Have you seen it…

Well, I saw it on the shelves in one of the two mini-supermarkets near my house and I decided to buy a pack to try…

I am sure most of us are familiar with the packaging. Those A1 pouches of mixed bak-kut-teh herbs seem to be very popular and I see them being sold at virtually every supermarket around. If I’m not mistaken, I think I have used them myself for my own home-cooked bak-kut-teh at one time or another.

I like this particularly…

…as I seem to have develop an aversion to too much msg these days.

Anyway, I tried a packet…

…and found that it was very nice even though I did not add any extra ingredient, just an egg. The taste was exactly like what we would get when we cook bak-kut-teh with those mixed herbs of the same brand.

However, it costs RM4.50 a pack and there are 4 packets only inside so that works out to about RM1.20 each. Comparatively, it is definitely more expensive than any other normal brand of instant noodles which would usually work out to 70-80 sen a packet.

There is also another variety – the Emperor herbs chicken spices noodles…

…which is even more expensive, by 40 sen – RM4.90 for a pack of four. I’ve tried it but I did not think it was very nice. Then, I tried it again with a whole lot of ingredients added…

…and still, I thought it wasn’t that great. The bak-kut-teh variety is definitely the better of the two, albeit being the  cheaper.

Whatever it is, they’re cheaper than the Korean noodles but considering the higher prices, I probably would stick to the usual cheaper brands. After all, at the end of the day, they all serve the same purpose which is simply to appease any craving or hunger. Period.