Cup noodle Seafood - it's my favorite Japanese foods.
This "Cup Noodle" is very popular in Japan. It's a long-time top seller that I see since I was a kid.... It still stays strongly popular in the very competitive Japanese food market - you can see it even here - US. I don't see this much here, but it's so expensive if I saw that here ($4 or so) ... ;(
It's soooo Japanese that has a "SEAFOOD" flavor for an instant noodle???? I do think so ;) They also have more flavors - the original (it's kinda bland), curry etc. I like this seafood and curry ones.
I'm not a type of girl who loves instant foods. But this "Cup Noodle Seafood" is my favorite Japanese food ;) All you need to do is to pour hot water and to wait for 3 minutes. Tasty ramen is ready to eat with minimal time and efforts. The Japanese don't cut the corner - even for the instant noodle. The soup has a great depth in flavors. Don't underestimate it just because it's just an instant noodle. THERE'S NO SUCH A THING FOR THE JAPANESE: they do pay a great attention to details even on foods that cost even only a dollar or so. The soup tastes great!!! The quality of noodle is whatever to be honest with you ;p
Another thing. This product shows a few ingenuity that you see often on Japanese products. The Japanese food manufactures pay attention to the package. Easy instructions with pictures, easy materials for packaging to cut it open easily etc. They do make everything idiot proof:
- The instructions are pretty easy to understand
- There's a line on the lid (it's about 1/3 of the lid) to show you how much you should peel the lid so that you can seal the cup easily for 3 minutes.
- Little pinch on the plastic sealing to cover the product so that people can grab and open up the plastic easily.
- There's a sticker at the bottom to close the lid after you pour hot water.
Instant noodles here are kind of like these: beef, chicken, shrimp etc... Nothing creative. Maybe so because people here do like so - bland flavors. But oh boy, the Japanese are super picky eaters. They do enjoy good flavors - even on a cheap ass cup noodle. The efforts for the Japanese food manufactures are incredible and never ending - they have to improve it constantly to meet their customers' needs. The Japanese get bored so easily.... It has to taste great. If they liked it, they would stick to it... Long-seller is pretty strong because of the reasons.
I don't eat an instant noodle much, but I do like cup noodle seafood a lot. Sounds weird - seafood????
Trust me - it's pretty yummy. That's why this is my favorite Japanese food ;p
