Sometimes, I'm surprised to find some varieties of Japanese noodles on the supermarket shelf over here in Canada. Finding these Nissin Noodle Craftsman Miso and Shoyu bowls counts towards this. I've seen Cup Noodles and some of their other varieties, but this is a first for the Craftsman lineup.
For this review, I'm taking a look at the Craftsman Yuzu Shio Ramen Bowl. I've never tried anything that is part of this product line, so it is always nice to have something new. These bowls feature"Gochiso Non-Fried Noodles" with whole wheat flour and a chicken flavour oil to enhance the taste of the seafood broth base with Kochi yuzu peel powder in it.
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| 3/4 view of the bowl. This is blue and gold for simplicity and the sea. |
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| Lid of the bowl. Again, it uses a traditional textile motif on the blue and some elegant gold striping that would be found in laquer-work. Looks very elegant. The bowl of ramen with its simple toppings is shown in the middle and you can see the thin noodles in a yellowish broth. |
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| Side view with the craftsman shio characters. |
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| Nutritional and allergen information. |
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| Preparation directions. |
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| You get an air-dried noodle block, a flavour oil sachet and a soup base powder. |
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| Closeup of the air dried noodles. |
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| With the soup powder added. There are bits of scrambled egg and green onion. Add boiling water to the fill line and let it sit for 4 minutes. |
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| The ready to eat soup after adding in the flavour oil. |
I tried three of the Craftsman ramen and I like this one the least. I was expecting something more clean and chickeny in taste as it is a shio ramen, but I found it tasted like a combination of dashi and chicken soup. There was a faint citrus smell from powdered soup stock in purple package and it was kind of musty, like in a dashi soup base. The yuzu is more prevalent in the final soup after the flavour oil is added. The noodles were nice, firm, and chewy with a clean break to them. I did find the combination of yuzu (a citrus), with chicken, and dashi odd though. Nissin says it is refreshing - I can see that, but this isn't my first choice. The bits of egg and green onion made it look like an egg drop soup too.
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| Closeup of the egg, noodles, and green onion. |
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