January 3, 2019

"... feel the whole chicken carcasses of flavor..."

I'm a fan of imported Japanese ramen, including the roughly translated descriptions like this:
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ADDED: The link above goes to Amazon, but the ramen we ordered came from ZenPop. Here's what they sent us from Osaka for about $30:

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I went to ZenPop after seeing a vlog that I can't remember well enough to link for you.

32 comments:

rhhardin said...

The New Yorker used to run The Mysterious East column fillers.

YoungHegelian said...

Do you read manga while you eat your ramen?

Kevin said...

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Laslo Spatula said...

Some of those ramen products are authentically 1/1024 chicken.

I am Laslo.

BarrySanders20 said...

That's about $2 worth of noodles. The chicken carcass is extra. But think how much you saved on airline tickets to have the noodles come to you.

Lucid-Ideas said...

My favorite were always the Senbei Salmon snacks

"鼻水サーモンの煙 >>> 魚は傾いていてひげが必要です"

"Runny Smoky Salmon >>> These fish are slanted and don't require beards"

"don't require beards" Whew...that's a relief.

mezzrow said...

(reads Kevin) *spits out noodles*

Scott said...

I get my noodles at H-Mart.

Dried packaged ramen and other noodles in bowls are fun and tasty. The only problem is, they are fried in oil to preserve them prior to packaging. This amps up the fat and calories tremendously. Fresh ramen served at a restaurant or made at home are normally not pre-fried.

If you like TV series relating to Japanese food, try Midnight Diner on Netflix.

Jay Elink said...

I always enjoyed seeing shelves in Japanese supermarkets stacked with boxes of "Indian Curry" sauce base, with a Heap Big Chief in full feathered headdress on the front.

HoodlumDoodlum said...

Oh wow, do you not have an asian market nearby? In Atlanta there are several to choose from (not including the Intl' Farmer's Market nor YDFM) with wide selections of super inexpensive imported asian goods. The only trouble there is that most of the items don't have english labels so you have to guess at exact contents based on the aisle, but that's part of the fun.

Google suggests Yue-Wah Oriental Foods at 2828 S Park Street. Might save some money, there.

Infinite Monkeys said...

I bought a bowl one time that said it was "spicy human" flavor.

Crimso said...

Somebody set you up the ramen. Good thing you doesn't afraid of anything.

Begonia said...

Can't you get these at the Asian Midway or at Yue Wah (both on Park Street in Madison)?

Both are worth a visit, if you haven't been.

Balfegor said...

(Korean) Nongshim Shin Ramyun is the best! It's not imported any more though, I think -- they have a factory in California or somewhere making it in the US.

For Japanese, you should try Tan-tan men. I basically don't ever order regular ramen in Japan anymore -- I just go to the tantanmen shops. I've never tried the instant noodle tantanmen, but I know they sell it because I see it in the grocery store.

gilbar said...

descriptions like these beat ee cummings All to Hell!

Professor Althouse? have you seen the movie The Ramen Girl? it's one of Brittany Murphy's most best movies

Ryan said...

Japanese-market ramen has ingredients banned by the FDA. So beware.

rcocean said...

My daughter loves Asian Noodles.

Slurp slurp.

Constantly - relatively low calorie and delirious.

fivewheels said...

Interesting. There are things I don't understand in the collision of certain cultures, and noodles that come with their own bowls is one of them. If you're eating at home, I feel like you want to stick to bagged noodles, because you have pots and bowls already. The styro bowls seem like something to bring to the office or school if you can get hot water there. It's not very cost-efficient.

You're going to find greater variety and quality in the bagged noodles, too.

Balfegor said...

Oh, I didn't look hard enough in the photo -- there's a tantanmen right there! Upper left.

mockturtle said...

Japanese translations are a hoot. I sometimes take out my rice maker manual just for a few laughs.

Maillard Reactionary said...

Whenever I traveled to Osaka, after I checked in to my hotel the first thing I did was to head down to the "Tenkadaiichi" ramen shop in Moriguchi-shi to get the umagi ramen (sliced pork & veggies) and some gyoza, washed down with a couple of bottles of Asahi Super Dry. I never had any trouble sleeping that first night. They had many other kinds of ramen in addition to that, including some that had a raw egg floating on top. Raw eggs floating on the top of food seems to be an Osaka thing. A Japanese colleague once told me that the chickens in Japan don't carry salmonella, so it's OK to eat the raw eggs. I remain skeptical of that claim but it doesn't seem to bother them too much.

In that shop, they had huge (huuuge) kettles of broth cooking all the time. If you were there at lunch time, sometimes you'd see them pushing the chicken feet back down whenever they bobbed to the surface.

God, how I love ramen. The dry stuff is a pretty poor substitute, but better than nothing sometimes.

Sebastian said...

"Deep flavor based on the pig bone plain hot water extract to feel the whole chicken carcasses of flavor"

Sounds like favor even Althouse could taste.

jim said...

So good you'll eat your fingers

Vittorio Jano IV said...

Daughter No. 1 is a big fan of Indomie (brand) Mi Goreng from Indonesia and describes it as "sweet and spicy."

Maillard Reactionary said...

If I'm not mistaken, the package at the top center of the photograph is called "Shin Bowl" Gourmet Spicy. We get ours at the local non-asian supermarket where it's south of $3.
It has the usual US-standard "nutritional information" on the packaging so maybe it is not the same as what is sold in Japan.

They aren't kidding about the spicy part, at least.

Quaestor said...

Last year a friend offered me a mysterious Japanese snack food. I think it was some kind of dried wakame. It was extremely chewy, vaguely salty, and mostly a bore except for the packaging. The Japs are overfond of bright electric colors with lots of exclamations after their bizarre kanji mottos, but this one was different. This package was virtually monochromatic, stark blue text on white with a mascot that looked like a failed Japanese executive contemplating suicide, just a sad-looking guy in shirt-sleeves with his loose tie akimbo.

Weird.

LordSomber said...

H-Mart rules. There's one about an hour from me.

It's mostly Korean/Chinese groceries with some Japanese thrown in.
Lots of free samples, a food court, and a huge deli with dozens of pickled goods.

Plus it's the only place I can find Makgeolli.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makgeolli

Ann Althouse said...

I ordered from ZenPop because it seemed amusing to get their selection sent in one box from Japan. It has nothing to do with whether I could find a local store and try to do my own selections. I just wouldn’t. My alternative would be to order from Amazon. I’m not much of a shopper. I’m not into searching.

Original Mike said...

My favorite Japanese slogan was a beer I had in Kyoto which declared itself to be "inexplicably delicious".

Howard said...

Roast a whole chicken. Fillet off the meat, reserve the gelatin and fat boil the back with mirepoix and apple cider vinegar. Toss the bones and Bullet the meat, drippings and bone broth. Freeze in ice cube trays. Add a cube or 2 to any hi Q veggie ramen. Yum!

For extra yum, stuff the chicken with Indian style garbanzo beans and add that to the Bullet too.

Skippy Tisdale said...

Wai Wai from Thailand. That is all.

JR said...

How to make instant ramen more nutritious and tasty:

Throw out the chemical broth packet.

Make broth from "Better than Bouillion" paste adding a little soy, sesame oil, or chili sauce.

Make miso broth from a tub of miso paste, using up to 1 Tbsp per cup of broth. If there are no Asian markets, hippie organic food stores or Whole Paycheck often have it.

Poach an egg in it.