Lost The Pot Noodle Roast Chicken

 

Pot Noodle in a packet - it has "lost the pot". This is Pot Noodle catching up some ground lost to Super Noodles, though stepping backwards in terms of saving the planet as the pots are recyclable, while the packs are not. Anyway, these are better value, but are more fiddly to prepare. 

The noodles are bland. The powder is not fully adequate for the amount of noodles so it all ends up tasting watery and like, well, Super Noodles. If you like Super Noodles you'll like these, but why buy these when you can stick with Super Noodles. If you like Pot Noodles you probably won't like this. It doesn't taste like proper Pot Noodles, the king of the slags. 

The taste is mildly buttery and mildly roast chicken. But the flavours are so mild the main taste is the soggy floury noodles. On the whole this is not great. 

Date: Dec 2021  Score: 3

 

The Pot Noodle company came up with a revolutionary idea - add flavour to the Lost The Pot packs.  It's a cool advertising campaign: 

INTRODUCING
NEW LOST THE POT
NOW WITH FLAVOUR

IT’S BOLD.

IT’S REVOLUTIONARY.

IT’S NO LONGER CRAP

Let's see... Lots of firm noodles with a mild false chicken flavour. I added tomatoes and spring onions to make it nicer.  Despite the advertising claim, there's still not a lot of flavour or character.

This is not like Pot Noodles. Though it may be interesting to do a side by side.  

Date:  Jan 2023    Score: 4

The best of the Pot Noodle slags

Lidl Newgate Express Singapore Style Curry Noodle Pot

 

I put in about two thirds of the water they suggest, and that created a pleasant chip shop-curry flavoured sauce. I don't like the thin short noodles. But the sauce was good - close to Pot Noodle style curry sauce. I'd be happy to eat this again.  I suspect this is pretty much the same as the Spicy Curry Flavour, though I haven't checked the ingredients. Perhaps different noodles. 



Date: Nov 2021   Score: 7  

Lidl Newgate Express Thai Style Sweet Chilli Noodle Pot

 

After yesterdays Newgate Chow Mein disaster I wasn't expecting to like this Lidl noods pot, but blow me it's yummy. I did put considerably less water in it than suggested, and left it a bit longer to stew, so the sauce was thicker, and the noodles softer. The noodles were still a little bland for my taste, and I don't like that they are short and thin like short Vermicelli. But the sauce worked for me - it was sweet and spicy with a firm tomato flavour. Nice one. I'd be happy to have this again. 


Date: Nov 2021   Score:  7 

Lidl Newgate Express Chinese Style Chow Mein Noodle Pot

 

Bland noodles, chopped short. An onion and marmite water sauce. Needed salt to bring out the flavour. I ate it, but there was little joy in the experience, and I suspect little nutrition. Best bit was the tiny pieces of veg. 

Date: Nov 2021.  Score: 3

Tesco Wicked Kitchen Late Night Noodles

 

This is strongly flavoured, but not attractive. It's rather too strongly flavoured, so we put in more water to make it palatable. The taste is soy sauce and onion with some heat, which is a rather uninteresting, though some interest and variation is supplied by the basil. 

Not a noods we enjoyed.

Date: April 2021. Score: 3

Tesco Wicked Kitchen Spicy Coconut & Rice Noodles

 

I'm not really a fan of rice noodles - I find them a bit slimy, tough, and bland. But these have worked for me. The sauce is very tasty with a yummy balance between sweet and spicy.  I enjoyed them, though I might hesitate to buy them again as I do prefer regular noodles. There is a distinct Asian flavour about this. 

Date: April 2021.  Score: 5

Tesco Wicked Kitchen Sweet Potato Beans Chilli Mac

 

Produced for Tesco by Wicked Kitchen. This is a modern pot noodle which is more like a vegan meal than either the stodgy British slag noods or the watery yet exotic and spicy Asian noods. There is a mix of both - there is stodge and hot spice. I like it, but it has problems. It is very dry. I put in much more water than recommended, and kept on adding water as I was eating because it soaks up moisture so quickly. It's also quite chilli hot but lacking in flavour so I had to add a lot of salt, and keep adding it until at last the flavours came through. I think the mix of kidney beans, potato and pasta is just too much stodge without variety. I enjoyed this, but I wouldn't rush to buy another.

Date: April 2021. Score: 5