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Nissin Cup Noodle Red Seafood is a seasonal product, meaning it's not available year-round but Nissin brings it back into production every summer in Japan. Sort of like how the Hokkaido Milk Seafood cup comes around every late winter, you can find this one on Japanese store shelves during the summertime. As I've said many times, I love the original Cup Noodle Seafood flavor, and I love trying all the recipe variations that have come out of it. Read on for more info on what this flavor is!
Myojo Charumera Yuzu Shio Yakisoba is a refreshing new flavor originally released back in October of 2025. With my recent review of Nissin's Chilled Cup Noodles done, I wanted to do at least one more summertime-friendly flavor, and I think a citrus shio sounds perfect. There is a cup ramen version of this flavor with a broth as well, but this version of the recipe I find far more interesting (hence why I bought it), as it is a yakisoba noodle with a yuzu salt sauce. Myojo says that the yuzu in this is sourced from Kochi Prefecture in Japan, which is the largest producer of yuzu in Japan.
I wanted to get back into some Chef Woo reviews, starting with this Ramen Express by Chef Woo Beef Flavor Ramen Cup, and the main reason I'm doing these right now is because, from all appearances, the company's not doing so great financially, and whatever help I can provide by showcasing their products (as long as they're decent), I'll do. I like most of what I've reviewed from them, and I would really hate to see the most affordable of the high-protein "healthy" ramen companies go out of business. So here we go.
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 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 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.
Here's one I should have reviewed a long time ago: Nongshim Neoguri Spicy Seafood Stir-Fry Noodles. If you never watched my 25th episode spectacular from way back when, I pitted the soup versions of Neoguri against each other, Korean export vs. American manufactured, and it was a pretty interesting experiment and it gives you an idea as to what Neoguri's all about. Basically, it's a thick-noodled spicy beef and seafood broth concoction not too dissimilar from jjambbong, and it's also available in this stir-fry form if you prefer something brothless.
It has been quite a while since I touched Maggi noodles, so when I saw these Maggi Classic Masala Noodles in my local Grocery Outlet (along with a couple other flavors that I'll get to eventually), I thought it was high time to revisit the brand. Now, just as before, this comes with the standard warning: Maggi is owned by Nestle, and Nestle has done enough terrible things to warrant a #fucknestle hashtag on social media, so you are well within your rights to not want to support the company. Having purchased these from an outlet store, the minimum amount of money possible was exchanged between me and Nestle for the purposes of this review. With all that said up front, read on for the review.
A few weeks back, I had my first taste of Kang Shi Fu with their Braised Beef flavor, so now I'm moving onto the next bowl of theirs in my pile: Kang Shi Fu Hot & Spicy Artificial Beef Flavor Noodles. I'm not entirely sure as I write this introduction if this is simply a spicy version of the braised beef flavor or something more removed from that flavor profile, but either way this seems to be a pretty popular flavor of theirs.
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.