{"title":"Japanese Ramen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWheat noodles where the broth is the argument: opaque pork-bone tonkotsu, soy-based shoyu, miso and clear shio; the cupboard side: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-instant-noodles\"\u003eJapanese Instant Noodles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nissin-cup-noodle-big-original","title":"Nissin Cup Noodle Big Japanese Original Soy Sauce 103g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese Cup Noodle, in Nissin's bigger cup: the original soy-sauce flavour. It is a savoury soy-sauce (shoyu) broth built on chicken and pork stock together, edged with garlic and pepper, and five dried toppings sit loose in the cup rather than in a sachet. If you ate this in Japan and have been trying to find it here, this is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eカップヌードル ビッグ, the name on the pack, so you can check what arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Nissin's standard Cup Noodle: the flagship recipe, not the lighter reduced-fat version and not the premium Cup Noodle PRO line. Of its three sizes, mini, regular and big, this is the big one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA broth with two stocks in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chicken and pork together rather than one or the other, with garlic and pepper behind them and a bamboo-shoot note underneath.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFive dried toppings, already in the cup.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mince, egg, prawn, pork and spring onion, loose in there. Nothing to tear open and nothing to stir in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe \"mystery meat\", explained.\u003c\/strong\u003e The brown nuggets are a pork mince made with soy protein. Japanese customers nicknamed them 謎肉 (nazoniku), mystery meat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese pack, Japanese instructions.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the domestic cup, so what is printed on it is in Japanese.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a big cup, not a double one.\u003c\/strong\u003e 103 g, 85 g of it noodles, against the standard cup's 78 g: roughly 1.3 times as much. Made for when the regular size leaves you hungry, and more than a light eater will finish. Worth knowing before you order three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nissin declares crustacean (prawn), wheat, egg, milk, sesame and soy, and it is made with pork and chicken. That declaration is wider than the ingredient list, which names no milk or sesame; Nissin does not say which seasoning carries them. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing before you buy: \u003cstrong\u003ethere is meat in it\u003c\/strong\u003e, pork, chicken, egg and prawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo make it, peel the lid back halfway, pour 400 mL of boiling water up to the line moulded on the inside of the cup (there is no fill mark on the outside), close the lid and wait 3 minutes. A kettle is the only equipment involved. \u003cstrong\u003eDo not microwave it in its own cup.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nissin's own guidance warns of fire risk from the aluminium in the lid and of the cup deforming; if you must microwave it, tip it into a microwave-safe dish first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne last thing, because it trips up anyone comparing listings: you will see this cup sold as 101 g in plenty of places. Nissin renewed it in August 2025, bigger mince pieces, more toppings, and the weight went to 103 g under the same barcode. 103 g is the current pack, and it is the one we stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223189008610,"sku":"SH-NDL-0001","price":6.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-cup-noodle-big-original-pack.webp?v=1786954840"},{"product_id":"nissin-cup-noodle-seafood-big","title":"Nissin Cup Noodle Seafood BIG Japanese Instant Ramen Cup 105g","description":"\u003cp\u003eNissin's seafood cup noodle in the BIG size: the cup sold in Japan. The broth is the cloudy kind, pork and seafood together, rich rather than fishy, like a mild chowder. Buy it if you had it in Japan and want that cup back, or you have finished an instant noodle cup still hungry; if you want a clear, light soup, this is the wrong cup. Seafood Noodle was the second best-selling cup ramen in Japanese supermarkets in 2024–25; that ranking is for the flavour, which supermarkets mostly sell as the regular 75 g cup; this is the BIG, the same flavour in the bigger cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack it reads カップヌードル シーフードヌードル ビッグ. That is just \"Cup Noodle Seafood Noodle Big\" written in Japanese, so you can check the cup that arrives is the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCup Noodle comes in three standard sizes in Japan: Mini, regular and BIG. This is BIG, the largest of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is actually floating in it\u003c\/strong\u003e: crab stick, squid, seasoned egg, cabbage and spring onion. The crab stick is kanikama: surimi, a fish paste, flavoured as crab, with no crab meat in it. Nissin still declares crab, so if you react to shellfish, treat this as containing crab. Nissin made the crab stick bigger in 2025 and put in about 14% more garnish, and the cups we have in stock are that newer recipe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a full meal\u003c\/strong\u003e: a 105 g cup, 85 g of it noodles, enough to eat on its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a salty one\u003c\/strong\u003e: roughly half of the salt sits in the broth, so drinking the soup or leaving it changes the meal quite a bit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEat it while it is hot\u003c\/strong\u003e: it is a lot of cup, and the end of it goes soft if you take your time over it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains crab, fish, wheat, egg, milk, squid, clam, sesame and soy. Japanese labels don't have to flag clam or fish as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (clam seasoning, fish paste). Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo cooking, only boiling water and three minutes, and the cup does not go in the microwave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurious about the crab stick itself? Our guide \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/seafood-sticks-kanikama\"\u003eSeafood sticks: Japan's kanikama, and what's really in them\u003c\/a\u003e explains what it is made of and why crab still shows on the label.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223189303522,"sku":"SH-NDL-0002","price":6.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-cup-noodle-seafood-big-cup.webp?v=1786954765"},{"product_id":"nissin-cup-noodle-curry-big","title":"Nissin Cup Noodle Curry BIG Japanese Curry Cup 121g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe big cup of Nissin's Cup Noodle, in the curry flavour: the size Japanese convenience stores carry. Japanese curry is sweet, thick and mild, closer to a gravy than to anything hot, and this one has fried potato, carrot and Nissin's freeze-dried pork mince sitting on top of the noodles. If you ate one of these from a Japanese convenience store at midnight, this is that cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: カップヌードル カレー ビッグ (kappu nūdoru karē biggu). Look for the word BIG above the curry lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCup Noodle Curry comes in three sizes in Japan. Mini, regular and BIG. This is BIG, the convenience-store size, and the step up is real: 120 g against the regular cup's 87 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese curry, which is its own thing\u003c\/strong\u003e: thickened with flour and starch into something closer to gravy than soup, sweetened, and rounded out with cheese and peanut butter. It is mild: gentle, home-style curry rather than a hot one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThick noodles, and a lot of them\u003c\/strong\u003e: a 120 g cup against the regular cup's 87 g, with 85 g of it noodles. The soup clings to them rather than sitting underneath.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe brown cubes are the famous bit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nissin left them unexplained for 46 years until they became a national in-joke, 謎肉 (nazoniku), \"mystery meat\". The company gave the answer in September 2017, inside a \u003cem\u003eDetective Conan\u003c\/em\u003e manga: minced pork extended with soy protein, then freeze-dried.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a meal, not a snack\u003c\/strong\u003e: a full lunch on its own where the regular cup is not, and a salty one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, \u003cstrong\u003epeanut\u003c\/strong\u003e, sesame, soy and apple, plus chicken and pork, which Japan declares and Australia does not. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: Australian labels don't have to flag apple as an allergen, and the ingredient list does not say where it comes from, so if you avoid apple, skip it. Peanut butter is an ingredient, not a trace warning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA few things worth knowing before it arrives.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fill line is moulded into the inside wall of the cup rather than printed on the outside, and it takes 380 mL, more than a regular cup, so boil a full kettle. There is pork in it: in the meat pieces, and pork fat in the soup. This is the Japanese domestic cup, 120 g, made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223197004002,"sku":"SH-NDL-0003","price":6.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-cup-noodle-curry-big-cup.webp?v=1786950413"},{"product_id":"ichiran-ramen-hakata-thin-straight","title":"Ichiran Ramen Hakata Tonkotsu Thin Straight Noodles 5 Serves","description":"\u003cp\u003eIchiran's own take-home box: five servings of fine, straight Hakata noodles, a liquid tonkotsu sachet for each, and five sachets of the red chilli powder. Tonkotsu means pork bones, simmered down: the broth comes out rich but clean rather than heavy, and properly salty; most of that salt sits in the soup sachet rather than the noodles. The chilli is a dial you turn up rather than a heat that arrives. Buy it if you're after a tonkotsu bowl at home, and especially if you queued at one of Ichiran's ramen shops in Japan and have been chasing that bowl since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Japan this sits in the souvenir aisle rather than the pantry, and it's priced like it: nearly three times a supermarket packet, and still less than a bowl in a ramen shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pack reads 一蘭ラーメン 博多細麺ストレート (ichiran ra-men hakata hoso-men sutoreeto).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt gets close to a bowl in the shop, and it is not the same. Enjoy it for what it is: the best bowl you can make at home, rather than Fukuoka in a saucepan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVery fine, dead-straight noodles. They are dry, not the fried kind, and they keep in the cupboard; you pick the firmness rather than the packet picking it for you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou never drain them. The water the noodles cook in becomes the broth: cut the heat, stir the soup sachet into the same pot, pour the lot into a bowl. One pan, about five minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing on top: no chashu (sliced pork), no egg, no spring onion. Sliced spring onion and a soft-boiled egg get you most of the way there, and both are an ordinary supermarket trip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is the thin straight one. Ichiran sells a curly-noodle pack and a plant-based box in Australia too, under near-identical names, so check the front before you open it: the right one says \"Hakata-style Thin Straight Noodles\" in English, the only English on the front.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat and soy, and the maker says the same plant also runs buckwheat and yam products. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: it is a pork-bone broth and the maker declares chicken, so there is meat in it. The pork is the broth itself, not a topping, so it cannot be left out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a stovetop job rather than a cup: you need a saucepan and 450 mL of water per serving, and the soup sachet is a liquid concentrate, not a powder. The red sachet is properly hot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ichiran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244647493858,"sku":"SH-NDL-0005","price":39.89,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ichiran-ramen-hakata-thin-straight-5-serve-box.webp?v=1787300211"},{"product_id":"ippudo-akamaru-hakata-tonkotsu-cup-ramen","title":"Ippudo Akamaru Hakata Tonkotsu Cup Ramen 129g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bowl Ippudo serves as Akamaru Modern, the bolder of its two signature bowls, built into a three-minute cup: a pork-bone broth with a soy seasoning base, black garlic oil and a chilli miso. It's made by Nissin, supervised by Ippudo, and sold in Japan only inside 7-Eleven and its sister shops, so any of it on a shelf here has come from there. If you've eaten at the Ippudo in Sydney, this is that bowl's recipe rather than that bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e一風堂 赤丸新味, the name on the lid, if you're matching it to something you saw in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaste\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rich and faintly sweet, creamy rather than heavy, with none of the barnyard funk people expect from Hakata (Fukuoka) pork-bone broth. The noodle is thin, straight and non-fried, with a clean bite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere a cup stops being a restaurant\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003ethe soup is the part that travels.\u003c\/strong\u003e What doesn't quite come with it is the noodle, which is a little drier than the restaurant's, and the chilli miso, which several people find they can barely taste. Judge it as a very good cup, not as a bowl of Ippudo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is not as spicy as it looks\u003c\/strong\u003e: Australian sellers put \"Spicy\" in this product's name, and that oversells it. The chilli miso is a warm note rather than heat; one reviewer who says outright they can't handle spice took to it without trouble.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTonkotsu means pork bone\u003c\/strong\u003e: the soup is built on pork extract and pork fat, so there is no way round the pork. (It's also not \u003cem\u003etonkatsu\u003c\/em\u003e, the crumbed pork cutlet, one letter apart and a common mix-up.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFour sachets\u003c\/strong\u003e: fiddly to open and add.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: Contains egg, milk, wheat, sesame and soy. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things to check if you're comparing listings. This is the current pack: \u003cstrong\u003e129 g, with 「とんこつ熟かさね」 on the lid\u003c\/strong\u003e; an older 121 g version is still being sold in Australia, and on the older packs that spot reads 博多とんこつ instead. And if you already know our Ichiran box: that's a five-serving stovetop kit with a clean broth and no toppings at all by design, where this is one cup with chashu (roast pork), wood-ear mushroom and spring onion in it and a much bolder, layered broth. Different ends of the same Hakata family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48270567801058,"sku":"SH-NDL-0017","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/ippudo-akamaru-hakata-tonkotsu-cup-lid.webp?v=1787996177"},{"product_id":"nissin-raoh-tonkotsu-shoyu-ramen","title":"Nissin Raoh Tonkotsu Shoyu Ramen Packet Pork \u0026 Soy Broth 3 Servings 279g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a packet of ramen you \u003cstrong\u003ecook in a saucepan\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a cup you pour water into. Three servings, each a dried noodle cake and a sachet of soup, and the broth is soy-led with pork richness through it and a real hit of garlic. Raoh is Nissin's premium bagged line, and this flavour has a thick, straight noodle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 豚骨醤油.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Japanese-market pack, made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is not the tonkotsu you are picturing.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tonkotsu means pork bone, and if the word makes you think of the thick, opaque, milk-white Hakata bowl, this is a different thing: the first ingredient in the soup is soy sauce, not pork. What it has is pork fat and pork extract in a soy broth, with garlic. Japanese cooks treat it as a base for \u003cem\u003eiekei\u003c\/em\u003e, the Yokohama style of ramen, soy-based and garlicky, rather than anything from Hakata.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodle is non-fried, so it eats closer to a fresh noodle than a packet one usually does. It is a thick, straight noodle, where the other Raoh bags we stock are wavy or medium-thick: firm bite, springy, slippery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings of noodles and soup in the bag. \u003cstrong\u003eNo toppings come with it\u003c\/strong\u003e: no dried vegetables, no meat, no garnish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFair warning: the smell is strong,\u003c\/strong\u003e and Japanese reviewers say it stays on them after they eat. It is a garlicky pork broth doing what a garlicky pork broth does, worth knowing before you cook it in a flat with the bedroom door open.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne serving carries \u003cstrong\u003eabout a whole day's worth of salt\u003c\/strong\u003e by the World Health Organization's guideline, and most of it is in the broth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, sesame and soy. Egg and milk are declared on the pack but are not in the ingredient list, so our ingredients panel does not show them: on those two, trust the allergen list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Japanese ingredient list names pork fat, pork extract and a seasoned pork oil in the soup, and a chicken seasoning in the noodles. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: do not pour the cooking water away.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil the noodles in a measured 430 ml, then tip that water into your bowl over the liquid soup and add the noodles last. The water \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the broth. This is the opposite of the yakisoba trays we also sell, where draining is the whole method. There is no colander and nothing goes down the sink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo more things. \u003cstrong\u003eThis flavour cooks for five minutes, not four\u003c\/strong\u003e: a minute longer than the other Raoh bags we sell. Going by another Raoh's timing will undercook it. And the cooking instructions printed on the pack are in Japanese, so the method is set out in full below, in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271324872930,"sku":"SH-NDL-0019","price":8.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-raoh-tonkotsu-shoyu-3-pack-bag.webp?v=1787997094"},{"product_id":"nissin-raoh-miso-ramen","title":"Nissin Raoh Miso Ramen Packet Japanese Non-Fried Noodles 3 Servings 276g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a packet of ramen you \u003cstrong\u003ecook in a saucepan\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a cup you pour water into. Three servings, each a dried noodle cake and a sachet of miso soup, and the broth is a pork-and-miso one lifted with garlic and ginger: sweet, savoury and deep rather than sharp. Raoh is Nissin's premium bagged line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 味噌.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Japanese-market pack, made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is the reason this line exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is non-fried, so it eats closer to a fresh noodle than a packet one usually does. It is thick, wavy, smooth and dense, and very even from strand to strand, more factory-neat than shop-rough.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is a pork-based miso broth. Just over half its miso is a Hokkaido rice-koji miso, koji being the cultured rice that ferments the paste, and part of its pork extract comes from Kagoshima Berkshire pork.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings in the bag, cooked one at a time. \u003cstrong\u003eNo toppings come with it\u003c\/strong\u003e: no dried vegetables, no meat, no garnish. You get the noodles and the soup, and you top it however you like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne serving carries \u003cstrong\u003eabout a whole day's worth of salt\u003c\/strong\u003e by the World Health Organization's guideline: every flavour we sell from this range is in the same territory, and most of it is in the broth. Worth knowing before you drink the bowl dry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, sesame and soy. Egg and milk are declared on the pack but are not in the ingredient list, so our ingredients panel does not show them: on those two, trust the allergen list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Japanese ingredient list names pork extract and pork fat in the soup, and a chicken seasoning in the noodles. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: do not pour the cooking water away.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil the noodles in a measured 430 ml, then tip that water into your bowl over the liquid soup and add the noodles last. The water \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the broth. This is the opposite of the yakisoba trays we also sell, where draining is the whole method, so it is an easy habit to bring to the wrong product. There is no colander involved and nothing goes down the sink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few more things worth knowing. The soup is a liquid in a sachet: squeeze it into the empty bowl first, never into the pan. The 430 ml is a measured amount rather than \"a pot of water\": the ratio is the seasoning. 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Rich, nutty, mildly hot. Buy it if you want a deep sesame bowl with only a little heat; if you want a numbing or properly fiery noodle, this is the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 担々麺.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Japanese-market pack, made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is milder than the red packaging suggests, and the Sichuan pepper will not make your mouth tingle.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bag rates its own heat 1 on a five-step scale, the mildest. The green Sichuan pepper is there for its scent, not for heat. If you have had a properly numbing \u003cem\u003emala\u003c\/em\u003e noodle, the mouth-buzzing Sichuan kind, this is not that, and Nissin makes a separate product for it. If you want real heat, add your own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo sachets, not one: a powder that dissolves in the broth and a \u003cstrong\u003efinishing paste that goes in last\u003c\/strong\u003e, which means \u003cstrong\u003eyou set the strength\u003c\/strong\u003e: add as much of the paste as you like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodle is non-fried rather than flash-fried in oil. Expect a straight, springy noodle, on the fine side rather than thick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings of noodles and their sachets in the bag. \u003cstrong\u003eNo toppings come with it\u003c\/strong\u003e: no dried vegetables, no meat. It is built to have something added to it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne serving carries \u003cstrong\u003enear a whole day's worth of salt\u003c\/strong\u003e by the World Health Organization's guideline. Most of that salt is in the broth, so leaving the soup leaves most of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, \u003cstrong\u003epeanut\u003c\/strong\u003e, sesame and soy. Peanut is declared on the pack but is not in the ingredient list, so our ingredients panel does not show it: on peanut, trust the allergen list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the soup is made with pork fat, the noodles with a chicken seasoning, and the additives include alcohol. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: do not pour the cooking water away.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil the noodles in a measured 430 ml while the powder waits in your bowl, emptied out of its sachet, then tip that water into the bowl over the powder and add the noodles, then squeeze in the paste, last of all. The water \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the broth. This is the opposite of the yakisoba trays we also sell, where draining is the whole method. Nothing goes down the sink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo more things. \u003cstrong\u003eStir the powder well as the water goes in\u003c\/strong\u003e: it can leave lumps otherwise. 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What you smell first is \u003cstrong\u003eyuzu (yoo-zoo), a Japanese citrus\u003c\/strong\u003e: closer to a grapefruit or mandarin than a lemon, and you get the peel's scent, not a sour juice. Buy it if you want the lightest-tasting of our four Raoh flavours: the soybean-paste miso, the pork-and-soy tonkotsu shoyu and the sesame-and-chilli tantanmen all taste heavier. If you want a thick, rich ramen, this is the wrong one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 柚子しお.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Japanese-market pack, made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou will taste the citrus.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you were expecting plain salt ramen, you might be disappointed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnder the citrus is a proper stock\u003c\/strong\u003e: chicken and kombu kelp with bonito (dried smoked tuna), so you taste the savoury dashi of a clear Japanese soup through it. The yuzu peel is from Kōchi, and it uses an extract of dried bonito from Yaizu.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight, but not watery.\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese reviewers call the broth refreshing far more often than thin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is not fried\u003c\/strong\u003e: medium-thick and straight, with a firm, springy bite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree servings of noodles and soup, and no toppings in the bag\u003c\/strong\u003e: no dried vegetables, no meat. It is good plain, so you need not buy anything to go with it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt tastes the lightest of our four Raoh flavours, but it is not low in salt.\u003c\/strong\u003e One serving has about a whole day's salt, going by the World Health Organization's guideline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, \u003cstrong\u003efish (mackerel)\u003c\/strong\u003e and soy. Milk is declared on the pack but is not in the ingredient list, so our ingredients panel does not show it: on milk, trust the allergen list. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Japanese ingredient list names \u003cstrong\u003echicken\u003c\/strong\u003e extract and chicken fat in the soup and a chicken seasoning in the noodles, and the pack also declares \u003cstrong\u003epork\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Australian labels don't have to flag apple, and the list does not say where it comes from, so if you avoid apple, skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also contains pork, and chicken hidden inside the seasoning where you would not think to look. This is the Japanese domestic cup. The lid contains aluminium, so never microwave it in its own cup; Nissin warns of fire risk. 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This is Nissin's own recreation of the dish, not a Thai product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eカップヌードル パクチー香るトムヤムクン ビッグ, \u003cem\u003epakuchii kaoru tomu yamu kun\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003epakuchii\u003c\/em\u003e is coriander, and it sits in the product's own name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou set the heat yourself.\u003c\/strong\u003e The tom yum paste comes as its own sachet, stirred in at the end, all of it, half of it, or none.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSour first, hot second.\u003c\/strong\u003e The acidity is the assertive part, and the chilli sits behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCreamy, not thin.\u003c\/strong\u003e Coconut milk and a dairy component round the soup out. This is the richer style of tom yum, not the clear one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhole prawns, red chilli, mushroom and coriander\u003c\/strong\u003e loose in the cup, on a slightly wider noodle than the standard Cup Noodle uses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the coriander:\u003c\/strong\u003e it is in the product's Japanese name, so it looks like the headline, but it is the smallest of the four toppings, and milder than the name promises. It cannot be left out, though, so if coriander is a hard no for you, this is not your cup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe honest caveat:\u003c\/strong\u003e people who bounce off this cup bounce off the sourness, not the herb. If sharp, sour soup is not what you want, buy a different one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains prawn (crustacean), wheat, milk, sesame and soy. 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Buy it if you have ever finished a packet of instant noodles wishing there had been more to chew on; if you want a bowl of broth, this is the wrong packet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 明星 チャルメラ 油そば (Myojo Charumera Abura Soba).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are thick, thick enough that slurping them takes real effort, so expect to chew rather than sip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sauce leans hard on soy and finishes a little sweet, with a savoury seafood note behind it rather than on top.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Japan abura soba is eaten with vinegar and a little chilli oil stirred in \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e you start, not after. Neither is in the packet, so use your own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEaten exactly as directed, with nothing added, it can taste one-note. The packet holds noodles and sauce. There are no toppings in it. 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You cook them in a pot and pour the water off, which is the opposite of what you do with Charumera's soup ramen packets, whose packaging looks almost the same. Nothing in the sauce is chilli, so it is not a hot dish unless you make it one. Charumera is the brand, not the dish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Myojo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48332169085154,"sku":"SH-NDL-0028","price":6.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/myojo-charumera-abura-soba-5-pack-front.webp?v=1792042989"},{"product_id":"marutai-kumamoto-black-garlic-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Marutai Kumamoto Tonkotsu Ramen Packet Black Garlic Oil 186g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA packet of Japanese ramen you cook in a pan: thin straight noodles in a pork-bone (tonkotsu) soup, finished with a sachet of black garlic oil. The oil is garlic fried black in lard and vegetable oil, then ground, and it is what ramen from Kumamoto, in Japan's south-west, is known for. It gives the soup a strong burnt-garlic flavour. Buy it if you like garlic and want an everyday ramen for two; if you want a thick, heavy pork-bone broth, this is the wrong packet: half the buyers who mention the soup call it light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 熊本黒マー油 とんこつラーメン, with 熊本 (Kumamoto) on the front. Mayu (マー油) is the Japanese name for the black oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe black oil comes in its own sachet, one per serving, and goes in at the end. It is garlic oil, not sesame oil; the sesame on the allergen list is a little sesame oil in the soup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt smells strongly of garlic while it cooks, and the smell carries through the room. Not one to make in a shared office kitchen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuyers don't call it spicy: the strong flavour they talk about is the garlic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are thin, straight and dried rather than fried. They cook in three minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The egg, pork and greens in the picture are a serving idea; a boiled egg and sliced spring onion from any supermarket are the easy additions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, milk, crustacean (prawn), sesame and soy. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the soup is made with pork extract, the black oil is made with lard, and it also contains chicken, gelatine and a seafood extract whose sources are not named. Milk is declared, though no single ingredient names it. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo servings in one packet: two bundles of noodles, each with its own soup and oil sachets, so you can cook one and keep the other. Marutai also makes a plant-based Kumamoto ramen in a 180 g packet; this is not that one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marutai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67561375039714,"sku":"SH-NDL-0030","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/marutai-kumamoto-black-garlic-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1790847109"},{"product_id":"marutai-kagoshima-kurobuta-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Marutai Kagoshima Kurobuta Tonkotsu Ramen Packet 185g","description":"\u003cp\u003eKagoshima-style ramen in a packet for one pan: straight noodles and a pork-bone (tonkotsu) soup with charred spring onion. Charred onion is one of the things ramen from Kagoshima, in Japan's south, is known for, and here it gives the soup a light, toasty edge. Buy it if you want an everyday pork-bone ramen for two that is easy to eat; if you want the strongest, heaviest shop-style broth, this is the wrong packet: some buyers found this one milder than they hoped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 鹿児島 in large letters, over 黒豚とんこつラーメン. Marutai also makes a Hakata ramen in a packet of the same weight, so look for 鹿児島 (Kagoshima) in the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow rich it tastes divides people: some call it rich, others milder than they expected.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurobuta, Kagoshima's black pork, goes into the soup's pork extract; it is an ingredient, not a flavour of its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are straight and dried rather than fried, and buyers call them smooth with a firm bite. They cook in three minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork, bean sprouts and greens in the picture are a serving idea; boiled cabbage, bean sprouts, sliced spring onion or a boiled egg from any supermarket are the easy additions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, milk, sesame, soy and mollusc (scallop). Japanese labels don't have to flag molluscs as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (scallop). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the soup is made with pork extract and pork oil, and also contains chicken. Milk and sesame are declared, though no single ingredient names them. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe packet holds two servings, as two bundles of noodles: one to cook now and one to save, or both together. Most of the salt is in the soup rather than the noodles, so leaving some of the soup behind cuts it down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marutai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67579609874658,"sku":"SH-NDL-0031","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/marutai-kagoshima-kurobuta-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1791186082"},{"product_id":"marutai-hakata-nagahama-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Marutai Hakata Nagahama Tonkotsu Ramen Packet 185g","description":"\u003cp\u003eFukuoka's own Hakata-style ramen in a packet for the saucepan: thin, straight noodles served in a pork-bone (tonkotsu) soup. There is no garlic oil, and some find the pork-bone smell strong. Buy it if you like your noodles thin with a firm bite; if you want garlic in the bowl, the Marutai Kumamoto packet is the one for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 長浜 博多 とんこつラーメン. Nagahama (長浜) is the fish-market district of Fukuoka city, where ramen stalls served market workers a very thin noodle that cooks fast and stays firm; the name points to that style. Marutai's 元祖長浜屋 (Ganso Nagahama-ya) pack is a different product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo garlic and no chilli go into it. The separate oil sachet is a pork-broth seasoning oil that makes the soup fuller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople disagree on the soup: to some it is rich, to others light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are thin, straight and dried rather than fried, and boil in two minutes; Marutai's garlic-oil Kumamoto and charred-onion Kagoshima packets take three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-fried describes the noodles only: the soup's ingredients include pork oil and other fats, and the separate sachet is oil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork, red pickled ginger and spring onion in the picture are a serving idea; spring onion is in any supermarket, and beni shoga (red pickled ginger) is at Asian grocers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, milk, sesame, soy and mollusc (scallop). Japanese labels don't have to flag molluscs as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (scallop). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: the soup is made with pork extract and pork oil; milk, chicken and gelatine are declared, but no ingredient is named for them. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach packet holds two servings as two separate bundles: one to cook now and one to save, or both together. The salt is mostly in the soup rather than the noodles, so leaving some of the soup in the bowl cuts it down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marutai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67579609972962,"sku":"SH-NDL-0032","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/marutai-hakata-nagahama-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1791186405"},{"product_id":"marutai-yokohama-iekei-shoyu-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Marutai Yokohama Iekei Shoyu Tonkotsu Ramen Packet 192g","description":"\u003cp\u003eYokohama's iekei ramen in a Marutai packet: flat, medium-thick noodles in a soy-seasoned pork-and-chicken soup (shoyu tonkotsu), with a chicken-oil sachet. Iekei (家系) is a ramen shop style born in Yokohama: a pork-bone and chicken soup mixed with soy sauce, with chicken oil and thick, straight noodles, served with spinach, sliced pork and nori (dried seaweed sheets). The name comes from the 家 (ie, \"house\") in many of the shops' names. Buy it if you want a soy-seasoned pork-and-chicken bowl with soft, chewy noodles; if you want thin, firm noodles, this is the wrong packet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 横浜家系 醤油とんこつラーメン. It is Marutai's own take on the style, and no Yokohama shop is named on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are flat and medium-thick. Iekei shops serve straight noodles, and so do Marutai's Hakata, Kumamoto and Kagoshima packets; one Japanese reviewer found these closer to udon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey boil in the water that becomes the soup, so it goes cloudy as they cook. That is the method, not a mistake. The soup comes out thick, and there is less of it than you might expect, because the dried noodles soak some of it up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo seafood goes into the soup, and a separate chicken-oil sachet adds the aroma.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork, spinach and nori in the picture are a serving idea; spinach is in any supermarket, and toasted nori sheets are at Asian grocers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, milk, sesame and soy. Older packs do not list sesame. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: chicken oil, pork extract and pork oil go into the soup, and gelatine is declared as well. No ingredient names where the milk, sesame or gelatine come from. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo noodle bundles in the packet make two separate meals. The soup holds most of the salt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marutai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67579610104034,"sku":"SH-NDL-0033","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/marutai-yokohama-iekei-shoyu-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1791507931"},{"product_id":"nongshim-shin-ramyun","title":"Nongshim Shin Ramyun Spicy Noodle Soup 5 Packets 600g","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive packets of Shin Ramyun, the Korean instant noodle soup with thick, chewy noodles in a spicy broth. It is properly chilli-hot, too hot for some people to finish. Buy it if you like real chilli heat and a noodle with some bite; if you want a mild noodle for children, this is the wrong packet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the bag: 辛, printed huge in black brush strokes, then 라면 and SHIN RAMYUN in English. 辛 means spicy, and ramyun (often spelled ramyeon) is the Korean word for instant noodles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are thick and fried, and they stay chewy in the soup rather than going soft.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you are unsure about the heat, use half the soup powder the first time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach packet makes one plain bowl: a noodle block, a soup powder and a sachet of dried vegetable flakes. Anything else, such as an egg, cheese or vegetables, you add yourself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is the original red Shin Ramyun. Shin Black, Shin Light, the Kimchi and Toomba packs, and Jin Ramen (made by Ottogi, spelled Otoki on its pack) are different products with their own recipes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, gluten and soy. May contain crustacean, mollusc, egg, fish, peanut, milk, tree nuts and sesame. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: no meat is named in this Australian recipe, but nothing on the pack certifies it free of animal ingredients. Shin Ramyun sold in the US is made with beef, so ingredient lists you find online may not match this pack.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome bags are printed with a promotion for a photocard of the K-pop group aespa; a photocard is not guaranteed with your order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nongshim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599478980834,"sku":"SH-NDL-0034","price":7.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nongshim-shin-ramyun-5-pack-front.webp?v=1791618203"},{"product_id":"itsuki-kyushu-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Itsuki Vegetarian Kyushu Tonkotsu Ramen Packet 174g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-serving packet of Japanese ramen in a creamy tonkotsu-style (pork-bone-style) soup with garlic, made without any pork or other animal ingredients. Buy it if you want the taste of a pork-bone ramen in a meat-free bowl; if you want the oily richness of a ramen-shop tonkotsu, there is no pork fat in this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 九州 とんこつ風 (Kyushu tonkotsu-fū). Tonkotsu is pork-bone broth, and fū means \"-style\": the soup copies the taste of the pork-bone ramen of Kyushu, Japan's southern island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is creamy from soy milk powder, seasoned with soy sauce, garlic, onion and cabbage; the pork taste comes from a flavouring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are smooth, straight and dried, in two separate bundles, one per serving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork slices and egg in the picture are a serving idea: the pork would stop the bowl being vegetarian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItsuki makes this range only for shops outside Japan, so you won't find this packet on a Japanese supermarket shelf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and sesame. Made in a factory that also handles milk, egg, fish, crustacean and buckwheat. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiet\u003c\/strong\u003e: the maker describes it as free of animal ingredients, so it suits vegetarians. It is not certified vegan, and the same factory handles milk, egg and seafood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe soup is salty: leave some in the bowl if salt matters to you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itsuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652315283682,"sku":"SH-NDL-0035","price":6.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/itsuki-kyushu-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1791686361"},{"product_id":"itsuki-osaka-shoyu-tonkotsu-ramen","title":"Itsuki Vegetarian Osaka Shoyu Tonkotsu Ramen Packet 176g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-serving packet of Japanese ramen in a soy-sauce, tonkotsu-style (pork-bone-style) soup, made without any pork or other animal ingredients. Buy it if you like a soy-sauce ramen with a creamy edge; if you want the plain tonkotsu-style one, that is the Itsuki Kyushu packet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 大阪 醤油とんこつ風 (Osaka shōyu tonkotsu-fū). Osaka is the city it is named after, shōyu is soy sauce, tonkotsu is pork-bone broth, and fū means \"-style\": a soy-sauce soup in the style of a pork-bone ramen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup has a creamy soy milk base with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and onion; the pork taste comes from a flavouring, and caramel colour makes it brown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt contains MSG (flavour enhancer 621).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are smooth, straight and dried, in two separate bundles, one per serving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork slices, egg and fish cake in the picture are a serving idea: the pork and fish cake would stop the bowl being vegetarian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and sesame. Made in a factory that also handles milk, egg, fish, crustacean and buckwheat. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiet\u003c\/strong\u003e: the maker describes it as free of animal ingredients, so it suits vegetarians. It is not certified vegan, and the same factory handles milk, egg and seafood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItsuki makes this range only for shops outside Japan, so you won't find this packet on a Japanese supermarket shelf. The soup is salty: leave some in the bowl if salt matters to you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itsuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652318855394,"sku":"SH-NDL-0037","price":6.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/itsuki-osaka-shoyu-tonkotsu-ramen-front.webp?v=1791699971"},{"product_id":"itsuki-sapporo-miso-ramen","title":"Itsuki Vegetarian Sapporo Miso Ramen Packet 186g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-serving packet of Japanese miso (fermented soybean paste) ramen, made without any meat or other animal ingredients. Buy it if you want a savoury miso ramen with sesame and garlic and nothing animal in the stock; if you want a creamy, pork-style (tonkotsu) bowl, Itsuki's Kyushu packet in the same range is the one for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 札幌みそ (Sapporo miso). Sapporo is the city in Japan's north the soup is named after, and the miso here is made from soybeans and rice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is miso powder with sesame oil, garlic, onion and kombu (kelp), plus spices, a little chilli and ginger near the end of the list.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt contains MSG (flavour enhancer 621).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are smooth, straight and dried, in two separate bundles, and they boil for three minutes, not the two and a half that some of Itsuki's other packets take.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork, egg, corn and bean sprouts in the picture are a serving idea: the pork would stop the bowl being vegetarian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and sesame. Made in a factory that also handles milk, egg, fish, crustacean and buckwheat. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiet\u003c\/strong\u003e: the maker describes it as free of animal ingredients, so it suits vegetarians. It is not certified vegan, and the same factory handles milk, egg and seafood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItsuki makes this range only for shops outside Japan, so you won't find this packet on a Japanese supermarket shelf. The soup is salty: leave some in the bowl if salt matters to you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itsuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652321870050,"sku":"SH-NDL-0038","price":6.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/itsuki-sapporo-miso-ramen-front.webp?v=1791701720"},{"product_id":"itsuki-tokyo-yuzu-shoyu-ramen","title":"Itsuki Vegetarian Tokyo Yuzu Shoyu Ramen Packet 172g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-serving packet of Japanese soy-sauce (shoyu) ramen in a clear soup with a little yuzu, a Japanese citrus, made without any meat or other animal ingredients. Buy it if you want a light, savoury bowl with a hint of citrus; if you want a creamy, pork-style soup, the Itsuki Kyushu packet is the one for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 東京 ゆずしょうゆ (Tokyo yuzu soy sauce).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is soy sauce with sesame oil, shiitake mushroom, onion and garlic. The yuzu is real yuzu juice, dried to a powder and near the end of the list, so it is a hint of citrus rather than the main taste. No chilli is named in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt contains MSG (flavour enhancer 621).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are smooth, straight and dried, in two separate bundles, and they boil for two and a half minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork and the fish cake in the picture are a serving idea: either would stop the bowl being vegetarian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and sesame. Made in a factory that also handles milk, egg, fish, crustacean and buckwheat. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiet\u003c\/strong\u003e: the maker describes it as free of animal ingredients, so it suits vegetarians. It is not certified vegan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItsuki makes this range only for shops outside Japan, so you won't find this packet on a Japanese supermarket shelf. 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Tonkotsu is the creamy pork-bone ramen soup, and 風 means \"-style\": here the pork taste comes from a flavouring, not from pork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe creamy body comes from sesame, sesame oil and palm oil; a flavouring, garlic, onion, ginger and cabbage extract season it, and no chilli is named in the ingredients. The miso is a mild one made from soybeans and rice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt contains MSG (flavour enhancer 621).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are smooth, straight and dried, in two separate bundles, and they boil for two and a half minutes, half a minute less than the Itsuki Sapporo packet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing comes on top. The pork, egg and bean sprouts in the picture are a serving idea: the pork would stop the bowl being vegetarian.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and sesame. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiet\u003c\/strong\u003e: the maker describes it as free of animal ingredients, so it suits vegetarians. It is not certified vegan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItsuki makes this range only for shops outside Japan, so you won't find this packet on a Japanese supermarket shelf. 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Seimen (say-men) is the name of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is the reason this range exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is dried straight from raw dough, with no steaming or frying, so it cooks up chewy and smooth and eats more like a fresh noodle than a packet one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiso gets the thickest noodle in the Seimen range, so it boils for four minutes, a minute longer than the shoyu (plain soy-sauce) one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is a liquid sachet of miso, not a powder, with pork for body. It sits on the salty side rather than the sweet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMost of the salt is in the soup.\u003c\/strong\u003e For a lighter bowl, use part of the sachet and pile on vegetables.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, sesame and soy. Sesame is declared on the pack but no ingredient names it, so our ingredients panel does not show it: on sesame, trust the allergen list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it. The soup is made with pork extract and lard, and the pack declares chicken and gelatine as well. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: nothing is drained.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil one noodle block in a measured 500 ml for four minutes, then tip the noodles and all of the cooking water into a bowl where the soup sachet is already waiting. That water is the broth. The cooking steps printed on the pack are in Japanese, so they are set out in English below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the American Maruchan Ramen; Seimen is a separate Japanese range. 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Buy it for a light, classic soy ramen with a chewy noodle; if you want a rich, heavy broth, this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: マルちゃん正麺 醤油味. Seimen (say-men) is the name of the range, and shōyu means soy sauce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is the reason this range exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is dried straight from raw dough, with no steaming or frying, so it cooks up chewy and smooth and eats more like a fresh noodle than a packet one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is the middle noodle of the range: medium-thick, three minutes in the pan. The block is round, so it fits a small saucepan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is a liquid sachet, not a powder, with garlic and ginger in its aroma. Some buyers find the garlic strong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMost of the salt is in the soup.\u003c\/strong\u003e If the whole sachet tastes too strong, use part of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk and soy. Milk is declared on the pack but no ingredient names it, so our ingredients panel does not show it: on milk, trust the allergen list. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it. The soup is made with chicken extract, chicken fat and pork extract, and the pack declares gelatine as well. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: nothing is drained.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil one noodle block in a measured 500 ml for three minutes, then tip the noodles and all of the cooking water into a bowl where the soup sachet is already waiting. That water is the broth. The cooking steps printed on the pack are in Japanese, so they are set out in English below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeimen also makes a chūka soba, an old-style soy-sauce ramen: that one has a thin noodle and a dried-sardine aroma, and this is the plain one, with no fish note. This is not the American Maruchan Ramen; Seimen is a separate Japanese range. 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Buy it if you like a fish note in your ramen; if you want a plain soy ramen, the Seimen shōyu (plain soy sauce) is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: マルちゃん正麺 中華そば 和風醤油味. Seimen (say-men) is the name of the range, and chūka soba (choo-kah soba) is the old Japanese name for soy-sauce ramen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is the reason this range exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is dried straight from raw dough, with no steaming or frying, so it cooks up smooth and eats more like a fresh noodle than a packet one. It is one of the range's two thin noodles, with the tonkotsu (pork-bone) bag; the soy-sauce and salt bags have a medium-thick noodle, and the miso a thick one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo minutes, then eat it straight away.\u003c\/strong\u003e A thin noodle goes soft quickly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is a fish note in the soup that a plain soy ramen does not have, and it is not to everyone's taste.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMost of the salt is in the soup.\u003c\/strong\u003e If the whole sachet tastes too strong, use part of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, fish and soy. Japan's allergen chart has no category for molluscs such as clams, scallops or oysters, so check the seafood extract in the ingredient list if you avoid them. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it. The soup is made with pork and chicken extract, and the pack declares gelatine as well. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one thing to get right: nothing is drained.\u003c\/strong\u003e You boil one noodle block for two minutes, then tip the noodles and all of the cooking water into a bowl where the soup sachet is already waiting. That water is the broth. The cooking steps printed on the pack are in Japanese, so they are set out in English below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the American Maruchan Ramen; Seimen is a separate Japanese range. 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Buy it for a light, clean ramen with a chewy noodle; if you want a rich, heavy broth like tonkotsu (pork bone), this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: マルちゃん正麺 旨塩味. Seimen (say-men) is the name of the range; shio means salt, and umashio (oo-ma-shee-oh) means savoury salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe noodle is the reason this range exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is dried straight from raw dough, with no steaming or frying, so it cooks up chewy and springy and eats more like a fresh noodle than a packet one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is the same kind of medium-thick noodle as the range's soy-sauce bag, three minutes in the pan, so the soup is what sets the two apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSalt ramen, but not only salt.\u003c\/strong\u003e Soy sauce goes into the soup as well, so do not expect a clear broth, and there is a seafood extract in it too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMost of the salt is in the soup.\u003c\/strong\u003e If the whole sachet tastes too strong, use part of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, sesame and soy. 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Buy it for a light ramen that is good with nothing added; if you want a rich, heavy broth like tonkotsu (pork bone), this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: チャルメラ 塩. Charumera (cha-roo-meh-ra) is the brand; shio (shee-oh) means salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSalt ramen is the light one.\u003c\/strong\u003e The broth is seasoned with salt rather than soy sauce or miso, so next to a soy-sauce ramen it tastes mild.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe scallop sits in the background rather than tasting of seafood: it is worked into the noodle dough as well as the soup, and all of it is from Hokkaido.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe second sachet is pepper and garlic, sprinkled on at the end, so you can use less of it if you do not want the pepper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodles are thin and fried. The soup holds its salt when you add vegetables or other toppings, so it does not go thin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, crustaceans (shrimp), molluscs (scallop), sesame and soy. Japanese labels don't have to flag molluscs as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (scallop extract). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it: the soup carries chicken extract, and the pack declares pork as well. Anyone who avoids pork or meat should skip it. It is made on equipment that also handles crab and walnut.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe toppings pictured on the bag are a serving idea: each packet holds the noodle block and its two sachets, nothing else. Charumera's original flavour is soy sauce; this is its salt flavour. 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Buy it if you want a snack, a side or a gift for a Chiikawa fan; if you want a full meal, this cup is too small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: ちいかわラーメン しょうゆ味 (chee-ka-wa rah-men, shoyu flavour), under the チャルメラ (Charumera) name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 35 g cup, 30 g of it noodles, against a regular Cup Noodle's 78 g: a snack or a side dish rather than lunch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the cup with the noodles: the pink Chiikawa fishcake slices, seasoned pork, egg and spring onion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lid comes in one of five designs, front and back, so you cannot choose which characters you get.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharumera is Myojo's ramen brand, best known in Japan for its packet noodles. This cup tastes like its cup ramen instead: a light, everyday shoyu.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains egg, milk, wheat, crustaceans (shrimp), molluscs (squid, scallop, clam), fish and soy. Japanese labels don't have to flag scallop or clam as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (shellfish extract). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it: seasoned pork, a beef seasoning, chicken extract and gelatine. Anyone who avoids pork, beef or meat should skip it. 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The block is round, so it fits a small saucepan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is richer and heavier than the plain soy-sauce bag's.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is saltier than the plain soy-sauce bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most of the salt is in the soup, so if a full bowl tastes too strong, add a little more hot water or use less of the soup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk and soy. Milk is declared on the pack but no ingredient names it, so our ingredients panel does not show it: on milk, trust the allergen list. Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it. The soup is made with pork extract and chicken fat, and the pack declares gelatine as well. 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You don't have to drink all the soup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSnapped and eaten dry\u003c\/strong\u003e: people in Japan also nibble it straight from the bag as a crunchy snack, though it is saltier that way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, sesame and soy. Milk is declared on the pack but no listed ingredient names it, so look for it in the closing \"contains\" line, not the list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is chicken in it. The noodle is seasoned with chicken extract, so anyone who avoids chicken or meat should skip it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the bag sold in Japan, made in Japan: five blocks of 85 g in one outer bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798603858146,"sku":"SH-NDL-0048","price":16.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-chicken-ramen-5-pack-bag.webp?v=1793412611"},{"product_id":"myojo-charumera-shoyu-ramen","title":"Myojo Charumera Shoyu Ramen Packet Japanese Soy Sauce Ramen Noodles 5 x 97g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a bag of five packets of Japanese soy-sauce ramen you cook in a saucepan, each with a soup powder and a small spice sachet. The soup is a clear, brown soy-sauce broth, savoury but not heavy, and the noodles are medium-thin and fried. Buy it for plain, old-fashioned shoyu ramen, the everyday kind many Japanese people grew up on; if you want a rich, creamy broth like tonkotsu (pork bone), this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: チャルメラ しょうゆ. 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Japanese labels don't have to flag molluscs as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (scallop extract, shellfish extract). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is meat in it: the soup carries beef seasoning, and the pack declares chicken, pork and gelatine as well. Anyone who avoids beef, pork or meat should skip it. It is made on equipment that also handles egg and shrimp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe toppings pictured on the bag are a serving idea: each packet holds the noodle block and its two sachets, nothing else. It is made by Myojo Foods of Japan. 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Buy it for an easy everyday miso ramen; if you want a rich, punchy miso broth, this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: チャルメラ みそ. 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Buy it for a quick tonkotsu with a firm, ramen-shop style noodle; if you want the thick broth of a ramen bar or a big bowl, this is the wrong bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: チャルメラ バリカタ麺 豚骨. 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