ramen, noodles....stuff

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: Pocky sticks Post Rating: 0

1st, my digital camera is crap....so dont hold it against me....please Smile

Glico Pocky - Chocolate covered biscuit sticks

Comes in a red box with 2 individually wrapped servings of pocky sticks. Each wrapped serving contains about 22 pocky sticks. These things are good!! The sticks look like bamboo and the chocolate is more dark than it is milk. Originally I thought the sticks would be like graham crackers, but they are more like a tea biscuit. The nice thing about the pocky is that the ends of each stick dont have any chocolate so it's easy to keep your hands from getting messy. They remind me of punk sticks to keep away bugs...or even incense sticks. I liked them alot Smile

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: Kimchi Noodles Post Rating: 0

Nong Shim Big Bowl Noodle - Kimchi Flavor

Very easy prep. Just add boiling water and 2 soup base packets. One of them is a kimchi brick...it looks like a big red crouton.
This is Quite tasty...a nice full flavor at first followed by a growing spicy aftertaste. Burns the lips, but tastes very good. I'd say it was the taste of garlic followed by pepper...very interesting.
Chives, mushrooms, seaweed, red pepper, and noodles along with the kimchi soup base. Not alot of different ingrediants, but they give you alot of them...especially the chives which I really liked. It goes together very well. I dont like spicy food, but I will definately try this again.

I'd have a picture of the steaming hot noodles.....but I was in such a hurry to eat it I couldnt wait for my camera to charge. sorry!

More to come....when I get hungry again anyway Big Smile

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

RAMUNE! i miss that stuff its so sugary--is that even a word?

me and my friends used to drink that stuff. But, yeah it isn't that great, but fun! I remember i was sitting on the couch popped it open and it fizzed everywhere. I don't like it how it doesn't really have a bottle cap to clothes it, so you kind of have to drink it right away. And ohh i love pocky! comes in so many different flavours. White chocolate is pretty good...and so much cheaper in Japan though.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

White chocolate pocky??? wow....I must have really been living under a rock for far too long. That sounds even better than the chocolate pocky!! I've got to have them now too Smile

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I came across this topic a few days ago and it occurred to me to ask if anyone has ever eaten these noodles: I ordered them from koamart.com because, I, too come from the horse and buggy part of Pennsylvania where we eat scrapple and hot bacon dressing and think it's delicious (actually, I've never had hot bacon dressing, but I've seen it). Anyway, they're basically "fresh" Korean spicy udon. I absolutely love them because they're filling, the broth is good, and they make my nose run (I like spicy)! Anyway, if anyone has heard of these or seen them in an actual store, let me know. I don't mind paying the shipping for these (even though it's extraordinary), but I'm afraid that koamart will stop stocking them and I'll never be able to find them again. I think these come in several flavors, but I've only tried the spicy variety.

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Those Korean noodles are really good! For my personal taste, I like spicy!!!!!!!!!!!! Great descriptions, and great job so far.

One thing about the Pocky sticks... When I brought them home, I had to keep them in the refrigerator until shipping. It is DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN hot in Hawaii!!!! My dish of dark chocolate melted just sitting on the counter. I didn't want the Pocky sticks to stick together and become one HUGE stick! Crazy

As for white chocolate... I've always disliked white chocolate. I prefer my chocolate to be somewhat bitter, which is why I only eat dark chocolate. I normally eat Dove, or Meiji if I ever find them at the store. White chocolate to me is just too sweet, and it doesn't really taste like chocolate.

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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Mmmm.... yum yum. Ramen is the best when you're really hungry & have no food in the fridge. I always have a box full of different kinds. I used to live in Philly, too bad you don't stay around there cause there's many for the picking. Pocky is awesome! I just tried out green tea flavor, they have a ton of different kinds.

You might want to try out http://www.jlist.com
They have food, candy, figures, unique products to Japan & so on. The owner lives in Japan so you can find some really different things there.

Hope this helps out a lil!

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hahah Ramune.
Fun to open, though I don't like the taste.
hahaha I don't really like carbonated water tasting things... no matter how sweet.
Had fun with the bottle though.
When I had my first one the guy selling it had to do sooo many demonstrations on how to open it :]]
hahah.
I'm an old fasioned "cola" girl :]] <3

I also love Ramen, live off the stuff.
Phoenix is a big city.
Ramen is cheap, so everyone eats it... well not everyone, but all my friends...
not as much as me but they eat it.
hahah.
I'm kinda a ramen dependent person, we eat it because it cost too much to cook anything else [energy wise]

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:54 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Just don't eat too much ramen. I'm not sure about authentic Japanese ramen, but these instant ramen/noodle soups are FULL of sodium. That's probably what makes them taste so good.

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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yummmm readng this thred made me SO hungry..i think ill go eat some ramen lol

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hmm, ramen, ramen, ramen....makes me hungry for ramen....don't have ramen at the moment....got to go buy some of those spicy one Laugh

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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i live in ny and we have crappy ramen. its not crappy, its just not up to snuff to be honest. i get my noodle fix at big wong with chinese noodles, but i just really really need to find a good ramen place. sigh....

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'll have to check for those brands at 99 Ranch Market next time I go. The kimchi flavor noodle bowl sounds good.