Hong Kong Nissin Big Cup Noodle Tonkotsu Flavour

I like a nice tonkotsu ramen and had high hopes for this as it looked like it came with all kinds of toppings for the noodles too. This big cup of noodle from Nissin is out of Hong Kong.  When I saw these I had buy a few to give them a try.

Tonkotsu ramen is a pork broth noodle soup that is a flavourful, creamy, and smooth soup.  I like a shoyu (soy based) ramen almost as much, but tonkotsu is like the holy grail of ramen soups to some people.  In restaurants, this is achieved by cooking pork bones and other ingredients together for a long time to make the soup stock.  In an instant noodle, this is obviously harder to achieve.

The BIG cups are like 50% more noodles than the regular cups.  3/4 view.

Lid of the BIG Cup Noodle Tonkotsu flavour.  The predominant color is a forest green with some gold highlihts and splashes.  I'm not sure why it is green, but curry cups are orange, and seafood cups are blue.  The lid shows some nice closeups of the toppings, but no noodles.

The front of the BIG Cup Noodle Tonkotsu flavour.  The letters BIG are in bold black with light yellow highlights around the edge.  A prominent picture of the luscious looking toppings on the noodel cup is shown.  I looks like you have egg, and little pieces of meat along with vegetables.  Again, the main color is green with gold splashes and highlights to give it a little luxury.

Manufacturing information.

Nutritional information.  Lots of calories in a cup to keep you going.  There is 11 grams of protein and 17 grams of fat along with plenty of salt to bring out the flavours.

Ingredients and cooking directions.  It is interesting that the cups out of Hong Kong are double walled plastic, unlike the laminated carbstock cups in Japan.  The Japanese cups from Nissin are awesome as they have a soft insulation that can have beautiful graphics printed on them.

When the lid was lifted it revealed lots of toppings on the noodles.  This did not disappoint. There was plenty of dehydrated bok choy, green onion, carrot, scrambled egg, and pieces of textured protein pork.

After lifting the lid, I poured in boiling water to the fill line and closed the lid for three minutes to let everything rehydrate in the hot water.  After the three minutes, I peeled the lid off to reveal a nicely topped off noodle cup.

Noodle cup ready to eat.

You can see there is plenty of toppings on this cup of noodle.  It is always nice to see this.

Give the noodles and toppings a good stir to make sure the soup powder is well mixed in.

The finished cup of noodle had a nice savory smell to them.  I wouldn't say it was like a true tonkotsu, but it smelled pretty good in a brothy kind of way.  The soup tasted quite nice and salty, but not too salty to my tongue in this preparation.  Overall, this soup had a pretty rich flavour and texture that was smooth and like a tonkotsu broth to the tongue.  It was pretty good, but I wouldn't necessarily say it was the best I've ever had.  The noodles rehydrated nicely with a a good chew and you could get some toppings with every mouthful on your fork.  A satisfying cup of noodle to have at any time and I'd buy more.  The textured protein was okay, but I did like all the vegetables!

Closeup of the meat and some vegetables and noodles on the fork.

Also Reviewed: Nongshim Tonkotsu Ramen Bowl (Premium Noodle Soup) from Costco


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