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Nissin Cup Noodles BBQ Flavors Review | Noodle Journey Episode 221

Nissin is back with more limited edition gimmick noodles again, which means I have to review them again so that I don’t miss out. Today’s review is Nissin Cup Noodles BBQ flavors: Texas BBQ and Kansas City BBQ. I really have a love-hate relationship with Nissin’s gimmick Cup Noodles at this point. I love when they try new, thinking-out-of-the-box noodle recipes, but I hate that most of them have been, let’s say, subpar. And quite frankly, I don’t expect soft Cup Noodles covered in Nissin’s interpretation of barbecue sauce to be very good, but I just have to know. Another thing I hate is that when these limited-time Cup Noodles come out, my review schedule has to get adjusted, and I’ve got to review these while they’re still on store shelves. I had a completely different product review planned for this episode, so thank you for screwing up my plans, Nissin.

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Korean Gochujang Beef Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Korean Gochujang Beef Review | Noodle Journey

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Korean Gochujang Beef is the third and currently final product I'm reviewing from the Ramen Bistro line, and it's also supposed to be the spiciest of the three. Since this flavor originally came out in 2024, Nissin has launched its Top Ramen HotPot Fusions line, which also features a spicy Korean beef variety. I wonder if this variety uses the same flavoring as that one, or if it will be a different recipe. Let's find out!

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Sichuan Garlic Chicken Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Sichuan Garlic Chicken Review | Noodle Journey

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Sichuan Garlic Chicken is the next flavor I'm tackling in the Ramen Bistro lineup, and I think it's probably the most interesting of the three, especially given the flavor issue I had with the Japanese Miso variety. A lot of the time you'll find Sichuan spices paired with beef, but in this case we've got a chicken broth instead. This should be interesting.

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Japanese Miso Flavor Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Japanese Miso Flavor Review | Noodle Journey

Nissin Cup Noodles Ramen Bistro Japanese Miso Flavor is the first review I’m doing of this Ramen Bistro product line, which was launched back in 2024. I was hoping to do a video mega-review of the whole product line, but you know how it goes, other things have taken priority. There are currently three products in this line, all of them featuring chili-infused noodles with what Nissin promises are “bold flavors” and “hearty vegetables.” Don’t worry, I will be reviewing all three products in this line, but let’s start with this one first.

Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Roasted Garlic Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan’s Roasted Garlic Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey

I did not enjoy that last Nissin x Bachan's flavor very much. Is it possible I've saved the best for last? Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Roasted Garlic Barbecue Sauce is the flavor that appeals to me most of these three Nissin x Bachan's collaborations, mainly because I love garlic so, so much. Despite that, I've never bought this roasted garlic sauce flavor from Bachan's before, mainly because I've never seen it in any of my nearby grocery stores. I do love a new experience with garlic, so let's see how this goes.

Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Sweet & Spicy Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan’s Sweet & Spicy Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey

Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Sweet & Spicy Barbecue Sauce is the second of three collaboration products between Nissin and Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce that I'm reviewing, and for me I am now out of the familiar territory that I was in with the Original flavor, because I've never had the Sweet & Spicy sauce on its own before. The Original flavor paired very well with the beef broth, but my chief complaint about Bachan's Original has always been how sweet it leans. Is the "Sweet" in "Sweet & Spicy" going to be overkill for me? Read on and find out.

Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Original Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan’s Original Barbecue Sauce Review | Noodle Journey

Today begins a trio of reviews of collaboration products between Nissin and Japanese barbecue sauce maker Bachan's. I figured I'd start with Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor with Bachan's Original Barbecue Sauce because it is the only flavor of Bachan's that Nissin is using that I've tried before. So thankfully I've got some familiarity with the special add-on sauce here and am not going into this totally blind. This is also the reason I gave the Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor Bowl a try in the last review - using that flavor as a baseline, hopefully I can explain a little better how the addition of Bachan's instead of Nissin's normal sauce packet changes the end result.

Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor Bowl Review | Noodle Journey
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Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor Bowl Review | Noodle Journey

I know what you're thinking: why am I reviewing something as pedestrian as the Nissin Top Ramen Beef Flavor Bowl? Well, I have my reasons, and they involve getting a proper baseline for the product before I review the Nissin x Bachan's Top Ramen bowls I mentioned in last month's news post. I've had the pack version of this flavor countless times in the past prior to starting the channel, but I've never had the bowl before. Imagine my surprise that this comes with an additional sauce packet, which is completely absent from the pack version.

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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.