It’s time for some licensed ramen reviews, once again done ‘live’ in Japan! Today we have two unusual examples.
First is this Snoopy one, which according to the translator seems to be some sort of ‘salt’ flavour? It’s a little cup, children’s sized, and has the confusingly popular hound on the side as well:
Opening the lid reveals another Peanuts character, albeit one we’d never heard of. Was she created to fuel the current Japanese popularity of the brand?
The soup above is unprepared, and I’m sure you agree it looks fairly good even before cooking! Here it is ready to eat:
And the verdict: good! It had a pleasant taste and since (according to the translator) it was meat-free KLS was able to eat it. Thumbs up for this one then!
The other was a Quintessential Quintuplets ‘chicken and soy’ flavoured ramen:
Opening the lid revealed a QR code for a website and a ‘lottery’ number to enter to see if a prize was won. However – and even though the offer is current – the code didn’t work!
The soup itself was mostly dreadful, with heavy and greasy noodles and a dirty broth taste that I didn’t enjoy at all. I’d say this was far more soy than chicken, and I’d never try again.
But what about this lottery? A search online revealed that the prizes including kitchen timers, blankets, gift cards and various other items but I particularly liked this acrylic featuring all five quintuplets eating ramen:
Alas I couldn’t even work out how to enter my lottery number, so I walk away prizeless.
And I didn’t even enjoy the noodles 🙂