A little over ten months ago we visited the Cup Noodle museum in Yokohama and made our own Cup Noodles. Here they are:
Since they had a one-year expiration, it was time to try them. So we popped the tops, added water, and gave them each a taste.
Mine is on the left, and contained shrimp, onions, egg, chicken naruto and ‘original’ flavored noodles. As soon as the water was added an indescribably foul smell filled the room. And when I say ‘indescribable’, I mean perfidiously sulfurous like an evil boiled egg. As awful as the stench was it didn’t deter me and I bravely tried a forkful. It was absolutely terrible. It was perhaps the worst instant ramen I’ve ever tasted and almost immediately raised the gorge in my throat. Kristin tried it as well, and her disgust equaled my own. An easy 0 (or lower) out of 10!
Kristin’s was cheese, kimchi, onion and corn on a chili noodle base. To our surprise the cheese just melted and the noodles swum in a thick, creamy broth. She ate more than a few forkfuls, said the chili and cheese were a good match, and the remainder was ‘inoffensive’! She scored it 6/10.
Regardless of the taste, it was fun to try our own creations, and once again I’ll say that the Cup Noodle museum was a great place to visit.
But I’m not done with ramen news today… check this out:
What’s this madness? Cup Noodles / Godzilla socks? I found this at Walmart of all places, and naturally had to purchase it. Here’s some of the art on the packaging:
And here’s the socks themselves:
This is an insane product. To think this collaboration happened in the first place is wild (and as far as I can tell, no actual Godzilla Cup Noodles have been released) but why did they make socks based on it and why are they marketed in the USA!?! They seem like good socks though, so I’m happy with my purchase 🙂
And then there’s this:
It’s a mini ramen for dollhouses! Kristin bought this on Etsy a while ago, and it’s just the sort of weird item a chicken ramenologist such as myself would be attracted to. She actually got a few of them:
But it gets even more bonkers, since a different seller makes even smaller scale cup versions. Like this one:
Look at this thing: smaller than a single kernel of corn. And it’s a chicken ramen too! It’s almost LEGO minifig scale, and the cup is even removable from the outer packaging:
I can’t tell how it’s made. I assumed 3D printed but it seems too good, and the graphics on the cup appear to be printed on. A mystery!
I’ll leave you with this shot of a chicken ramen decoration in our tree and remind you that while it’s been a while since I found a new chicken ramen I now know enough to assume I never will. Let’s hope in 2024 we’ll see some more chicken ramen reviews on this blog 🙂