{"title":"Nissin Raoh Ramen","description":"\u003cp\u003eNissin's premium bagged ramen: non-fried noodles, three servings to a bag, cooked in a pan rather than a cup. Six soups run in Japan, and the noodle is cut to match each one. The wider aisle: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-ramen\"\u003eJapanese Ramen\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"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 carries the thickest noodle in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 豚骨醤油.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have seen \"Raoh\" in a supermarket, that is a different pack.\u003c\/strong\u003e Woolworths ranges a Raoh-branded five-pack of single-serve noodles; the retailers listing it give its country of origin as Vietnam, and the packaging is printed for another market. This is the Japanese-market pack: made in Japan, three larger servings rather than five small ones. Same brand and the same logo, genuinely different product.\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 If \"tonkotsu\" 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, and there is no pork-bone extract in it at all. What it has is pork fat and pork extract in a soy broth, with garlic. It tastes like \u003cem\u003eiekei\u003c\/em\u003e: the Yokohama style, 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 the thickest and straightest of the Raoh bags we stock: firm bite, springy, slippery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo things go into it: a Kagoshima Berkshire-pork extract and an Aomori garlic paste.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings in the bag. \u003cstrong\u003eNothing comes with it\u003c\/strong\u003e, no dried vegetables, no meat, no garnish. Nissin's own instructions suggest chāshū (braised pork belly, or any leftover roast pork), spinach, spring onion and nori seaweed, which is a useful shopping list.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe honest one: it will make your kitchen smell,\u003c\/strong\u003e and it lingers. 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\u003enear 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\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 450 ml, then tip that water into your bowl over the soup sachet 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 miso and tantanmen bags, because the noodle is thicker. Going by another Raoh's timing will undercook it. And the pack is the Japanese-market one, so the method is set out in full above, 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":true}],"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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have seen \"Raoh\" in a supermarket, that is a different pack.\u003c\/strong\u003e Woolworths ranges a Raoh-branded five-pack of single-serve noodles; the retailers listing it give its country of origin as Vietnam, and the packaging is printed for another market. This is the Japanese-market pack: made in Japan, three larger servings rather than five small ones. Same brand and the same logo, genuinely different product.\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, flat, smooth and dense, and everyone agrees on that much. Where people split is whether it eats like a ramen shop's noodle or a bit too neat and machine-made. You will know within one bowl which camp you're in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soup is a Hokkaido rice-koji miso, koji being the cultured rice that ferments the paste, with a Kagoshima Berkshire-pork extract. It is a pork-based broth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe most common complaint is that the broth is light.\u003c\/strong\u003e Worth knowing that the noodle and the soup tend to divide people separately: very few dislike both, so if one of the two is not for you the other may still be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings in the bag, cooked one at a time. \u003cstrong\u003eNothing comes with it\u003c\/strong\u003e, no dried vegetables, no meat, no garnish. The bag is sold bare so you top it however you like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne serving carries \u003cstrong\u003eclose to a whole day's worth of salt\u003c\/strong\u003e by the World Health Organization's guideline: every flavour in 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\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 450 ml, then tip that water into your bowl over the soup sachet 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 sachet is a liquid, and it goes into the empty bowl first, never into the pan. The 450 ml is a measured amount rather than \"a pot of water\": the ratio is the seasoning. And \u003cstrong\u003ethe pack is the Japanese-market one\u003c\/strong\u003e, so the method is set out in full above, in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271325659362,"sku":"SH-NDL-0018","price":8.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-raoh-miso-3-pack-bag.webp?v=1787997234"},{"product_id":"nissin-raoh-tantanmen-sesame-ramen","title":"Nissin Raoh Tantanmen — Japanese Sesame \u0026 Chilli Ramen Packet, 3 Servings, 264g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a packet of ramen you \u003cstrong\u003ecook in a saucepan\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a cup you pour water into. Tantanmen (tan-tan-men) is the Japanese take on Sichuan dan dan noodles, and it is a \u003cstrong\u003esesame dish before it is a chilli one\u003c\/strong\u003e: ground sesame and sesame paste are the first two things in the soup, and the chilli sits behind them. Rich, nutty, mildly hot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: 日清ラ王 担々麺.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have seen \"Raoh\" in a supermarket, that is a different pack.\u003c\/strong\u003e Woolworths ranges a Raoh-branded five-pack of single-serve noodles; the retailers listing it give its country of origin as Vietnam, and the packaging is printed for another market. This is the Japanese-market pack: made in Japan, three larger servings rather than five small ones. Same brand and the same logo, genuinely different product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSesame is the lead, not chilli.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ground sesame and sesame paste give it a thick, nutty richness that carries the bowl, and it is the sesame that keeps the chilli in check rather than the other way round.\u003c\/li\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 pepper is in there for its scent rather than for heat, and the chilli is moderate. 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. It gives the bowl more depth than a single sachet would, and it means \u003cstrong\u003eyou can add the paste to taste\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than all at once.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe noodle is non-fried, steamed and dried rather than flash-fried in oil, and three-layered with durum wheat through the middle. Expect a fine, springy noodle rather than a thick one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree servings in the bag, and \u003cstrong\u003enothing else\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. Nissin publishes the split, which is genuinely useful: most of it is in the broth, so leaving the soup leaves most of the salt.\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\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 450 ml, then tip that water into your bowl over the powder sachet and add the noodles, then 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\u003ePour the water in steadily\u003c\/strong\u003e: the powder can leave lumps if it goes in too fast. And the pack is the Japanese-market one, so the method is set out in full above, in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271325692130,"sku":"SH-NDL-0020","price":8.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-raoh-tantanmen-3-pack-bag.webp?v=1787997360"},{"product_id":"nissin-raoh-yuzu-shio-ramen","title":"Nissin Raoh Yuzu Shio Ramen Packet — Citrus \u0026 Salt Broth, 3 Servings, 258g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA packet of ramen you \u003cstrong\u003ecook in a saucepan\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a cup you pour water into. \u003cstrong\u003eShio (shee-oh) means salt\u003c\/strong\u003e: it tells you the broth is a clear chicken-and-kelp stock, not that the soup tastes salty. What you smell first is \u003cstrong\u003eyuzu (yoo-zoo), a Japanese citrus\u003c\/strong\u003e: closer to a mandarin than a lemon, and not sour. Buy it if you want the lightest bowl in our range; 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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Raoh in Woolworths is a different pack\u003c\/strong\u003e: five single-serve noodles, made in Vietnam and printed for another market. This is the Japanese-market one: made in Japan, three larger servings.\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, and that is what people either love or dislike.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you were expecting plain salt ramen, you might be disappointed, one Japanese buyer was: \u003cem\u003e\"I thought it was shio ramen and there's yuzu in it… disappointing.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\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). It tastes more like a clear Japanese soup than like most ramen. The yuzu peel comes from Kōchi and the bonito from Yaizu.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight, but not watery.\u003c\/strong\u003e The broth keeps its flavour even after you add vegetables.\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. One buyer called it better than the fresh noodles from their supermarket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree servings, and nothing else in the bag\u003c\/strong\u003e: no dried vegetables, no meat. An egg or some greens if you want them, but 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 the four, but it is not low in salt.\u003c\/strong\u003e One serving has close to 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. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens, two things worth knowing:\u003c\/strong\u003e the mackerel is the one nobody expects in a citrus broth. And \u003cstrong\u003emilk is declared on the pack but is not in the ingredient list\u003c\/strong\u003e, so our ingredients panel does not show it, on milk, trust the allergen list.\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 Boil the noodles, then tip that water into your bowl over the soup seasoning and add the noodles last, the water \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the broth. The boil time is on the pack and differs between Raoh flavours: look for a numeral followed by 分, the Japanese character for minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271325724898,"sku":"SH-NDL-0021","price":8.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-raoh-yuzu-shio-3-pack-bag.webp?v=1787997496"}],"url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/collections\/raoh.oembed","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}