I saw these packages of Ippudo Ramen Kits at T&T Market. I'm pretty sure they were brought in a part of the build-up to Asian/Chinese New Years. They had a number of different kits in, including the Ichiran Noodle kits. I'm probably never going to buy the Ichiran ones as they never sell them in smaller packs, so you're paying $8 and up for a serving, or $6+ like in the picture below on a steep sale. The Ippudo on the other hand was $6 a serving and you only had to get two. I like Ichiran, so I got Ichiran!
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Ichiran Noodle Kit for two. It has nice faded, almost pastel art like in an EDO period print.
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| Ippudo Noodle Kit for 2 servings. |
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| Ichiran Noodle Kit - 5 servings. Still too pricey for me. |
Ippudo and Ichiran are two of the ore famous chain restaurants for Ramen that have even expanded overseas. Even so, they are not everywhere, so these kits allow you to have a taste of their noodle soup at home! I like Ippudo and their teeny little gyoza. When I was in Japan last time I visited an outlet down in a basement of a mall in Yokohama where I was also looking for a DAISO. I found it and found out they were using online menus to order your ramen at the shop. You scanned a code and it took you to an ordering system for that particular restaurant. Kind of cool and you still pay at a regular cash registers at the end (so no wierd online payment needed). I like their tonkotsu broth and I also like Ichirans, but I don't think I can pick a favourite out of the two. They're both good and I'd alternate.
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| My Yokohama order of tonkotsu ramen and gyoza. |
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| The Ichiran I went to. |
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| I also bought a more expensive ramen kit that comes with fresh ramen and complete broth, toppings, and meat. I have the Tonkotsu Miso Ramen kit reviewed here. The Ippudo kit is shown for comparison. |
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| It has some pretty box art and shows a couple of completed ramen bowls. Looks good, but this kit only has soup and noodles. |
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| Ingredients, manufacturing info, and cooking directions. |
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| Contents of the kit. It comes with some concentrated liquid tonkotsu soup base, a packet of flavour oil, and a spicy red miso paste (it is spicy), and two bunches of straight thin noodles. |
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| I'm showing this picture as it is an example of innovative packaging. The box and the dividers inside it are all folded from one big sheet of cardboard. That's impressive to me. |
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| I completed the soup and added the flavour oil and a bit of the spicy miso. This soup has fresh green onion, leftover roasted chicken breast to complete the soup (Costco Roast Chicken is cheap and good in noodles). |
This was an enjoyable noodle soup to have. No surprise here.The tonkotsu was nicely flavoured and creamy with the flavour oil and the red miso adding to the taste. The noodles were thin and cooked very quickly - don't overcook them. I had an enjoyable lunch out of this. You do need to make both servings at once as the flavour oil and spicy miso are in packets for both servings, not single serve.
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Closeup of the noodles.
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