Here's all the noteworthy noodle news you may have missed in March 2026. We've got an important safety recall from a major manufacturer, a new viral collaboration product from Maruchan, and two announcements from Nissin, one of which may be a mistimed April Fool's joke. Read on!
The Big List of Buldak
Samyang Buldak is such a popular brand that its fans try to seek out every single flavor that has ever existed to make sure they can try them all. A while back on Reddit, I started maintaining an active list of all known flavors and their status. You can now find that list here, along with links to my reviews of each one I've tried. This list does not include offshoot products like tteokbokki, dumplings, or hot sauce, but rather only focuses on noodle products.
A-Sha Meteor Noodles with Danzai Sauce Review | Noodle Journey
These are really interesting to me; A-Sha basically invented a new noodle shape! These A-Sha Meteor Noodles with Danzai Sauce are described as "3D" noodles and go on to say "Meteor Noodles are made using a special, dual blade to cut 3D ridges onto the noodle to allow for perfect sauce coating on every noodle strand for a maximum flavor experience in every bite." If you read my review on the A-Sha BT21 Galaxy Variety Noodle Box, you should know that these Meteor noodles appear to be the same as the "Universtar noodles" that came in that box. I'm super excited to give these a try with this sauce, so read on to learn more about the noodles and Danzai Sauce flavor.
Nissin Top Ramen HotPot Fusions Mega-Review | Noodle Journey Episode 217
Today’s mega review is one that you viewers voted for and I’m excited to try out. This is a somewhat recent product line from Nissin: Top Ramen HotPot Fusions. These three products are made by Nissin for sale in the US, and they came out sometime last year, maybe around autumn. This is the entirety of the product line as it currently stands. We’ve got Korean Spicy Beef flavor, Japanese Garlic Tonkotsu Pork flavor, and Thai Coconut Curry Chicken flavor.
Twisted Noodles Beef Ramen Cup & Pack Review | Noodle Journey
Why am I doing this to myself? Am I a masochist? I have reviewed both the Shrimp and Chicken flavors of Twisted Noodles, and despite the fact that I thoroughly hated both, I feel a compulsion to review everything I can get my hands on, including this crap, Twisted Noodles Beef Ramen. So with that admission of my own OCD, let's just jump right into this review.
Samyang Buldak Hotter Than My Ex Review | Noodle Journey Episode 216
Today's entry in my big pile of Buldak noodles is a newer, limited-time bowl product with one of the weirdest names that I've ever seen: Samyang Buldak Hotter Than My Ex. Maybe this has caught your attention if you've seen it online; there seems to be a lot of confusion as to what this product is supposed to be, so I figured, why not? Let's do a review of it.
3 Mien Vietnamese Phở Beef Flavor Review | Noodle Journey
Put this on the list of things I never expected to find at my local Dollar Tree store: 3 Mien Vietnamese Phở Beef Flavor Noodle Soup. I’m not sure I have high hopes for an instant phở from a dollar store, but 3 Mien is a legitimate Vietnamese brand I’ve heard of before, thanks to The Ramen Rater, so I figured I’d give it a try.
Nongshim KPop Demon Hunters Shin Ramyun Cups Mega-Review | Noodle Journey Episode 215
These are brand new from Nongshim and I'm willing to bet a lot of you who clicked on this review have been waiting for these for months. They're finally here, but there is a major issue you should know about so make sure you read through the whole intro (or watch the video linked above) and I'll talk about it. Welcome to the mega review of Nongshim's KPop Demon Hunters Shin Ramyun Cups.
Nissin Cup Noodle Hokkaido Milk Seafood Review | Noodle Journey
Here's a Japanese Cup Noodle variety that looks promising! Nissin Cup Noodle Hokkaido Milk Seafood flavor combines the ever-popular Seafood flavor (which I am a fan of) with a rich milk-based broth, which sounds heavenly. Let's check it out!
Samyang Buldak Swicy Sweet & Spicy Ramen Review | Noodle Journey Episode 214
Working my way through my big backlog of Buldak (the bi-weekly Buldak big backlog binge, if you will) today's review is one of the newer flavors that I teased a while back. This is Samyang Buldak Swicy Sweet & Spicy Ramen.
Noodle News Roundup: February 2026 | Noodle Journey
Here's all the noteworthy noodle news you may have missed in February 2026. The shortest month of the year also has precious little noodle-related news to report, although there are a couple things I thought were worth documenting. Read on for more!