What’s new…

If you’re thinking that I’ve not done a review on any brand of instant noodles for a while now, you are absolutely right, the reason being the fact that there have not been any lying around the house. I don’t usually go browsing around the stores to see what they have and what I would like to try – usually, I will just eat what my missus buys and brings home…and the other day, she bought a pack of this brand and flavour…

I’m not so sure but I guess it is new on the market, not the brand – that has been around for a long time now, but the flavour or at least, the packaging, if nothing else.

There are two sachets inside…

– one is the seasoning and the other, the bits of shitake mushroom and the dehydrogenated vegetables and whatever else.

I obediently cooked the noodles separately…

…as people are saying that we have to do that to rinse away the wax or whatever that they use to coat the noodles to give it that nice shine and that, they say, is not good for health and can cause cancer. As you can see, the noodles are round, not rectangular like most of the others.

After they are cooked, I drained away the water and placed the noodles in a bowl before proceeding to cook one poached egg…

…to go with them. As you can see, I am still not very good at it – the egg did not come out round and nice like a small purse or pouch but at least, the yolk was the way I would like it – runny. not hard.

Having done that, I cooked the soup, adding a few of those frozen chicken balls to enhance the taste. Once cooked, I poured everything onto the noodles and served…

It tasted all right. I would say that it had its own unique taste, different from the usual chicken flavour and yes, it was very spicy. I did not realise it at the time but looking at the photographs, I noticed that there were bits of fresh chili in it as well and I was wondering what gave it that tint of yellow…

– even the chicken balls turned into that shade after being boiled in the soup. Maybe it had a bit of kunyit (tumeric) in the seasoning or the sachet of dried stuff, I wouldn’t know.

All in all, I would say that they’re ok, something you can have when there’s nothing else to eat in the house but I would not say it is a must-try or a must-have and I, for one, would not be craving for more.