This was the first of the noodles bowls I tried out of the "Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Western Japan" ramen box of six kinds of instant ramen bowls. I have to say it was a really good start! This Hakata style tonkotsu ramen has a more intense flavour of pork bone and noodles with great texture. I'm not exactly sure what was aged in the soup base - but it was probably done to amp up the flavour. This is a newer version of this particular ramen bowl too. I have never had the original, but this renewed version is good.
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Lid of the Aged Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen.
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The design of the packaging is plain, and reminds me of a big Chinese soup bowl down to the square curls on the rim. The lid shows off a delicious looking bowl of creamy tonkotsu broth with green onions, sesame seeds, and a piece of roast pork. I like how it is a very what you see is what you get inside kind of picture. Hakata Tonkotsu is spelled right across the middle in bold red characters, with other characters indicating it is rich and tasty. The inset picture puts a focus on the noodles to let you know they are thin and chewy.
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3/4 view of the ramen bowl. Plain colours let the focus land on the noodle soup photo on the lid.
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Side text.
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Cooking directions on the top with ingredients listed in the box underneath.
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Nutritional information on the left, warnings in the middle and manufacturers information on the right. I like the warning in the middle that says you can reduce your salt intake by drinking less soup!
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Opening up the bowl shows an air dried disc of noodles, a package with a piece of dried roast pork, a satchet of green onions and sesame seeds, and a satchet of liquid tonkotsu soup base.
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The rehydrated noodles with all three satchets added.
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Preparation for the noodles had me open the lid halfway to extract the three satchets. I then put the dried pork and the green onions and sesame on top of the noodles. After this I poured in boiling water up to the fill line and covered it for only 2 minutes (the thin noodles rehydrate quick). I then peeled the lid off an put the liquid soup base in. It was a thick paste. You then need to loosen the noodles and thoroughly mix in the soup base. This might take more than a few stirs! After this, it is ready to eat.
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The finished soup that is ready to eat. The green onions and sesame mostly vanished into the soup.
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The aroma off the soup smell mildly like a tonkotsu broth with a hint of sesame. It wasn't really aromatic, but many tonkotsu soups are like this. The taste of the soup was a different story. There was more flavour than the typical tonkotsu. The broth was creamy, smoothly textured, with a bit of a marrowy taste. There was saltiness to the soup that you got as an afterwards, but this soup was quite good. The noodles were thin, with a crisp break to them when you bite down to chew. The pork was firm and I think it started out quite dry as it was almost like a soft jerky to chew. It tasted a bit like Chinese char sui (BBQ pork) which is different, but not bad at all. Overall, this soup was good, but I don't think it was one of my top instant tonkotsu soups.
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Closeup of the noodles.
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