I'm not sure why I bought this pack of noodles except maybe just pure curiosity. Although I love shrimps, I'm not usually a fan of shrimp in ramen form...because quite frankly, shrimps (unlike chili peppers) do not translate well to a powdered soup flavoring.
The name of these noodles was "Furong Shrimp Flavor Noodles". I have no idea what Furong means and a Google search only turned up a Chinese cult-celebrity named Furong Jiejie who is apparently their equivalent William Hung. Maybe those two should get together! Supposedly, Furong refers to a flower that has been used to describe young beauty, but still I don't know how this relates to shrimp or noodles!
As you can see, I added some grilled chicken to the mix to add some non-harmful nutritional value to this meal. After tasting these noodles, I suspect that "Shrimp Flavor" is something that ramen manufacturers use to describe something that has no real flavor besides salt and a hint of fish paste. In other words, it didn't taste like shrimp at all. Then again, I'm not sure if I would have wanted to eat something that was pervasively shrimpy. I was pleasantly surprised by the high amount of seaweed and scallions, but that couldn't make up for the fact that this stuff didn't have a particularly nice flavor that certainly didn't match what it was advertised as.
In conclusion, don't vote for President Unif-100! Well, maybe the other flavors are good, I don't know...
President Unif-100 - Furong Shrimp Flavor Noodles - 3.0/10
Sunday, April 16, 2006
President Unif-100 - Furong Shrimp Flavor Noodles
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Man, these are one of my favourite noodles. Prolly chockful of MSG but I lurvvv the flavour.
I recently tried the President/Unif spicy beef flavor bowl noodles. I was expecting the "zap" I get from a Shin Bowl or Yeul Ramen (which is my favorite but I haven't been able to find it here, yet), but this was a bit disappointing. There was some spice to it, but the taste was a bit odd. At least the noodles themselves were OK. I think from now on I'm sticking to Nong Shim, Ottogi, and Sapporo Ichiban.
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