What happens if you take away all flavorings from a broth except for Monosodium Glutamate? You slap the "Oriental Flavor" label on it and watch as the profits roll in! Although I'm not sure how high Maruchan's profit margins can be since these packs are on sale for 12 cents at Ralph's.
The broth in these noodles tastes surprisingly good. There really is no flavor here aside from umami, but umami is delicious. Still, I decided to add some Sriracha sauce since the flavor was still quite simple and needed a little more complexity.
This pack of noodles is about as basic as you can get. The noodles are pretty low quality and the broth consists of just MSG flavored soup. It doesn't taste bad at all, but it just doesn't have the complexity and flavor that I usually prefer out of my instant noodles. Still, you can't ask for much more than this for only 12 cents.
Maruchan Ramen - Oriental Flavor - 3.5/10
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Maruchan Ramen - Oriental Flavor
Posted by Alvin at 1:15 PM
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Oriental is miso.
from wikipedia:
Miso (みそ or 味噌) is a traditional Japanese food produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans, with salt and the fungus kōjikin (麹菌) The typical result is a thick paste used for sauces and spreads, pickling vegetables or meats, and mixing with dashi soup stock to serve as miso soup called Misoshiru (味噌汁)
Oriental is miso!? Really???
I had Oriental flavor few days ago and I thought it tasted like "Shoyu" to me...Shoyu is Soy sauce in Japanese by the way. I lived in Japan for over 20years and now I'm in the US. So, I am pretty sure it was Soy sauce taste. I looked for Maruchan's webpage but I could not find what Oriental taste is. I hope someone can tell me what Oriental flavor really is. =(
It's absolutely shoyu ramen. It has more of a soy sauce taste than just an MSG one, and it doesn't taste at all like miso, nor does it have the look of miso in the broth.
Hmmm...I usually like the Oriental flavor best, especially with the Maruchan brand. I get so tired of "chicken" this and "chicken" that.
This is under your "vegitarian" section, when really it has beef products in it. I was very sad to find that out after eating them for a year while still calling myself a vegitarian lol.
I'm eating some Miso Ramen right now and it tastes just like Oriental (Miso Ramen doesn't look anything like miso soup by the way).
To me, Shoyu tastes more like Beef Ramen (and Shio is definitely Chicken.)
Does anyone know if they make the oriental flavor anymore? I can't find them in any stores
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