Monday, 23 August 2010
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Frozen Ramen — Even More Closer To Kintaro’s
This is a guest post from Chowtimes.
How does this bowl of ramen look to you?
Does it look authentic enough like the ones you get it from ramen houses like Kintaro?
I must say I am pretty impressed with the ramen above.
Earlier this year, we started stocking Instant Ramen Noodles at home. It was at that time, the most superior instant noodles (see this post) we had ever tried. Of course it is good … it costs $4 for a serving.
Looks like we will be switching ramen noodles at home from now on. This is much better … and much cheaper too. Move over instant ramen noodles … hello, frozen noodles.
It was Janice who went out of her way to take pictures of the ramen for us and telling us exactly where we could pick it up. We bought the ramen from the Osaka Supermarket in the Yaohan Center on No 3 Road. They are found in the freezer section where you would find frozen dumplings.
The above is the three serving version with the simpler soy sauce flavour. It is called the Myojo Shoyu Aji Nama Ramen and costs … $5.60. So that makes it about $2 each.
On the left above is the 1 serving frozen ramen. This is the one that Janice recommended. It is called the Nissin Ramen Shoyu and costs $2.60.
On the right is the 2 serving frozen ramen. This is more expensive and costs $6.30. This is because it is Tonkotsu (while the other two is just shoyu flavour). I don’t have a picture of this tonkotsu ramen but I can tell you that it is very very good. However, Suanne will not be buying this because the nutritional facts on the label shows a salt content of 1.4x the recommended daily intake. Too bad because we love it so much.
This post is about the 3-serving Myojo Shoyu Aji Nama Ramen.
The packaging is simple. It is just individual pouches of noodles and seasoning. It is good that they are individually packed so that you don’t have to cook all three of them once you open the packaging.
The noodles need 3 minutes of cooking time. It is quite starchy and clumpy. So we had to shake it loose every now and then. While cooking, we can see why this noodles is going to be better than the instant noodles type.
The seasoning is just the soy sauce although a little bit more concentrated.
The soup base is prepared separate from the noodles. Just pour 1.5 cups of boiling water into the seasoning …
… toss the noodles into the soup …
… and there you have it … the newly crowned home made ramen that is closest to Kintaro’s. The broth is rich and flavourful. We don’t know what the salt content is in this ramen because the packaging is all in Japanese.
The best part of this ramen is the noodles. It is by miles better than any instant noodles. It has that perfect texture and chewiness that you can’t replicate with instant noodles.
The down side is, there is nothing else in the noodles. So we had to go pick up some stuff to add to it to make it a little bit more authentic.
We got the Taiwanese marinated eggs from the food court in Parker Place …
… and a pound of Roasted Pork, also from Parker Place. We should have bought 1.5 lbs because it was 1/3 gone by the time Suanne and I got home. The boys were upset that we started eating in the car. Too bad, I told them. I asked them to come along and they did not.
The marinated pork intestines in Parker Place is pretty good too. Just perfect to go with congee … and now frozen ramen too.
Parker Place’s char siu is nothing to shout about but almost every time we are there we ended up buying this to make char siu bao at home.
Just so that you know, Suanne makes some of the greatest char siu bao around. I am not kidding. Her char siu bao is super moist. It might be the ugliest looking char siu bao but it tasted better than any we had tried outside. See her two-part post here and here.
What do you think about frozen ramen, have you ever compared?
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Comments (16)
omg yum. i love all of the above added ingredients. <333333333333333333333333
Never tried frozen ramen.
*droools* this is so good.
Mmm, ramen.
Oh dang...we don't have anything like this here in Cali. All we have are instant noodles...
eh.....idk about how much you pay for instant ramen, but where i am from it cost 25 cents for one package. which you cant beat a deal like that, and they are pretty dang good!!
"more closer" eh?
@explosive@xanga - that was *the* only thing I could think of during the entire post.
Someone needs "Hooked on Phonics", yo :P
i know all about it. i still like my industrial version of ramen.
I haven't seen any frozen ramen before. But instantramen here is like $.15 a pack. I do have one store I purchase better noodles from but they don't have a frozen section. I bet if they did they would carry it.
yummmmmmmmm! i love intestines! yummers!
yum I love noodles and soysauce :] haha I think I'm going to have some now!!!!
@explosive@xanga - lol I was thinking the same thing and scoffed to myself.
the title made me believe that the japanese made "frozen ramen" .. like a bowl of cooked noodles, but they put it in the freezer or something.. LOL
Why was the Ramen so expensive? Where I live you can usually get about ten servings for a dollar!
Mmm, I know what you're talking about. I've tried that kind of noodle too. I really like the Shio ramen flavor. (The one in the green bag.) I bought it at Mitsuwa. It's so yummy.