Koyo Asian Vegetable Ramen, 2.1-Ounce Packages (Pack of 12)

I purchase this ramen because i have food allergies. It also contains much healthier ingredients than the cheaper ramens on the market. I really like the flavor of the seasoning used in this flavor. The noodles cook well, and the textures are perfect. It makes an excellent meal on its own and can easily be jazzed up with veggies, spices or meats. If youre considering purchasing it i would say go for it!

Ramen has always been a guilty comfort food for me, because of the MSG and fat. So I am so glad I discovered these noodles! You can definitely tell the difference in flavor without the chemical flavor enhancers but I doctor my ramen up so in the end it doesn't matter. Here is how I make mine: 3 or 4 brown (or you could use white) mushrooms diced small 1/4 cup chopped red or brown onion 1 cup bock choy chopped splash of soy sauce lots of siracha flavor pack from Ramen package fyi I don't actually measure, I just kinda do it by eye and I don't think it matters if these amounts are exact I cook all of these together, then add the ramen, then throw in an egg and let it hardboil in the broth, and voila. DO NOT OVERCOOK (like for more than 15 minutes) or noodles will by kinda gross. I do think you need to add something to this ramen otherwise it is a tad bland. Bottom line if you are willing to work with these they are delicious and especially nice if you have a cold or an upset stomach. Enjoy!

I had my first ramen noodles when I was about 12. A family from down south moved close by and I became friends with their son. One night I had dinner with them and unknowingly was eating ramen noodles (we called them worms). They were the super cheap kind you'd find in most American stores. That night was also the first (and only) time I'd eaten ribs, which was a traumatic experience (I hated bones in my food). I didn't really eat ramen much until late high school and college years after that. I still only knew this as worm noodles until I started buying my own food. That's when I learned what ramen really was. I really enjoyed the stuff Campbell's or whoever had with the line of baked ramen. I ate that stuff like crazy. Today, I'm a vegetarian so much of the ramen in stores is not for me. I used to buy the mushroom kind just for the noodles and instead of using the sodium packet I'd put a little butter and dash of salt and pepper. But I haven't really done that since the baked ramen was discontinued. The other day I decided to search Amazon for vegetarian ramen and discovered this stuff from Koyo. I wasn't familiar with the company but the reviews were decent. I especially liked the part of being vegetarian friendly. So I bought a case and was eager for its arrival. The first thing I noticed was the nutritional label. There was only 193 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 0.5 gram saturated fat in a brick of noodles. I was surprised because I was expecting something like 6 to 8 grams of fat like the stuff on most supermarket shelves. I also noticed it said it was a product of China but then realize I was eating ramen after all. That's like not buying Mandarin orange because they're from China. I had my first bowl of it which I used half of a packet of flavoring with. It was very good and I was happy. I've since been altering between the half of a seasoning packet (which is loaded with sodium just like the cheap ramen) or the butter/salt/pepper mix. I prefer the latter but the former is no doubt good too. I wasn't half way through that first box of Koyo ramen before I had three more cases on the way. Now my cabinets are stocked full of Koyo ramen. EDIT: It's been about a year since I've ordered these last. I came back to get some more and found the price was nearly double what I used to pay. A 12 pack of these should run right around the fifteen dollar mark. These are currently being sold for twenty-five dollars and no Amazon Prime shipping. I noticed a few other flavors were available with Prime shipping at a reasonable price still. I wonder when Amazon's stock clears of those flavors if they too will be left with third party sellers and their higher prices. That's disappointing.

These are some of my favorite instant noodles. I originally bought them because they were all-natural, and I was not disappointed. I found the flavor to be just right for me (I prefer flavors on the lighter side, however, so it may be bland to some) and the portion just right for an after-dinner snack. The noodles were nice and chewy, and the flavor again was pretty good. But I think the main way this ramen stands out is how it is made from completely natural ingredients.

I love noodles and love ramen in particular. What I don't love is the fact that regular ramen has noodles typically deep fried in simply awful oil. Yeah they taste great, but you are killing yourself with the ingredients. I don't particularly care about the nutritional value as I generally eat healthy food and sometimes I just need to have noodles. This noodle soup taste pretty good. I have 2 complaints that I expected to have: 1. The noodles themselves are very plain, 2. The flavoring is somewhat bland. Well, #1 is a given since the noodles are simply dried with no fat. To fix #2, I used some leftover flavoring from our favorite raw noodle package. In the end I like what I'm eating right now even though it's not quite as tasty as the bad ramen.

These little guys are a perfect meal by themselves. Buuuut what about adding a little tofu or peas? Boom, gloriously extravagant meal. Want to feel like a chef? Leave the sauce packet out, boil the noodles then drain most of the water, add some soy sauce, sesame oil, chili oil, plus tofu, peppers, and onions that you sautéed while waiting for the water to boil. BOOM! Feeling under the weather? Use that sauce packet you left out earlier and make yourself some broth. DONE!