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Nissin Cup Noodle flavours become Umaibo snacks, and we try every one of them

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2021
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This sought-after limited-edition series is so rare it can’t be purchased in stores.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • review • snacks • SNJO • taste test • umaibo)

How to make a shaved ice dessert out of instant noodles

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2021

Spoiler alert: We won’t be making this ever again. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking hack • easy recipe • food • hacks • instant noodles • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • kakigori • Nissin • Nissin Donbei • Noodles • ramen • recipe • Seiji Nakazawa • shaved ice • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • SoraKitchen • udon)

The 10 best spicy foods for 2021 as chosen by our Tokyo writer

• Master Blaster
  Aug 19, 2021

Start pouring the milk, because it’s heating up in Japan.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cup noodles • curry • food • instant noodles • ramen • ranking • restaurants • spicy food)

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.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • cute • foxes • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • weird)

We try a Tokyo luxury hotel’s fancy Cup Noodle buffet items, eat best curry noodles of our lives

• Dale Roll
  Jul 14, 2021

If you’ve ever wondered what fancy dishes with instant noodles would look like, look no further than the Keio Plaza Hotel!

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• Japan
• (buffet • COK • Cup Noodle • food • hotels • instant noodles • keio plaza hotel • Luxury • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • travel • weird)

Cup Noodle instant ramen topping ice cream is on sale now, Nissin reminds/threatens us

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2021

Makers promise it’ll “send an error message to your brain.”

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• Japan
• (crazy • Cup Noodle • Cup Noodle Museum • food • ice cream • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • sweets • weird)

How to make yoghurt ramen with instant noodles

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2021

Top Japanese ramen brand shares a simple recipe that’s delicious and perfect for summer. 

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• Japan
• (Bulgaria • cooking • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • recipe • recipes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Tarator • weird • yoghurt • yogurt)

Cup Noodle upgrades its Mystery Meat with new Lemon Karaage flavor

• Dale Roll
  Jun 28, 2021

The newest kind of Cup Noodle is here…with the newest kind of Mystery Meat!

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• Japan
• (Cup Noodle • instant noodles • karaage • mystery meat • new flavor • ramen)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Moko Tanmen Nakamoto deliciously spicy miso【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  May 22, 2021

We send our reporter to perform the most thorough test of a cup ramen’s quality we can manage.

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• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Moko Tanmen Nakamoto • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

This amazing bowl of meaty ramen? Made entirely with Japanese convenience store stuff

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2021

Ramen expert shows us the most luxurious way to drop 1,000 yen at 7-Eleven.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience stores • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro)

The top 10 most popular instant noodle brands at the start of 2021

• Dale Roll
  Apr 14, 2021

Which brands and flavors are the best-selling in Japan right now? Let’s find out!

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• Japan
• (Cup Noodle • cup noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • soba • Toyo Suisan • udon • yakisoba)

Looking for a more accessible “Ramen Broth Hardening Powder”? Look no further!

• Dale Roll
  Apr 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a good way to dispose of your leftover over ramen broth, but can’t get Cup Noodle’s powder, try this.

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• Japan
• (cool • cup noodles • eco-friendly • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • ramen • science • SNJO • spill absorber • superabsorbent polymers)

Diet-friendly Cup Noodle Pro is here, but does it taste as good as the original version?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2021

We taste-test the new high-protein, low-carb version of the instant ramen king.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • diet • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

We try out Nissin’s new Cup Noodle Broth Hardening Powder to see if it really works

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2021

Our reporter experiments…and learns the importance of not throwing your ramen broth down the sink. 

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• Japan
• (chemistry • cool • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • science)

New Noodles and Broth Only cup ramen – Saddest meal ever, or proof that less is more?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2021

New instant noodles don’t even bother trying to replicate restaurant toppings.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Amazing new powder turns ramen broth from a liquid back into a solid, but why?【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2021

Leftover Cup Noodle Broth Hardening Powder is Nissin’s latest innovation.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cup noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video • weird)

Cup Noodle Pro is Nissin’s latest way to up its instant ramen game

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2021

Taking some of the guilt out of the guilty pleasure.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen)

Our Japanese reporter eats instant ramen from a bag for (almost) the first time in his life

• Dale Roll
  Mar 24, 2021

One little bag of ramen could be enough to change his life forever.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Umakacchan)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Ippudo spicy miso tonkotsu battle【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2021

Can the 7-Eleven version match the majesty of the Hakata original?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Ippudo • Miso • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu)

Ichiran ramen vs. Ichiran instant ramen: The ultimate taste test right outside the store

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2021

Running out of the ramen restaurant to eat its instant version seconds afterwards on the street is the kind of reporting you won’t get anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • delicious • food • food review • Ichiran • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • new • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • stay at home • taste test)

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