We bought the the above in Japan, and ate it in our hotel room. It is a Pokémon cup noodle and I’d tell you the flavor if I bothered translating it. But flavour didn’t matter, since it’s got little pikachus in it!
The above shots show the noodle before and after cooking. It was light on flavour powder, but tasted fairly good and I think I’d even eat one again. The little pikachu naruto were flavorless, but a nice addition. For an inexpensive product aimed at children, this easily got a thumbs up.
Oh and what’s the red packet visible inside the container once it was opened…?
It’s a sticker! Yet another reason this is a high quality product. I wish my favourite ramen came with a sticker in every pack 🙂
In addition to the Pokémon noodle, we also found this:
Cup Nyadle is a pun, since ‘nya’ is Japanese onomatopoeia for a cats meow. This therefore is a cat-themed curry noodle! The surprise comes when you open it:
There’s a cat face under the lid! The noodle itself is just a normal curry noodle (Kristin said it was ok) so the cat face is just a gimmick but if you’re a fan of curry noodles why wouldn’t you buy this cat version?
And lastly, a brief mention of this:
It’s a cup kitsune udon, which is a type of udon that comes with a large piece of tofu. The gimmick here is that a kitsune is also a fox spirit in Japanese myth, and this particular brand advertises using a cute ‘fox girl’.
I misunderstood the note on the bottom of the lid and thought the udon contained a trading card, which is why I bought it. It didn’t 🙂