Kkokkomyeon Archives - THE RAMEN RATER

#823: Meet The Manufacturer: Paldo Kokomen Spicy Chicken Flavor

August 7, 2012September 24, 2013 Hans "The Ramen Rater" Lienesch 5 comments

Finally after a long wait, Kkokkomyun has come to the United States as Kokomen! This is the instant that brought about the whole ‘white broth’ craze in Korea. Here’s an excerpt from my interview with Paldo: ...see full post

#674: Paldo (Korea Yakult) Kko Kko Myun

March 9, 2012January 10, 2013 Hans "The Ramen Rater" Lienesch 17 comments

Here’s something extra special, sent by Chris H. of Westport, CT. This is the extremely popular Kko Kko Myun. What I know is that this is made using chicken broth instead of spicy red peppers. It is based on a recipe created by Korean comedian Lee Kyung-kyu. It has an unusual white broth – everything for the most part coming out of Korea has that bright red chili-infused broth. In the first five months of this stuff being released in Korea, they sold 100 million packs! Very popular! So here we go with a review – this is from Korea and not a regular export so the packaging doesn’t have all of its info, but hopefully you can glean info from the nutrition facts, etc off of the label. ...see full post

The Ramen Rater: Noodle News #5

* News / Noodle News

February 12, 2012January 8, 2013 Hans "The Ramen Rater" Lienesch No comments

As always, I scour the Internet searching from news about instant noodles. Here’s some articles that you may find interesting: ...see full post

The Ramen Rater News: Korea Yakult (Paldo) Will Be Exporting Kkokkomyeon Soon!

January 2, 2012January 3, 2013 Hans "The Ramen Rater" Lienesch 1 comment

I’ve heard now from two separate sources that this Kkokkomyeon stuff is really popular and is going to be a really big deal when it comes to the USA. Both a seller of instant noodles alluded to it as well as a mention by name by the lady at the Kitty House at 99 Ranch Market (they sell Hello Kitty stuff there). ...see full post