This is the second noodle bowl I'm trying from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024. This time it is a Sapporto Miso Ramen, one of Hokkaido's specialties and one of the three major ramen types in Japan. It has a rich miso soup made from Hokkaido miso with a pork bone-based soup infused with the flavor of garlic, onion, ginger and lard for extra richness. This richly flavoured soup also is accentuated by crunchy cooked bean sprouts.
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| 3/4 view of the orangy yellow miso bowl. It has the classic miso soup colours. |
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| View of the lid of the ramen bowl. The big characters in white say "Sapporo" while the next line in red reads "Rich Miso Ramen". The lids say there are crisp cooked bean sprouts and the soup is made with Hokkaido miso and firm, large noodles. A representation of a bowl of mso ramen shows the rich soup off in tis browny gold colours along with a skimming of oil. Crunchy bean sprouts top the soup. |
I was wondering what the three pictures decorating the top half of the lid represent. From the left, thre is a statue of Dr. Clark who coined the phrase “Boys be ambitious!”. The statue stands at the top of Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill and it is a nationally famour statue. The next picture in the middle is of the Sapporo Clock Tower. This is a wooden structure and tourist attraction located in Sapporo and it is the oldest clock tower in Japan. Finally, Popular Tree Avenue is from Hokkaido University where rows of poplar trees and gingko trees are a symbol for it. I got to learn a bit about Sapporo looking these images up!
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| Side view with the ramen name. |
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| Manufacturers info and ingredients. |
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| Warnings. |
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| Nutritional info. |
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| Cooking directions. 1. Remove half of the lid and take out the prepared ingredients, liquid soup, and toppings. 2. Place the toppings on top of the noodles, pour hot water up to the inner line, and close the lid. 3. Loosen the noodles well in a 5-minutes and add the liquid soup and cooked ingredients, stir well, and enjoy. |
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| Contents of the bowl. A package of fresh cooked bean sprouts (super cool), miso soup paste, and a sachet of dried corn and green onions. |
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| Description of Sapporo Ramen. I've given most of the info in the intro. |
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| You rehydrate the soup for 5 minutes in boiling water for the thicker noodles. These are dried noodles, not fried. |
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| The finished soup with the golden brown soup base of a miso soup. There is a thin skim of flavour oil on the surface. |
The soup smells like a very nice miso soup with that rich earthy miso smell. Tasting the soup gives a deep taste of miso that is not overdone. It is a nice soup. A very light spiciness accentuates the flavour from the garlic and ginger. You can definitely taste the ginger in the background. The crunchy cooked bean sprouts were as advertised and are a very nice touch. Having the thicker noodles worked well to coat the noodles with soup for every bite and they were firm and chewy. The toppings provided included shredded carrot, green onion, sweet corn that was still crunchy just like the bean sprouts. A light oil from the soup coats the tongue providing that extra umami to the soup. A very tasty noodle bowl!
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| Closeup of the bean sprouts, corn, green onion, and noodles. |
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