Category: Food

Ramen 11: When Will It End?!

November 18, 2021

I’ve already reviewed 27 different chicken ramen here on this blog, so why stop now!

Mi Lau Thai (Chicken Flavor) (380 Calories, 15 g fat, 2240 mg sodium)

The extreme amount of sodium gave even me (a famous salt-eater) pause but naturally I had to try this. It contained as astonishing five flavor packets, including one which was some sort of impossibly fine (weaponized?) dust that puffed smoke when opened! Cooking it was normal, but the first taste was of ash and I was about to take a second mouthful when the heat hit me. This was hot! Very hot! Dare I say, this was volcanically hot. One bite almost did me in, and the lingering smell in the kitchen (no doubt that spice dust that had filled the airways) reminded me of this torture all afternoon. For me, an unquestionable 0/10.

Cup Noodle (Chicken Flavor) (290 Calories, 11 g fat, 1070 mg sodium)

It’s remarkable that it has taken me so many installments to finally get to the granddaddy – the progenitor – of all cup noodle ramen! The simple reason is that the standard chicken flavor Cup Noodle isn’t easily found in my local shops, and I actually bought this one back when we were in NYC. Given that this is the model all other ramen is based on, it was a breeze to cook and the taste was perfectly acceptable. In fact I daresay it’s one of the best, but in a world with Gefen I’ll not lament my inability to find this one easily. That said, this is a fine chicken ramen and an easy 8/10.

Mini Tokyo Noodle (Chicken Flavor) (130 Calories, 4 g fat, 790 mg sodium)

Isn’t this cute! A tiny ramen brick, with flavor infused into it. The bag photo actually shows 4 servings, and the single bricks are small enough for a coffee mug. You just pour boiling water over, wait a few minutes, and enjoy your mini ramen meal! At least that would be the idea, but since it has no taste at all and the noodles have the texture of elastic bands this one went down the karzy quick smart! I wouldn’t even throw this garbage out the window for the birds! Score: -1/10

Stay tuned for installment #12, which may feature regional dishes…

Pokeos

November 6, 2021

There’s recently been stories popping up on social media about Pokemon biscuits/cookies selling for thousands. Naturally, it was time to strike it rich.

We bought two bags of them. The Oreos feature 16 different Pokémon designs but are otherwise unremarkable (no different colour or flavours). They look cute though.

There’s sixteen different designs, one of which is ‘super rare’ (according to a press release put out by the manufacturer). In our first pack we got thirteen of the varieties, not including the rare one.

They were tasty though, and we bought a second pack. We got one Pokemon we hadn’t seen in the first, but still no rare version.

The rare one is ‘Mew’, which was a cute choice since Mew was the rarest Pokémon in the original game. About a month ago word spread on social media that Mew Oreos were selling for ‘thousands’ on eBay, and before you knew it there were hundreds of listings, made by people hoping to strike it rich. Still today, you’ll find ~~fools~~ people hoping for a payout:

Of course they aren’t selling for these prices at all, and likely never did. Surprise, surprise, but the stories that initially claimed as much didn’t have a lot of facts to back them up, and (as usual) the internet was happy to spread the story without bothering to verify it. Mews were selling on eBay, but for only a few dollars. And apparently 99% of the listings never sell.

The truth is that the Mew Oreo isn’t that rare at all. I’ve read maybe one in four packs, so for about $15 (the cost of 4 packs) you’d have about a 70% chance of getting your own. Think about that before bidding $1,000,000 on that eBay auction!

Madness aside these are decent Oreos, but don’t hold a candle to the Trolls ones from last year that included pop rocks in the cream! Let’s hope they bring them back at some point 🙂

Let’s Cook Desserts!

October 3, 2021

Yesterday we made these:

It was fairly easy says KLS, who did most of the work. The box contained only three things: the meringue powder, an icing pen and a bag for piping. The power was mixed with egg white and whipped until fluffy:

Then the meringues were piped onto oven paper:

Here they are before cooking:

We then baked them on lowish heat (200F) for 75 minutes, then iced them before eating:

And they were – in a word – terrible! They tasted like the glue I used to eat as a child, and the aftertaste was even worse. My happy memories of melt-in-your-mouth meringues from my youth have now been corrupted by these sticky, inedible travesties!

But there was a secret! We chose the alternate cooking method which involved the addition of tonic water. This is basically sparkling water that contained quinine, which phosphors under UV light:

Apparently adding a tiny bit to the mix makes the meringues ‘glow in the dark’! Did it work? Judge for yourself:

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