noodles in a pot

[zygalski]

Chives.

[dickymint]

zygalski said:

Chives.

Of course! Didn’t anticipate how much 1kg Of dried chives was though

[dickymint]

A bit of pre Brexit panic buying................

[dickymint]

This site has just given me a hard on................................

https://starrymart.co.uk/noodles-rice/noodles.html

[zygalski]

Lee Kum sauces are excellent, too.
I especially like their hoi sin sauce (I use it for a stir fry chicken glazed in hoi sin with cashews) & dark soy.
Their soy are far better than the overly salty Kikkoman ones imo.

[dickymint]

Got a delivery from Starrymart yesterday.....





That’s eight new ones to try including two that could be the ultimate in pot noodle cuisine or a vey expensive bowl of cats vomit!! Either way it’ll raise a few eyebrows come noodle time in the workshop next week.........

https://youtu.be/CmgsNodnuUk

[dickymint]

zygalski said:

Lee Kum sauces are excellent, too.
I especially like their hoi sin sauce (I use it for a stir fry chicken glazed in hoi sin with cashews) & dark soy.
Their soy are far better than the overly salty Kikkoman ones imo.

Will definitely be on my next order as I can’t fault their service and prices compared to Amazon Prime

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 14th August 12:34

[ambuletz]

dickymint said:

zygalski said:

Lee Kum sauces are excellent, too.
I especially like their hoi sin sauce (I use it for a stir fry chicken glazed in hoi sin with cashews) & dark soy.
Their soy are far better than the overly salty Kikkoman ones imo.

Will definitely be on my next order as I can’t fault their service and prices compared to Amazon Prime

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 14th August 12:34

yup. the lee kum chili oil is great. buy it for yourself, no need to pay extra for chili oil at your takeaway. just be careful not to put too much on your food. as much as i love hot food that stuff can mess me up if i put on too much. the more natural/less processed the chili the more my bowels can handle it.

[loggo]

I found a problem with having to wait for the noodles to become fully soft along with the dehydrated ingredients resulted in lukewarm noodles fifteen or twenty minutes after adding the hot water . Eating any sooner they were just crunchy.
I got around this by tipping the noodles into a preheated half litre thermos and leaving to stand for 3 or 4 hours before eating. Results is all liquid fully absorbed flavours fully developed no Crunchie bits and still hot!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Never had that issue after about 10 minutes

[dickymint]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Never had that issue after about 10 minutes

Same here, 5 mins max. Straight in with boiling water and cover. Too hot to eat straight away then!!

But my “workshop” Chinese import Ramen bowl is double walled stainless. But even at home in a Pyrex bowl I get similar results.

[ambuletz]

https://groceries.asda.com/search/nissin

noticed asda have some new noodle items. 3 nissin cup noodles and packet versions of the nissin soba noodles. went to my local asda today unfortunately they weren't in stock.

[172]

p4cks said:

The best 27p you'll ever spend



https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/koka-instant-n...

The Tom Yum flavour gets my vote

[Leicester Loyal]

designforlife said:

Nissin Soba noodles by a long way, out of all the brands i have tried.

The Yakitori chicken is great.

Oh yes. I have the green lid one, Teriyaki, lovely stuff!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

i had the nissin kaisen seafood ones today they were ok not sure about dried seafood sticks tbh

[dickymint]

This was different........................













Verdict: veggies too hard but nothing that another 10 minutes wouldn’t sort. Nice though.
Sauce was raw heat and far too much Sichuan flavour. Noodles were those glass type which I’m not that fond of! Ended up chucking it down the pan!!!!

Shame as I’ve got a couple more to try that look similar.

Edit: the meat was my addition of leftover Cote De Boeff.........which was nice

Edited by dickymint on Tuesday 27th August 16:29

[Trustmeimadoctor]

stick them in the post

[HairyMaclary]

Im glad that shin cups were mentioned so soon. I lived on them at uni 20 years ago. After a short hiatus they returned for lunch when working from home.

I always put in loads more hot water to make the death lava last longer.

My local cornershop sells them for 70p a cup. They also do the lager cup verson for £1.50.

The MAMA brand are nearly as nice.

[ambuletz]

all the MAMA brand stuff are great imo, even better the packet noodles instead of the pot. I used to love KOKA noodles as a kid, but after trying them recently they just don't compare. if you like KOKA, then everything else is a step up. MAMA tom yum is worlds apart to the koka verson.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

the shin cups are good but imho not spicy enough i do prefer the big cups tho