{"title":"Marutai Regional Stick Ramen","description":"\u003cp\u003eStick ramen from Marutai, the Fukuoka maker: non-fried noodles, two servings to a packet, in regional flavours each modelled on a Japanese city's ramen style. The wider aisle: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-ramen\"\u003eJapanese Ramen\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"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.\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) large 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\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. 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 extract, the black oil is made with lard, and it also contains chicken, gelatine and a seafood extract whose sources are not named. 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, dried rather than fried, and 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; bean sprouts, sliced spring onion and 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). Japan's chart has no category for mollusc, so the scallop sits in the pack's ingredient list rather than its allergen box: check the ingredients, not the chart; ours is the fuller list.\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. 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 spring-onion Kagoshima packets take three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-fried describes the noodles only: the soup carries pork oil, and the oil sachet adds more.\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). Japan's chart has no category for mollusc, so the scallop sits in the pack's ingredient list rather than its allergen box: check the ingredients, not the chart; ours is the fuller list.\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, and the bundle you don't cook keeps for another day. The salt sits mostly in the soup, far less in the noodles.\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, made on pork-bone and chicken stock mixed with soy sauce, and served with spinach, sliced pork and nori (dried seaweed sheets). 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, not the round, straight sticks of Marutai's three Kyushu tonkotsu packets (Hakata, Kumamoto and Kagoshima), and some people find them 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. 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: 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, the noodles far less.\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"}],"url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/collections\/marutai-stick-ramen.oembed","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}