Here’s another one sent by a kind reader in Sweden – thanks again! Also want to thank Bobby Y. of Canada for his great help with translating! He’s always been a great help and I truly appreciate it! With all the recent Chinese readers, I thought I’d review a Chinese instant noodle today. These Master Kong varieties are usually quite good. This one’s really big – calls for 700ml water! That’s definitely on the higher end of broth. The noodle block is also quite large with a different gauge than other I’ve tried – looks to be thicker. It also mentions that it’s a ‘cooking’ noodle as opposed to an instant. Cooking noodles require time spent on the stove while instants can either be cooked on the stove or simply put in a bowl and boiling water added, covered and let sit for 3 minutes or so to be done. Let’s have a look at this one from Master Kong – really hoping Master Kong contacts me soon – wouyld love to do a Meet The Manufacturer with them!
Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). Not sure whether this product contains meat or not. To prepare, add noodle block to 700ml boiling water with contents of dry sachets and cook for 2 minutes. Add contents of liquid sachet and cook an additional 4 minutes. Stir and enjoy!
The noodle block.
The dry seasoning sachet.
A sweet scent.
The paste sachet.
Has a nice scent of anise and other spices.
The vegetables sachet.
Looks like vegetables and possibly beef or soy protein in here.
Finished (click image to enlarge). Added beef, coriander and sweet onion. First off, this is an enormous bowl of noodle soup. The noodles are really quite good – they have a thick gauge and remind me of the yellow noodles I had in Malaysia, although a but less chewy. The broth has a very nice kind of braised beef flavor; detectable notes of anise and a good oiliness. Despite the large about of water used, the broth is not thin in any way and quite flavorful. The vegetables sachet content came out pretty well – cabbage and carrot hydrated well while onion was only so-so. The bits that I was on the fence about being beef or textured vegetable protein appear to be beef and hydrated well. 4.25 out of 5.0 stars. EAN bar code 6900873058624.
Here’s a popular one by Master Kong – has a wonderful braised beef flavor.
Here’s a Master Kong TV advertisement.
According to the English/French/Dutch etc.translation of the ingredients listed on the packs sold in Belgium, Master Kong’s Stewed Beef Flavor Noodle contains no meat. I’ll send you a pic as soon as I have tried these noodles.
where can i buy this in the lynnwood/edmonds area?
Unfortunately, nowhere. You could go to Asian Food Center in Bellevue – they do have a couple Master Kong varieties, but not this one. You could try Ranch 99 though – Unif makes a Stewed Beef – look for the Unif 100 ones.
– TRR