Acecook Curry Cup Noodle Review

Acecook is a Japanese instant noodle brand that has been around for years.  I bought their Acecook Curry Cup Noodle in Vancouver when I was visiting during the summer and I finally ate it on the weekend.  The cup of noodle did not disappoint with its curry goodness.  Curry cup noodles seem to be be good in general due to the various roux mixes that seems to lend themselves to being rehydrated.

The packaging on the cup is fairly attractive, using most of the side of the cup to show the picture of the noodles and the name of the cup.  This particular cup noodle uses a double walled paper cup which is nice as there is no Styrofoam.

A closer look at the side of the cup shows a pretty tasty looking picture of noodles in curry broth with a sprinkle of ground meat and green onions.

Product text says special curry with solid roux.

Another side shot.

The lid showing the manufacturing information, ingredients, and other info.  This is a practical use for the lid, but not quite as attractive as some other cup of noodles which show a picture of the product instead.  Still, on a shelf, you are going to see the side of the cup, not the top.

Nutritional information.  All curry roux has more fat as there are oils in them.

I opened the lid of the cup and this is where this curry gets really interesting. There is really a solid block of roux mix like you would find in curry blocks you would use to make a real curry dinner at home.

Toppings for the noodles inside the cup.  You can see dehydrated carrots, green onion, ground meat, cabbage, onions, and fried tofu.  The curry roux block is fairly big, but not too thick. Looks like a nice amount of toppings.

I added boiling water and waited 3 minutes for the noodles to rehydrate.  I popped open the top to see that the curry block had melted and that everything was nicely rehydrated.  Unlike some other noodles where the curry roux is powdered, this definitely needed stirring, something you must do for all curry ramen so you don't get a clump of roux at the bottom of the cup.  A nice strong scent of curry wafted up from the cup and got my taste buds going.  The smell of curry is always so nice.

Rehydrated noodles and toppings.

The noodles and soup all ready after stirring.

After stirring and enjoying the smell of curry, I could tell this was going to be good.  You can tell these are thicker, udon style instant noodles in the cup.  The noodles had a nice firm chew and carried the curry flavour to your mouth nicely.  The curry soup itself was slightly on the thick side, but not too thick, and had a classic curry taste with a bit of heat.  Not spicy at all, but very pleasant.  I always find it funny with the toppings in a curry cup as they seem to dissolve into the soup.  They're there, but they do take second place to the curry broth.  A very nice cup of noodle.  I kind of wish I had a second one in the cupboard now.

Closeup of the udon noodles, and toppings.

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