Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor Review | Noodle Journey

Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor Review | Noodle Journey

Hey everyone, it's time to get into the very first site-exclusive Noodle Journey review, with Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor! If you're confused about why this is a bunch of text with no video, check out the recent blog post explaining my decision to split up my reviews between the channel and this site. Anyway... cheesy instant noodles. I think cheese may be the most divisive ingredient I've ever encountered in instant noodles (aside from all the stuff in the gimmick flavors out there). Here we have Maruchan combining a cheese sauce with their yakisoba noodles into what I'm imagining is going to be a glorified mac and cheese with minimal-to-no Asian flavors.

Maruchan/Funyuns Hot & Spicy Chicken Ramen Review | Noodle Journey Episode 174

Maruchan/Funyuns Hot & Spicy Chicken Ramen Review | Noodle Journey Episode 174

I’m doing something a little different today with a double review: Maruchan Instant Lunch Hot & Spicy Chicken and the Funyuns Hot & Spicy Chicken Ramen Flavor snack that was designed to taste like it. I’ve reviewed instant noodles for years, but I’ve somehow never tried this particular Instant Lunch flavor, mostly because I generally don’t love the Instant Lunch noodle texture and I know I tend to be a snob about it. But Funyuns releasing a flavor based on these noodles was too interesting to pass up, and it didn’t seem right to review the snack without trying the product it’s based on.

Top 10 Instant Noodles (2024) | Noodle Journey

Top 10 Instant Noodles (2024) | Noodle Journey

I recently hit the milestone of 1,000 subscribers, and to celebrate, I’m finally compiling the first-ever Noodle Journey Top 10 Instant Noodles list. Over the course of this channel, I’ve reviewed a massive variety of noodles, but these ten are the absolute best-in-class for their categories, in my humble opinion. These are the varieties that blew me away when I tried them and that I keep stocked regularly in my pantry for when I’m not filming reviews. This list is in no particular order. These are simply the major varieties that are easily obtainable and represent the pinnacle of my own instant noodle universe in 2024.

Maruchan Akai Kitsune Udon Noodle Soup Review | Noodle Journey Episode 118

Maruchan Akai Kitsune Udon Noodle Soup Review | Noodle Journey Episode 118

I’m reviewing Maruchan’s Akai Kitsune Udon Noodle Soup, a companion to the Midori no Tanuki soba I just covered. “Akai Kitsune” translates to “red fox,” which in this context refers to a bowl of udon topped with fried tofu (called "abura-age"), not anything to do with fox meat. I like the Tanuki soba a lot, so I’m going in hoping this udon version lands just as well.