Category: United States

#5172: Totino’s Ramen Noodles Cheese Pizza Naturally Flavored – United States

#5328: Totino's Ramen Noodles Cheese Pizza Naturally Flavored - United States

Well kids, here we are. It’s kind of funny; I’ve had many a pizza flavored instant noodle – from places like Pakistan, Serbia, Brazil, and Indonesia to name a few. Nothing from the United States though. All these others employed a standard fried wheat noodle and were indeed the ‘standard’ instant ramen style noodle. In this one for the US, the term ‘ramen’ is doing some incredibly heavy lifting. I feel partially to blame to be honest – I’m The Ramen Rater – but I do not only review Japanese varieties like shio, tonkotsu, miso and shoyu, but try everything from everywhere. So, is this something that is called ramen, or is it ramen? You be the judge. Rather, I will after I sample it. Let’s begin. ...see full post

#5168: McTrader Ramen Noodles Sirloin Artificially Flavored – United States

#5168: McTrader Ramen Noodles Sirloin Artificially Flavored - United States

My 5000th review was of the chicken version from this brand. Why? It was a brand I’d not seen, I got it locally, and when I found it I was surprised to find it as well and excited. I saw a post in the Ramen Junkies group showing this beef version, and I could tell from the shelf picture it was from the same place – a discount store called Dollar Tree. So, I thought I’d look to see if they have it and they did. What I find interesting is that I thought these were made in China – they’re not. These are made in India, and a sirloin flavor, which connotes beef seems very out of character.  Once again, I review another McTrader product. Let us begin. ...see full post

#5166: Momofuku Spicy Soy Noodles – United States

#5166_ Momofuku Spicy Soy Noodles - United States

Here’s my next to last of these varieties and I have to say I’ve enjoyed them so far. Nice chewy noodles, good Taiwanese style flavors. These are made for Momofuku, a restaurant founded by David Chang. A-Sha Dry Noodle is making these, so if you like their products, you’ll like these. Let’s cook it up! ...see full post

#5165: Nissin Cup Noodles Beef Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup – United States

#5165: Nissin Cup Noodles Beef Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup - United States

Holy cow – what a week. On Tuesday, we had a huge storm – a bomb cyclone. Areas around here had gusts equal to hurricane force. The cyclone sucked air out to sea, which made winds go the opposite direction they usually do – causing power outages… We had just shy of a 2 day power outage. It sucked. Well, I’m back. Let’s do it up! ...see full post

#5164: O’Food Garlic Tteokbokki – United States

#5164: O'Food Garlic Tteokbokki - United States

Thank you to James from Lakeside, California for sending this along! He also sent a bulgogi sauce version but my wife absconded with it – and I let her. I generally don’t get anything noodle related that she’s all over so I figured that’s fair. Tteokbokki and rice cakes in a tubular shape, usually with a lot of tasty sauce and other toppings. It’s freaking wonderful. This one comes with two servings. Let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#5162: Sapporo Ichiban Travel Ramen Yokohama Tan-Men – Japan

#5162: Sapporo Ichiban Travel Ramen Yokohama Tan-Men - Japan

Here’s a variety that I found in one of MiauMall’s Nakama Noodles subscription boxes! These boxes are discontinued, however you can find their stuff at MiauMall – here is what they said about this one – “Next up is a tasty bowl of liquid gold straight from Yokohama! This Tan ramen, different from Tan Tan Ramen. This pack feature thick noodles in a deliciously light salt broth with chicken and pork for umami and napa cabbage and cabbage to soak up that soup! Yum!” ...see full post

#5161: Snapdragon Beef Pho Beef Flavored Noodle Soup – United States

#5161: Snapdragon Beef Pho Beef Flavored Noodle Soup - United States

After going to the dollar store in search of something – which I found – I was on my way home and passed by a little free food pantry. People just put food in there and you just take it out. I found this one in there. I have put plenty of noodles in there in the past, so when I find something, I feel happy to abscond with it. I’m happy to not have to pay for a multipack of these, so thank you random donor. I’ll put some cool stuff in there shortly. Let’s cook this… ...see full post

#5158: Trailtopia Adventure Food Beef Stroganoff Flavored Ramen Noodles – United States

#5158: Trailtopia Adventure Food Beef Stroganoff Flavored Ramen Noodles - United States

Big thanks to The Fat Hipster for sending this along. This is an instant noodle for hikers and campers. So if you’re neither, think of carrying tons of stuff for a multi day outdoor trip. You will need food. Do you want to carry something heavy or light? When you’re done, do you want big trash to lug around? Well, this is a solution. These packs aren’t huge, they’re light, and unlike a foam bowl, this is also the cooking vessel and folds up for disposal away from the trail. Sounds interesting. I’m very curious about this, so let’s get to it. ...see full post

#5151: Nissin Cup Noodle Stir Fry Honey Sesame Chicken Flavor – United States

#5151: Nissin Cup Noodle Stir Fry Honey Sesame Chicken Flavor - United States

So I got this from two sources. First, from Nissin in a promo box for National Noodle Day. Second, one from James from Lakeside, CA – thank, man! These are very popular with my daughter – she tried the one in the pictures here and the other gets opened for the review. Well, she liked it – let me have a try… ...see full post

Totinos Pizza Ramen + Old El Paso Ramen Unboxing

Totinos Pizza Ramen + Old El Paso Ramen Unboxing

As today is April 1st (April Fools Day), I was lucky enough to have a neat box of odd varieties my wife got me arrive yesterday. These can be found online at Walmart or you can just drag your smelly ass into a Walmart store. It should be known that while launch dates are usually on the boxes, Walmart rarely adheres to them when it comes to putting things out on the floor as I’ve found regarding previous exclusive things. With that being said, I’ll show you the quartet and let you know my initial thoughts. I should also mention – this isn’t a joke, it’s a real thing. But you shouldn’t be too surprised. ...see full post

#5137: A-Sha Hot Ones Sweet Chili Ramen Noodle Soup – United States

#5137: A-Sha Hot Ones Sweet Chili Ramen Noodle Soup - United States

Well this is a little different – but cool. Hot Ones is a YouTube show where celebrities go on and do an interview while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings. Gorden Ramsay practically cried and had a tantrum. Anyways, these are in a series – there’s three cups and three bowls. I’ve got the cups, so I’ll be trying them (yes, mukbang) in short order and seeing how they go. These are made in Vietnam for the US market. Let do this. ...see full post

Dragon Express: A New Prison Ramen On The Scene?

Dragon Express: A New Prison Ramen On The Scene?

James from Lakeside, California emailed me the other day on some packs he found at Grocery Outlet and sent my way. These are very very interesting in that they’re got clear stuff going on, common prison named flavors, and so on. Watch the vid and maybe check you local Grocery Outlet should you have one. Thanks again man – awesome find! ...see full post

#5135: Menraku Japanese Stir Fry Noodles Curry Flavor – United States

#5135: Menraku Japanese Stir Fry Noodles Curry Flavor - United States

Well foks, after my 5000 and 5001st reviews, this is where I go back to the regular stuff. Well, sorta. I’ve got a few top tens I need to crank out. By the time you see this, hopefully that’ll have occurred. But I just wanna do a regular old review – nothing crazy or huge, nothing monumental – just a review. Seems like I haven’t done one in a month so that’s it I’m doing one.  Found this at S*Mart – yep – shop smart shop S*Mart. Let us begin… ...see full post

Kenchan Ramen Sends Fresh, Gluten Free, & Vegan Varieties

Kenchan Ramen Sends Fresh, Gluten Free, & Vegan Varieties

My friend The Fat Hipster told me about Kenchan Ramen recently, so as I do when I hear about anything new in the ramen realm, I reached out. They replied and sent samples – thanks! I’ve tried everything and you can see them in this video. Thank you very much – they’re really good! Let’s check ’em out! ...see full post

#5127: Myojo Ramen Plant-Based Creamy Tonkotsu – United States

#5127: Myojo Ramen Plant-Based Creamy Tonkotsu - United States

Here’s something new that arrived in a refrigerated pack from Myojo USA – thank you very much! It’s hard. I always want to embellish a bowl of tonkotsu with egg and chashu, fish cake, you know… But although I’m guess they’d all compliment this, I want to keep it on the plant-based side of things. This is a refrigerated section item and should be able to be found at the store in the United States. Anyways, let’s give it a try! ...see full post

#5126: Picantia Chipotle Beef Ramen Noodle Soup – United States

#5126: Picantia Chipotle Beef Ramen Noodle Soup - United States

I’ve seen this on Amazon and elsewhere kind of recently but never in the ‘wild’ until this last weekend. Well, as I type this I mean September 28th 2024 last weekend. My lovely wife Kit took us over to S*Mart in Bellevue, Washington for a quick noodle hunt and three varieties of this range were lurking. It wasn’t really a quick hop over there – there was some insane traffic on the way home. However there was a bit of rain and a nice rainbow for the kids to enjoy on the way back while we sat in traffic. This one is made in South Korea by Samyang let’s check this out! ...see full post