For some reason, the Japanese noodle cups from Myojo or Ace Cook are easier to find in Canada than anything from Nissin. I picked up a couple of these Myojo Mengami Tonkotsu Dark Soy Sauce Noodle Cups to snack on. The tagline for these cups is "The god of noodles, the true power of super thick noodles!" It does take 5 minutes of immersion in boiling water to prepare these noodles, but it is worth the wait!
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3/4 view of the cup.
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This noodle cup has a strong-flavoured pork-bone soup that incorporates
tamari soy sauce with super thick noodles. The soup base incorporates both pork and chicken to provide a flavourful experience to accompany the noodles. Adding the flavour oil satchet (drops of god) blends in aromatic chicken oil to additionally stimulate your appetite. Toppings for the soup include roast pork chips, spinach, and green onions. These noodles are not fluffy in any aspect.
The noodles are prepared
using a special method that produces a thick noodle with a firm, chewy texture
like what you would get in a "famous" ramen restaurant. The noodles incorporate salted koji and garlic for additional flavour. These noodles are air-dried and not fried.
It is obvious
they are aiming for a high-quality experience with this noodle cup.
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Front view of the cup. Very dark background really highlights the soup and golden noodles. The focus here is on the ramen. It looks delicious from soup to the thick noodles being pulled up out of it.
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A closeup of the noodles and the toppings on the front of the cup.
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The cup with the flavour oil satchet removed.
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The lid talks a lot about the manufacturing process and ingredients going into this cup.
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Myojo Mengami Tonkotsu in big characters.
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Manufacturers information and warnings. Who microwaves these? Interesting fact I found out recently. Most countries use electric kettles. In the United States, they are far less common, and there is belief that it takes longer to boil in an electric kettle rather than a stove top. That is why many instant noodles and cups there have microwave instructions. Add boiling water should have been easy.
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More background information. I've pretty much talked about it earlier. Cooking instructions and ingredients along with an allergen list. Put in boiling water, wait five minutes, then add in the flavour oil, and stir well.
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Nutritional info.
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Flavour oil. Drops of God rather than Fruit of the Gods.
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The dried noodles and toppings when you first open the cup.
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I added in boiling water, closed the lid to let it sit for 5 minutes, and then totally peeled the lid off.
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Closeup of the noodle soup with the flavour oil added on top.
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The finished cup after stirring it well to blend the soup base powder and the oil.
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The noodle soup had a rich, luxurious scent of soy and pork. It smelled very savoury. The soup didn't taste overly salty to start and had deep soy notes that greatly added to the umami of the soup. It is a salty broth, like most ramen broths, but it is a tasty broth that isn't thin or overly thick. There are deep flavour notes to this soup that are just good. It isn't just soy sauce and water.
The noodles are a highlight too. The noodles are thick and chewy in texture and have some flavour to them. The broth does stick to the noodles to enhance the whole flavour experience while chewing.
The spinach has a definite spinach taste. The pork slices are thin and meaty but could have been thicker and more firm. The combination of spinach, green onions and roast pork compliments the noodles but the noodles and soup are the stars. This cup is a winner! Glad I have two of them.
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Closeup of the noodles, meat, and spinach.
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