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Here's a Japanese variety I got out of the very final ZenPop ramen subscription box that I haven't tried yet. The official product name according to ZenPop is "Acecook Nomihosu Ippai Gotouchi-hen Sapporo Noukou Miso Ramen," although you can find this online under the name "Acecook Sapporo Rich Miso Ramen."
There's no denying that Samyang's hype machine with their Buldak product line has been a major force in the noodle industry throughout the last several years. For a while, you couldn’t scroll through social media without seeing someone demolishing a bowl of the original Hot Chicken flavor (or 2x or even 3x nowadays). While it seems like that trend has calmed down a bit, Buldak has done something that very few Korean brands had managed to do before now: infiltrate non-Asian grocery stores. Even those big-name supermarket chains that, a decade ago, would've pointed to Frank's RedHot as the spiciest thing in their aisles are now selling Buldak noodles to unassuming consumers. So as with most things with this much hype and exposure, the inevitable backlash has already been in full swing for a couple years now. When something becomes more of a dare than a dish, it stops being about taste and starts being about spectacle, and I feel like that's pushed many consumers into the realm of false assumptions about what Buldak is or isn't.
The first site-exclusive Mega-Review! This is a quartet of noodle cups from a UK company that operated in the US for a short while under the name Kusari Noodles. This one has a little bit of a backstory behind it, but this marks the first time I'm reviewing noodles made in the UK, which means this is going to be interesting. Buckle up!
Here's all the noteworthy noodle news for April 2025! This month we've got some new varieties from one of my favorite noodle companies, Marutai, plus a major product line update from Samyang, some great news about a popular Buldak flavor, and a reality check about tariffs.
Today, I’m checking out a product from what is probably the most ubiquitous Taiwanese noodle brand on the planet with this really eye-catching A-Sha BT21 Street Style Variety Noodle Box. Buckle up, because this review has an unexpected twist!
Since Nongshim Shin Ramyun is what started this channel, I am ending my Shin countdown from the last few episodes with something really special. I'm going to review both of these recent Nongshim x Jay Fai Shin Ramyun Tom Yum flavors that have been made in collaboration with legendary Thai street chef Jay Fai.
One of the benefits of doing reviews here on the site is I can churn out reviews of limited-time products much more quickly than if I had to schedule time to film and edit for the YouTube channel. So with that in mind, I'm checking out the first of many limited-time Cup Noodle products from Nissin right here for your reading pleasure, with this Nissin Cup Noodle BIG Butter Chicken Curry. Oh yes, and it comes in the "BIG" Cup Noodle size only.
This one today is probably one of the more interesting varieties of the Nongshim countdown to episode 200 and it's also taken the internet by storm recently. It is a product that requires a little bit of explanation if you haven't heard of it: this is Nongshim Shin Ramyun Toomba Stir Fry.
It's been a while since I reviewed something from Jin Mai Lang, also known as JML. I reviewed their Artificial Chicken Mushroom flavor way back when, and it did certainly deliver on both the chicken and the mushroom flavor, although the noodles weren't really the best. Here with this variety, we've got a Chinese "stewed pork" flavor I'm not totally familiar with, but I do love trying new things, so this should be interesting.
Today's review is going to be an interesting one, I hope. I'll be reviewing and comparing the relatively new American version of Nongshim Shin Ramyun Stir Fry spicy beef flavor with its South Korean Shin Ramyun Stir Fry counterpart. A while back I ordered this Shin Ramyun stir fry flavor from South Korea and I didn't get around to reviewing it at the time because other things caught my attention, you know how it goes. Since then, Shin Stir Fry has started popping up in other places around the world, including on American store shelves in new English friendly packaging. Unlike some situations where the American version is made in California, these are actually both manufactured in South Korea but one's specifically for sale in the USA and one's specifically for sale in South Korea. You'd think the ingredients would be largely the same just like they were in the Shin Red and Shin "The Red" that I just reviewed, but they're not. I'll get into the key differences below.