This post continues my tasting adventure for instant ramen with the regional flavours of Kyushu. I purchased a big gift box / sampler pack of Kyushu ramen made by Murutai awhile back and have been eating them when I have a chance. There were seven varieties to start and I have reviewed four so far as of this review.
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| Front of the big Marutai Kyushu box showing all 7 ramen inside. |
Nagasaki Agodashi Shoyu Ramen
Nagasaki prefecture is well known for agodashi, a broth made from dried flying fish. When I first looked at this ramen package I thought it was basically a typical shoyu variety. After I found out about the agodashi I was definitely expecting a deeper flavour profile.
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| The front of the Nagasaki Agodashi Soy Ramen package. It shows a nice looking ramen soup with sesame seeds and lots of toppings. The nice deep blue sure goes with the seafood broth theme! |
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| Back of the package. |
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| The package contains two servings of straight stick ramen noodles, two soup base powder satchets, and two oil/fat seasoning packets. |
There was a nice soy aroma from this soup and it was a fairly dark broth. The powdered soup based contains grilled flying fish, pork, chicken, sardines,
kelp, scallops, bonito, seaweed, sesame seeds, and tuna. After tasting the broth, it definitely had a deeper flavour profile than a typical soy broth. There was depth to it that was kind of complex, a little fishy, but full of umami. I didn't mind it at all, but my fellow diner thought it was too fishy. In Japan, this ramen has been rated fairly highly for the flavour which is definitely there.
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| The finished soup with typical ramen noodles, an egg, some beans, and luncheon meat. Was pretty nice! |
Oita Chicken Shoyu Ramen with Yuzu
Oita has mild weather that allows yuzu fruit grow well in the area, so it is famous for this type of Japanese lemon-like citrus fruit. This chicken bone soy sauce soup has chicken broth, konbu and bonito as elements to it.
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| The front of the Oita Chicken Soy Ramen package. Show a simple ramen with a dash of yuzu peel powder on the soup. The light green colour of the package suggests a brightly flavoured soup. |
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| The back of the ramen package. |
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| The package contains two servings of straight noodles, two packets of Yuzu powder (with citrus fruit pictures), and two packets of powdered soup base. |
This turned out to be a fairly mild shoyu soup in flavour. I'm not sure I got the chicken taste out of it, but it was a nice light soup. The yuzu peel powder gave the soup just a hint of citrus, but there wasn't a lot of the yuzu powder to go around. This ramen soup was pleasant enough, but not one of my favourites out of the box.
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| Added some green onion, a fried egg, and some roasted turkey to it to make a meal. |
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