This is good…

This is good?…

PICNIC instant beef noodles 1

That was what crept through my mind when my missus bought it the other day and brought it home. I guess this is a new brand, one that I’ve never heard of before, and I wonder why they chose that name instead of some more alluringly suggestive ones like “Delicious” or “Tasty” perhaps.

In the past, I have had some very nice pork-flavoured instant noodles from Taiwan but they do not seem to be available anymore these days and duck as well but I’ve yet to come across any beef ones that I like. Well, as they say, there’s  no harm trying, so I took a packet and cooked it to give it  a try…

PICNIC instant beef noodles 2

Hmmmm…not bad, not bad at all. I found that it tasted pretty good except that I could not detect any beef taste in it. There seemed to be a hint of salted/preserved vegetables, something that I know they add to the broth, among other things as well, at those beef noodle stalls to complement the flavour.

I had some leftover luncheon meat

PICNIC beef noodles with luncheon meat 1

…so I had the noodles with that…

PICNIC beef noodles with luncheon meat 2

All in all, I would say it was all right – not something that one would rush back to the stores to get some more and for one thing, at RM4.50 for a pack of 5, I think I would just stick to my regular cheaper brands which I would say would be just as good, if not better.