Myojo Charmela Large Mellow Shoyu Wonton Noodle Review

This is a review of Myojo's Shoyu Wonton Noodle Bowl.  It is the second of two Japanese style wonton noodle reviews.  Wontons are a pretty universal Asian dumpling that originated in China in the 1600s (1644 according to some Internet sites - probably based on a historical mention or a recipe). I go further into the history of wonton in my first review here Myojo Charmela Large Mellow Shio Wonton Noodle Review.  This is a newer product that is has enhanced flavour from scallops in the soup base.

3/4 view of the noodle bowl.

The broth of this soup is definitely more Japanese than the first one which more closely resembled classic wonton soup.  The shoyu (soy sauce flavour is more of a Tokyo ramen flavour). The wontons in the Myojo bowl are small, but their wrappers do look like your regular wonton wrapper if they were freeze dried.  The noodles look more like a regular instant ramen noodle and not an egg noodle.

The lid of the bowl.  It looks quite royal with the deep red, and the brown soup really shows the white wontons in it.  The spoon shows how big a wonton is and you can see the nice yellow noodles.  Quite an attractive presentation.  The classic man blowing the charmela horn and Myojo black cat is in the bottom left.  Note the cityscape in the background.

The black characters translate as wonton mein (noodle).  The red characters translate as Myojo Charmela.  It says a masterpiece of mellow noodles with shoyu.

Allergens and nutrional information.

Ingredients

Warnings and manufacturer contact information.

Contents of the noodle bowl with noodle block, seasoning oil, soup base, and wontons.

You get four freeze dried wontons.

Added the soup base and oil after rehydrating for 4 minutes.

The noodles did not have much of a smell when opened.  They are air dried noodles.  There were four wontons inside and I placed the wontons under the noodles before pouring in the boiling water.  The finished soup was yellow, and the soup base powder turned the soup a brown soy sauce colour typical of shoyu broth.  It smells like soy sauce with ginger notes! The noodles are thin like wonton noodles, but they are more of a ramen noodle.  I really couldn't taste the ginger in the mild soy broth, but there was a slight tingle on the tongue at the end soup.  This soup was richer in flavour than the shio version. 

Like the other soup, the wontons are small and thin and have the correct type of wrapper. Not a lot of filling inside. They have that smooth wonton skin texture and you can definitely feel a slight meatiness to the chew with the filling. I would have liked to have plumper wontons. I believe the fillings are basically textured soy protein with flavourings.  The noodles are soft and have a chewiness that comes out after the bite.  A bit different from your regular noodle but nice. 

This was a pretty good instant soup and I think it lives up to the won ton name, but bigger wontons would be better!

The prepared soup with a nice brown / tan colour.

Closeup of wonton.  There's a lot of skin, but not so much filling.

Nice looking noodles.

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