Ve Wong: Mushroom Pork
Stars: *
Notes: Yuck, This stuff smelled and tasted like mushrooms.
In fact it had bits of dehydrated mushrooms. I don’t
really enjoy mushrooms all that much, especially
the ones that are slimy. The soup wasn’t even edible.

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Click image to enlarge. Slightly spicy. The mushrooms don’t actually have a lot of flavor. The mushrooms were a bit mushy. There’s some yellow stuff that I don’t know what it is… The little yellow bits taste like egg… The noodles are good but they’re hard to eat – they don’t want to stay on a fork and are slimy. I wouldn’t say this stuff is anything special. 2.3 out of 5 stars. Get it here.

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I’m not sure but this may be the last of the Myojo fresh udons! Ah well – they were a lot of fun! Hopefully there will be more flavors…

One single packet of seasoning powder…

The powder awaiting the boil and noodle…

Finished product (click image to enlarge). So I made this for my lady for breakfast and had a little taste of the broth and noodle. She liked it – she thought the mushroom flavor was nice and subtle and not like the nasty stuff she tried before – which was the Crystal mushroom bowl noodle of ages back. She’s a mushroom fan and though it deserved three stars. I am not a big mushroom fan but they’re growing on me (not really – I don’t have a fungus problem har har) but I did like how the broth wasn’t overwhelmingly mushroomy. I agree with her. 3.0 out of 5.0 stars! You can find it here.

So here’s an interesting commercial, although not this exact product, it is for Myojo. Enjoy!

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So this is the last of the Fortune Udons. Was waiting for the right time to make it for my beloved Kit and right now I’m going to say that she finds it to be absolutely excellent.

Again with the packets with no labelling! How do they know…

Tan powder from the single packet….

Finished product. The broth is mushroomy – not really my favorite thing but it isn’t too funky. I’m actually surprised how much I liked it since I’m not usually any form of a fan of mushroom flavorings – unless they’re fresh mushrooms – like real ones… The noodles were pretty good quality and I liked them. I think my lady would give them 5.0 out of 5.0 but I’m going to give these noodles 3.0 out of 5.0. I guess if you really like mushrooms, this might be right up your alley.

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Okay so my theory here is that if it says it’s tasty, there’s an extremely good chance it isn’t. I’ve never been a mushroom fan but I’ve been coming around lately. This however looked gross to me and has been sitting at the bottom of my noodle box for a while. Today I decided no longer will I fear these noodles. No longer will I cower under my afghan. Bring it noodles – let’s see how ya are.

Vifon Tasty Mushroom flavor brings it with (clockwise from top) seasoned oil, soup base powder and vegetable sachets. The veggies looked to be bits o’ shroom.

It’s kind of hard to see the ingredients laying atop the noodle block. Oh yeah – one of the few noodles I’ve reviewed that have had a smashed noodle block. It was sitting there for a while you see. The soup base powder was almost crystalline. The seasoned oil had a strong smell of sesame oil.

Click image to enlarge. I added two eggs. The noodles are quite lackluster. The are flimsy and have no honor as a Klingon would say. The broth and veg however have a very nice light flavoring to them which I did find pleasing. It was so light however that the salt and pepper on the eggs were not enough and a small dosage of Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning was added. Anyways, so-so. 2.0 out of 5.0 stars.

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The last of the Paldo Dosiracs. Mushroom eh? Here ya go…

Veg on top, powder on bottom.

Little chewy funny bits on left and powdered base on right atop the noodle block.

Click image to enlarge. Finished product. Broth – a light bit spicy but all in all not very much mushroom taste that I detected. Reminded me more of mushroom gravy – the taste and not the consistency. The noodles were standard bowl noodle… The chewy bits weren’t bad. Meh. 2.5 out of 5.0 stars.

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Some new stuffs of happiness from the folks at Vina Acecook – we have vegetarian flavour. I’m enthused! I’m curious if this will taste like a vegetarian – vegetarian created with Japanese technology, that is!

Clockwise from top left: vegetables, seasoned oil and powdered soup base.

I’m always really happy with the way the veggies smell when I open the packet. It has a kind of sweet tea kind of aroma.

Click image to enlarge. With two eggs boiled in with the noodles. The noodles were amazing – had a very nice flavor. The broth was great too and the veggies were awesome – there was a big chunk of mushroom that re-hydrated very nicely. 3.75 out of 5.0 stars!

This video is really cool and I was most impressed during the segment where the president of the company had that amazing bass sound as he spoke! Very cool!

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So here’s something interesting. This is for the health conscious noodle fan – from Korea, we have Nongshim’s Noodle Lite 275.

A couple good sized packets

Like I said, a lot of seasonings.

Click image to enlarge. So an easy and quick prep in the microwave. It’s nice that it’s so low in fat, but one would think that they would mention that the flavor of the red pepper shouldn’t overwhelm any taste of mushroom. In fact this was very disappointing. No issues with peppers mind you, just a bummer as we were hoping for some tasty mushroominess. Funky but healthy… 2.5 out of 5.0 stars.

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Tried the Spring Onion last week and thought it was good so thought I ought to see if I can find more of these. Sure enough, found a couple at Safeway.

Three packets – Powder, dehydrated veggies and seasoned oil.

Here’s the contents waiting for the boiling water.

Click image to enlarge. Finished. So Not bad – a decent amount of mushrooms and the noodles taste good. The broth was tasty too. Not usually a big fan of mushrooms but I like this – 3.25 out of 5.0 stars. Find it here.

This place is all happening – Lady Gaga music and everything…

I really dig on Slurpees…

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UPDATED REVIEW – uses a recipe from EatYourKimchi.com! See it HERE!

First off, I want to thank Greg B. of Florida for sending this one in. Shin Ramyun Black  – wow. So I should mention about the ‘ controversy in South Korea about this product. Nong Shim advertised that it had more nutritional value than it really did and was fined for misleading advertising ( Korean Herald article here ). It was extremely popular and I believe it still is. It costs much more than regular Shin Ramyun too. I’ll have to say that I’ve been waiting for just the right day to review this one! Let’s see what’s inside this interesting package of South Korean instant noodles!

We have three packets, starting first with our standard red soup base packet. I’m imagining that it’s full of the angry, spicy red powder we’re all used to from Shin Ramyun.

Moving right along, we come to the beef and vegetable mix packet. Bigger than most veggie packets, I read on the ingredients panel that there is freeze dried beef in here.

Finally, the Sul-Long-Tang soup base packet. Looks like onions and oxtails in the image.

I thought a picture of the noodle block would be fitting here. The center of the round noodle block has a bit of a dent in it. This is where two eggs will nestle and boil with everything else.

Click image to enlarge. Here’s a picture of the back of the packaging with all ingredients and directions.

The ingredients in the bowl as I wait for the water to boil. At the top is the veggies and beef, lower right, the reddish soup base packet’s contents, and finally we have the oxtail and onion packet contents. Once the 2 1/3 cups (550mL) of water is boiling, everything goes in for 4-5 minutes.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Now let’s get down to business. As mentioned before, I added two eggs that cooked in the pot with the noodles. This is pretty standard. The noodles are of a good quality. They are chewy but not overly so. There is also a happy abundance of noodles, making for a decent sized meal. The broth is fine –  nice spiciness that you would expect from Shin Ramyun but it has an added depth and richness. I taste a lot of onion, garlic and meaty tones. As for the veggies and beef, I think that’s where this bowl shines. The beef is excellent – like little pieces of steak amongst the noodles – chewy and they taste fresh and good. The vegetables re-hydrate very nicely – and they aren’t tiny little bits! They’re of a decent size and of good quality. Long story short, I would happily say that this is one of the better South Korean instant noodles I’ve tried, possibly ranking up in the top two or three. I will say I like it better than the original Nong Shim Shin Ramyun as well. I’m giving this one 4.75 out of 5.0 stars. Why not 5.0 stars? Well, I would have liked a little more of the beef![AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B0061JW7I2″]

Here’s a commercial for this stuff – you can see they’re going for a ‘classy’ kind of feel with this.

Wow this looks great!

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Haven’t liked a ton of these thus far but let’s give this one a chance.

Back panel… Click image to enlarge.

A single packet of flavoring

Was nice to see lots of bits of real mushroom in the mix.

Finished (click image to enlarge). The noodles themselves aren’t too bad – a step above what you’d find in, say, Top Ramen. The flavoring isn’t too bad but not awesome either. It has a nice mushroom flavor but its also very salty. Edible but not amazing. 2.75 out of 5.0 stars. Find it here.

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Here’s one that has been in the noodle bin since the trip to California my wife and son and I took in July! Time to eat. Mushroom pork just didn’t sound too good, but you know me, I have to try it.

I scanned the label for those so interested. Click image to enlarge.

Unexpected this is. Usually these are a bit less interesting. That big packet on top was absolutely full of powdered seasoning. Lower right is veggies and lower left was seasoned oil and maybe soy sauce – not sure.

See what I mean about the powder seasoning? Huge amount!

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added one fried egg with a little Krazy Mixed Up Salt on top. I gave it a try and must say it hit the mark as I expected. The noodles were okay – nothing amazing but not bad. The broth was slightly thick and almost slithery. It definitely had mushroom flavor going on as well as a funky pork fat taste. The veggies. The mushrooms were slimy and gross. Again, I’m not a big mushroom fan, but this really put me off. 1.25 out of 5.0 stars – at least my egg was good, but that didn’t add points to the score. UPC bar code is 4710008212638.

Something is going on in Korea.

But I don’t think Koreans are burping the Super Mario Brothers theme.

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Chinese mushroom cup? Let’s give it a go…

Here are the side panels (click image to enlarge). I like the stickers – I’m curious why they re-did thje directions – were they not so easy last time?

Seasoning powder and oil packet on left and a veggie packet on the right.

Ready for boiling water.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Well, here goes: the noodles were in a word, mushy. They had the right amount of steeping time too. I’m not detracting points though, because this was a nice kind of mushy; the kind you’d like to have with rice noodles in a cup – you can break em off with your lips. The broth is salty and has some hints of mushroom. Very mild and approaching bland, but not quite there. If you’re looking for something light and mushroomy, this is the ticket. As for the veggies, they weren’t prevalent. 2.5 out of 5.0 stars. UPC barcode 815055010115 – get it here.

Mr Rogers breakdancing

Trainwreck

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Well, this is the end of the line. A few months ago, Cindy C. from England sent a nice big box of instant noodles containing many kinds of Super Noodles and Pot Noodle and this is the last of the Pot Noodle! After this, there are two pouches I’ll review called ‘Mug Shots.’ Thanks again Cindy! This has been a lot of fun!

Here we have the side panels (click image to enlarge).

This is so different from anything we have in the states.

Comnes with a single seasoning packet of soy sauce to add.

Finished (click image to enlarge). I’ll say that of all the varieties I tried, this was the best hands down. It was a light flavor, but decently so. The noodles got nice and done in this one. They are flat and broad. The chicken mushroom flavor was decent. I liked it! 3.75 out of 5.0 stars! UPC barcode is 5000118203503 – get some here.

Pretty rad Pot Noodle commercial.

Another really weird Pot Noodle advert.

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Here’s another one of the big JML bowls sent by Michelle L. of Tarrytown, New York. Mushroom chicken eh? Alright, let’s give this a try.

Side info panels (click image to enlarge)

An included fork!

One angry and round noodle block – sometimes they’re hard to get out of the containers.

The powder seasoning packet.

I’m not sure if powdered mushroom is the culprit, but this stuff smelled like burnt plastic. I decided to have a taste. It also tasted like burnt plastic. Not good.

Seasoned oil packet.

This one kind of smells like mushrooms and chicken.

Veggie packet.

Here they are – decent amount.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added a hard boiled egg with some Cavender’s Greek Seasoning, some kizami shoga (pickled ginger), some of my veggie mix (ack! time to go back to the produce stand – we’re out!), a little chicken lunch meat and a bit of Texas Pete Hot Sauce. The noodles are okay but not exceptional. The broth has this flavor. I don’t really like it at all; it’s mushroom-like but not mushroom. It’s got this flavor that actually does remind me of the smell of burning plastic. It’s also almost spicy in a weird way. I will finish this bowl of noodles as I am hungry, but I tell you what – this is pretty bad. 1.25 out of 5.0 stars. 6921555583951.

I don’t think these guys would really like this either.

The Music of China’s Nomads – Part 5: The Kyrgyz of Kokterek

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Check it out – the new Shin Black cup! Onion flavor! I’ve had one of these chilling on my shelf for a while now – been wanting to review it and now that it’s out on the market, I can! Let’s check it out!

Something to note: Nongshim is a big sponsor of Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. They have their own pavilion showing off this product! Here’s a link to their blog to check it out!

Here’s the lid and the instructions.

I have a visual aid device that will help me reading fine print. It was very helpful for getting images off the sides of the cup – it’s dark red on black – colors that my eyes don’t do too well with! Click image to enlarge.

The noodle block.

Here’s the spicy stuff!

Definitely some nice spiciness here!

A packet of onionny goodness!

I took a little pinch of this and tasted. Wow – this is definitely one for those who enjoy onions – it is seriously onionny – seriously!

The vegetables. These were loose in the cup. One thing I’ve found annoying is that usually the veggies in instant noodles are tiny and light. These are decent sized chunks of mushrooms and other veggies! This looks decent.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Okay so let’s get right to it. The noodles are pretty good – more of them than I had expected from a cup. Thin like one would expect. The broth: this is some of the best liquid I have ever tasted. It is seething with onion! It has a sweet and spicy taste to it. Spot on! The veggies: okay, see that on top in the middle? That’s a slice of garlic. Underneath are some mushrooms. The garlic tastes like a piece of garlic sliced thin; it isn’t mushy – it’s crunchy! The mushrooms are quite good too!  If you are a fan of spicy Korean noodles and really like onions a lot, this is definitely for you. I am a person who falls into the affirmative on both of these qualities. This is unique and excellent – 5.0 out of 5.0 stars – a must try! UPC bar code 031146014408 .

K Pop star IU is doing the ads for this new product.

Here’s another…

…and yet another.

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Here’s another one of the Fashion Food varieties.

The noodle block.

Dry seasoning packet

Seasoned oil.

Veggie packet!

Now we just need the boiling water.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Noodles aren’t bad. Flavor of the whole thing is a little funky though and something I didn’t enjoy. Was very strange. The broth was just off. The veggies weren’t bad but not my cup of tea. 1.75 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 8850412373658 .

Here’s a hourse for rent in Thailand!

Going to floating markets.

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See? it really says it right there – stewde chicken of mushroom! I think this has to be one of my favorite misspellings yet! My sister brought me this back from Canada earlier this year. Let’s have a look!

Side panels (click image to enlarge).

A folding fork! See more of ’em on the Included Forks page!

The noodle block. A large clump of rice noodles. I’m curious if they’ll be stiff and chewy of nice and free-flowing of edibility.

Powder seasoning.

Interesting – has a slightly granular appearance.

The liquid packet.

Looks like a seasoned oil that’s congealed a bit.

Veggie packet.

Looks like a light smattering to me.

Finished (click image to enlarge). UPC bar code 6911754103395 . Despite steeping for about five minutes, the noodles didn’t seem to completely get all the way done – at least in patches. Those that did get done were soft and enjoyable. The parts that didn’t weren’t hard or anything, they were just not all the way done. The broth has a sort of chicken mushroom taste to it and a surprising thickness as well. The liquid packet is prevalent in the greasiness here. The veggies weren’t bad but more is always preferable. All in all, it is about as I expected; a passable mushroom of chicken – I mean chicken of mushroom… I don’t know but it tasted like a chicken mushroom with wide rice noodles kind of thing to be. 3.25 out of 5.0 stars.

Chicken of the woods eh?

Bizarre Lingzhi mushroom found from 80+ meter deep well

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Here’s another onbe sent by Michelle L. of New York – thanks! This is made in Thailand and says it’s mushroom flavor. Well, let’s give it a go.

Side panels. Click to enlarge.

Big noodle block.

Powder seasoning.

Interesting – not just powder but some bits in there too.

Oil packet.

I think it’s just vegetable oil.

This is a retort pouch – it’s big and has veggies and a sauce inside. Click to enlarge.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added onion, broccoli, red bell pepper and Huy Fong Sriracha chili sauce. The noodles are broad and flat. Pretty good – unique for a big bowl of noodles to find noodles like these, but Little Cook’s noodles are usually unique to begin with. The broth tastes like mushrooms and has a little greasiness to it. Now if you look at the center area of the above picture, you’ll see a lot of squid-like pieces and peanuts and mushrooms. These are the retort pouch contents. I am going to say that to my extreme surprise, this is probably one of the best retort pouches ever – it was good and tasty! Not a huge mushroom fan, but this was amazing. Bravo! 4.75 out of 5.0 stars – very high quality here. UPC bar code 4710249001725 – get it here.

Food enjoyed in Thailand

This is epic awesome stuff to enjoy for all times.

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Okay, let me explain.I have been going through every review meticulously for the last few days and you will see why in my next post, but I notice that review #91 was skipped for some reason. So, this will be it. Not a big mushroom fan but hey, the vegetable one this company made was alright so let’s give this one a try.

The back of the packaging (click to enlarge)

The noodle block. Tight and thin little noodles.

Not sure, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a clear packet with both vegetables and powder, or a clear packet containing seasoning powder before.

Here are the seasonings and veggie bits atop.

Some seasoned oil.

Finished (click image to enlarge) Added bell pepper, broccoli, onion, Krazy Mixed Up Salt and Huy Fong Sriracha chili sauce. Noodles are thin and interesting – very plentiful and easily broken with the lips. Enjoyable. The Broth was very earthy and had a strong mushroom flavor. If you like mushrooms, this is definitely something you will like. The mushroom bits are also very earthy and mushroomy. Mushrooms have a flavor that remind me of an old attic window, peering out at a dark and cloudy day in February. That being said, I rate these at 2.75 out of 5.0 stars; just don’t like mushrooms.UPC bar code 8934566000018

Andy Williams died today.

Binh Tay Market In Saigon

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