A Review: Nissin BIG Cup Noodle - Curry. All photos taken by Natalie & Hai.
Brand: Nissin
Flavour: Japanese Curry (non-spicy); includes dried pork
Origin: Japan
Size: 120g / 390ml (BIG serving)
Cooking Time: 3 minutes and cooked with boiling water
First Thoughts: In Japan, we stumbled into a 7/11 convenient store and found this BIG version of the cup noodle. We guess it's about 1.5x bigger than a standard cup noodle. The first ever Cup Noodles were invented in 1971 by Nissin, so this is good introduction to Cup Noodle if its your first time.
Nat's favourite food is Japanese Curry with rice so this is one of the first noodle cups we picked up.
Seasonings: As soon as you unwrap the plastic, the smell of curry is very fragrant. The powder sits on top and included generous portions of dehydrated potato; dried pork and carrots. The potato softens up and eventually soaks up the flavour. Pork pieces texture was soft but were slightly chalky.
Noodles: We cooked the noodles for the recommended 3 minutes. I'm personally sceptical with noodles turning out well because I prefer to cook my noodles over the stove. But with the 3 minutes, they were perfect! The shape is thick and flat. As you eat them, the noodles turn yellow as it soaks up the soup. It has a nice texture and isn't soggy so its satisfying to eat.
Flavour: Soup had a subtle sweet flavour of Japanese curry and was not over-powering. We would prefer it to be seasoned more. The soup thickens up as you eat because the dried potato starts to break down. The soup leaves yellow stains on your lips, so check the mirror after you finish =]
Conclusion: We thought: "If we had instant noodles like this all the time, we would be so spoiled" (Japan cup noodles are very well made). The iconic cup design catches your attention when you're in the store and the presentation of the toppings reminded us of visiting the Nissin Noodle Museum. When you create your own cup, the attendant places the toppings very neatly to make it very presentable.
Overall, this cup noodle was delicious and has a subtle curry flavoured soup that would suit alot of people's taste. The noodles are a great texture and very well made, and was fun to scoop up the toppings with every bite. The only small downside is the eventual chalkiness of the potatoes and dried pork starts to become distracting. Eat it quickly before the toppings become soggy~!
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