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Japan has convenience store fried chicken-flavor instant ramen, but does it taste like it says it does?
- Casey Baseel
5 days ago - Tweet
We taste-test Family Mart’s new Famichiki cup ramen, which contains no Famichiki.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • cup ramen • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese convenience stores • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
Is Japan’s Crab-shaped Cup Ramen Timer worth the hype?
- Oona McGee
Mar 9, 2026
This crustacean does more than just keep time on your three-minute instant noodles.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crab • cup noodles • cup ramen • cute • funny • gift • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • timer • weird)
Eating Japan’s highest-priced Cup Noodle at Japan’s highest place【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2025
So very, very takai.
- Japan
- (COK • cup noodles • cup ramen • food • Go Hatori • hiking • Instant Ramen • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • ramen • SNJO)
Japan’s award-winning crab gadget saves you from soggy noodles
- Elliot Hale
Sep 12, 2025
This new kitchen helper has claws, a growling stomach, and some serious charm.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crab • cup noodles • cup ramen • funny • gift • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • timer • Tokyo International Gift Show • weird)
Kansai-exclusive takoyaki Cup Noodle lives up to half of the expectations its name produces
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2024
Thankfully it’s the most important half.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Kansai • Nissin • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • weird)
“The most Delicious Cup Noodle in history” – Japan’s French Cup Noodle wins our heart【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Jul 22, 2024
Viva la Cup Noodle?
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
Cup Noodle Mystery Meat is now sold in boxes, so we do what any ramen lover would do with them
- Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2024
Join us as we come face-to-face with enough Mystery Meat to fill 47 Cup Noodles.
- Japan
- (crazy • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Whole boxes of Mystery Meat going on sale in Japan, Cup Noodle fans rejoice
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2024
One box contains 47 Cup Noodles’ worth of Mystery Meat!
- Japan
- (crazy • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • weird)
New 55-second cup ramen makes instant noodles more instant
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2023
Advancements in the instant ramen world makes eating them even easier.
- Japan
- (cup noodles • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test)
We sample the Super Cup 1.5 times x Yoasobi collaboration cup ramen that’s now on sale
- Krista Rogers
Jun 25, 2023
One of the hottest current J-pop/anisong acts takes their turn at composing cup ramen.
Ramen-flavored popcorn? This might be the only snack food we’ll ever need from now on
- Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2023
Two types of ramen popcorn are on their way to stores/stomachs in Japan.
- Japan
- (Ace Cook • COK • cup ramen • food • Instant Ramen • popcorn • ramen • snacks • super cup • tonkotsu)
To celebrate 7-Eleven Day, here are seven 7-Eleven Japan items that need more love
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2022
And because it’s a Japanese convenience store, our list has everything from desserts to fish.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • cup ramen • fish • food • Instant Ramen • ramen • SNJO • sweets)
How does the 100-yen “Scoon” match up against the celebrated 2,000-yen Sugakiya Ramen Fork?
- Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2022
High-performance spork action.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • cup ramen • Daiso • haruka takagi • instant noodles • ramen • Scoon • spork • Sugakiya)
Cup Noodle’s Super Combined flavors become super-awesome combined robots made from the cups【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2021
Empty instant ramen cups, gattai!
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • cup ramen • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • Super Combined Cup Noodle)
Cup Noodle now has cute cats and judgmental foxes waiting underneath its lids【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2021
Instant ramen providing instant smiles from adorably weird designs.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • cute • foxes • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • weird)
Japanese basketball star Rui Hachimura joins with Nissin to make his own Cup Noodle ramen
- Katy Kelly
Jul 1, 2021
Hachimura said “I want you to make a product for me” and Nissin was happy to oblige.
- Japan
- (basketball • collaboration • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • Himi • Noodles • ramen • Rui Hachimura • sports • Toyama Prefecture)
Cup Noodle aims to save 33 tons of plastic waste annually with one small change
- Shannon
Jun 5, 2021
The effect of this small change really shows Nissin’s reach around the world.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • cup ramen • Do It Now • eco-friendly • Nissin • Nissin Cup Noodle • sustainability)
New Cup Noodles “The Fork” is perfect for getting those tiny bits at the bottom of your cup
- Dale Roll
Nov 4, 2019
Never waste any more noodles or toppings!
- Japan
- (cool • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • eating utensils • fork • instant noodles)
New “Maple Smoked Bacon” Cup Noodle mixes Japanese noodles with “American” indulgence
- Katy Kelly
Dec 14, 2018
Nissin Cup Noodle takes some inspiration from maple bacon and turns it into a tasty noodle experience.
- Japan
- (American culture • cup ramen • food • maple bacon • maple syrup • Nissin)
We venture out of our comfort zone with fried chicken and hamburger-flavored instant noodles
- Koh Ruide
Oct 18, 2018
Will the world’s most famous fast foods pair well with cup ramen?
- Japan
- (cup ramen • fried chicken • hamburger • instant noodles • Ishii Yota • odd)
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