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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2013
I'm a vegetarian and I used to buy the prepackaged vegetable ramen soups in those buy 12 for $1.00 deals while i was in college (well, maybe not that low, but I do recall $0.13/pkg on one sale day. The downside to them is they had too much stuff that I rather not ingest anymore.
"Chuka Soba" noodles are the real deal Ramen Noodles. They are just noodles. 1 bag can of these make 4 bowls of noodle soup with just broth or you can use any base that you want and throw anything you like into them.
One word of caution is, they aren't good for leftovers. Those noodles never stop sponging up the broth. So only make what you need. I put a 1/4 to a 1/3 of the noodles in a single package in a 2 quart pot of boiling water and they are done within about 3 minutes. I put the vegetarian-based bullion of my choice into water using a pyrex measuring cup and nuke it in the microwave till the water boils. Drain the noodles in a sieve and then flop the noodles and pour the broth into your soup bowl and you're done. Ramen soup is my fave when I have a cold or my IBS is flaring up (i.e., unlike it's processed counterpart, it's easy on the digestion).
These were hard to find, but part of that was my fault. I used to get them at the local grocery store and now no one carries them. Then, thanks to Google, I learned that another name, or rather the common name, for ramen noodles is Chuka or Chuka Soba and the picture for this item clearly depicts what we otherwise know here in the U.S. as ramen noodles.
"Chuka Soba" noodles are the real deal Ramen Noodles. They are just noodles. 1 bag can of these make 4 bowls of noodle soup with just broth or you can use any base that you want and throw anything you like into them.
One word of caution is, they aren't good for leftovers. Those noodles never stop sponging up the broth. So only make what you need. I put a 1/4 to a 1/3 of the noodles in a single package in a 2 quart pot of boiling water and they are done within about 3 minutes. I put the vegetarian-based bullion of my choice into water using a pyrex measuring cup and nuke it in the microwave till the water boils. Drain the noodles in a sieve and then flop the noodles and pour the broth into your soup bowl and you're done. Ramen soup is my fave when I have a cold or my IBS is flaring up (i.e., unlike it's processed counterpart, it's easy on the digestion).
These were hard to find, but part of that was my fault. I used to get them at the local grocery store and now no one carries them. Then, thanks to Google, I learned that another name, or rather the common name, for ramen noodles is Chuka or Chuka Soba and the picture for this item clearly depicts what we otherwise know here in the U.S. as ramen noodles.
