Ace Cook Veggie Miso Yakisoba Super Bowl Review

Yakisoba instant noodles are pretty much a staple item in Japan.  Fried instant noodles lend themselves to making instant Yakisoba as they have oil in them, simulating the pan fried noodles flavour.  When I saw this Ace Cook Veggie Miso Yakisoba I thought I would try it.  They mentioned there were five kinds of vegetables in this so it looked pretty appealing. 

3/4 view of the yakisoba noodle package.  The bright yellow could have been a yield sign in the grocery aisle.  The colour definitely attracts your attention.

The top of the noodle package.  It shows the noodles covered in bits of vegetable.  Looks pretty appealing.  On the right side, it shows the five kinds of veggies included.

Ingredients.  Manufacturing info.

English label with ingredients, nutrition.

Japanese nutritional information.

Side view of the package.  I like the hint of green for veggies at the base.

Taking off the outer wrap shows the standard lid and you have preparation directions on it.  Follow the steps from A to B, then wait 5 minutes and drain the water through the spout at the top.

Contents of the noodle bowl.  There is the noodle block, a sauce packet, and a packet of dehydrated vegetables.  Out of the 5 kinds of veggies, the only one that is unusual is the bean sprouts.

Add in the veggies, pour in boiling water to the fill line, close the lid and wait 5 minutes.  Pouring the water out of the container through the spout keeps the veggies and noodles inside.

The rehydrated noodles and veggies.  You can see there is a fair bit.  The sauce packet in mixed in next.

The biggest features of this instant noodle was the miso soy sauce and the five kinds of veggies.  The veggies included cabbage, carrot, green onion, corn, and bean sprouts.  Bean sprouts were the most unusual vegetable as they are not common at all.  Cabbage and green onion are staples, and carrot and corn are somewhat common (the last 2 are always in American cup noodles).  The bean sprouts did turn out okay and even had a tiny crunch to them.

The miso soy sauce was decent, nothing spectacular, but it was mild and fairly tasty mixed in with the noodles.  The sauce was mild smelling, had salty notes and a decent miso flavour, but it was mild.  The vegetables, like all yakisobas, vanish a bit into the noodles once it is mixed.  They really need to double the amount of vegetables in all of these yakisobas.  The noodles were pretty standard with good texture and chewiness to them.

This is a decent yakisoba with a different flavour profile.  The extra veggies are a nice gimmick, but you're really having this for a change. 

Closeup of the noodles.

 

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