I pulled the Mama Pork Flavored Ramen out of my Ramenbox tonight and cooked it up. I was interested in this mainly because it was on-top, well, right underneath the onion flavored ramen that came double wrapped. (I am saving that one for when my wife is not home to complain about the smell).
Anyway, this ramen has a unique feature, the spice packet has a side packet that contains chili powder. This let me easily control the level of spice, although for me that was simple, just dump in all the chili powder.
Double sided flavor packet
Something else that I noticed at the bottom, ramen packets are recyclable. Right below the ramen symbol I saw “Product of Thailand, For export only”. I wonder why it is export only? Perhaps because there is no Thai on the packet for instructions or ingredient?
When I dumped the noodles into the water, I found a new surprise, there’s a 2nd flavor packet in there. It was a paste of some sort, so I saved it and added it to the noodles after I strained them. I think it had most of the good flavor in it, but I’m not 100% sure.
Anyway, the flavor was good for this ramen. I should have gone with my gut and ate it as soup, but I really enjoyed the texture of the noodles. The spice left a nice tingle on my lips but was not too much. I find myself without too much to say otherwise about the flavor, mainly, it was porky. I guess it’s a good thing that food reviewer is not my full-time job.
Sounds porky! I’m a big fan of bacon, maybe I could add some to this!
I had this for the first time last night, as a soup (with a few leaves of yu-choy for fiber) and it was so delicious! Thanks for the review. ^_^
I eat Mama brand noodles weekly, my favorite being Mama Creamy Shrimp Tom-Yum. The “paste” packet is actually solidified oil (which is randomly liquid, as it should be), which you add in at the phase of cooking, along with the spice packet. I generally add in as little water as possible, so the noodles soak up all of the tasty goodness.
Mama is pretty much the most awesome ramen ever. The shrimp and duck are probably my favorite flavors–the shrimp is especially nice because it has a sort of lime-flavor in it, and as anyone with half a brain knows, lime is AWESOME when mixed with shrimp. I add all the spices in the packet too–makes my eyes water, but it’s so delicious I can’t help it!