Hey it’s tempura time with the ponpoko! I think if you don’t know about Ponpoko or Tanuku, you should check out this review before reading any further. I’m curious how this soba will be – direct from Japan!
So when I bought the Japanese bowls I’ve been reviewing lately, I went and used the UPC codes on them to identify them – they had literally no English and the label on the bottom was very light on the details. I decided to write on the bottom of a couple the names of them. Well, here’s one of them and with a little Photoshop magic, it’s at least somewhat readable!
One single packet of seasoning!
Here’s the seasoning atop the noodle block – buckwheat noodles!
Here’s the tempura disc – should be good! Haven’t had bad tempura yet.
Here’s the finished product (click image to enlarge). I added one fried egg with a dash of pepper, a little kizami shoga (pickled ginger), a little sliced turkey breast and some sushi nori (seaweed). First off, the noodles are wonderful – they are of a very nice quality and very tasty. The broth is equally if not more enjoyable with a slightly sweet taste that is uber slurpable. The tempura adds a tasty crunch to everything! All said and done, this was very nice to eat – I loved it. 4.25 out of 5.0 stars – worth finding! 4979397370026 .
This is awesome – didn’t expect to find a local video about this, but this is close to where I grew up!
The Y3K kit from 12 years ago…
Neat. In the future if you cant find the label by the product, you could always scan the label then use OCR to convert it to the actual letters then do the language conversion.
I’ve tried it with my Google Goggles but really had no luck with the Japanese stuff… Long time no see man – how ya doing? I saw you started a post on there – did you end up finishing it?
– TRR