Noticeable dashi taste

Rich broth Shio ramen

Brand: Family Mart

Price: 213 yen

Place of purchase: Family Mart

Rating:

This is a fairly reasonably priced cup noodle product since it's a store branded item. Sure, it's not as cheap as what you can get from supermarket store brands, but for a convenience store product I think the value for money aspect is decent. Topping-wise there are chicken-based meatballs, green onions, and bamboo shoots, and they're pretty generous with them as well. Like all cup noodle products it's quick and easy to prep -- just add your boiling water, wait about 3 minutes, and you're good to go.

If you don't like the fishy taste of dashi then I would recommend steering clear of this one as it had a noticeable dashi flavor. Keep that in mind! Also, this cup noodle product is very calorie dense, clocking in at 453 calories for the entire thing. I don't think anyone purchases a cup noodle product with the expectation that it's going to be low calorie, but for the size this felt quite high in comparison to some other brands out there. Still, they're filling and not badly priced, so I would still say they're worth trying if you don't mind the noticeable dashi taste.