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We try the new Pringles instant cup ramen and yakisoba fried noodles from Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2018 - Tweet
Which one is tastier: Sour Cream and Onion yakisoba or Jalapeño and Onion cup ramen?
- Japan
- (cup noodles • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Noodles • Pringles • ramen • taste test • yakisoba)
How to make your own Pringles-flavor instant noodles【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2018
Can’t make it to Japan/wait for the official release? Here’s how to whip up a substitute in just a few easy steps.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • instant noodles • Noodles • potato chips • Pringles • recipe • SNOJ • SoraKitchen • yakisoba)
Colorful custom Cup Noodles sold at Momofuku Noodle in Osaka with 2,145 different varieties
- Master Blaster
Oct 5, 2018
Join us as we sample Cup Noodles’ new custom-made and vegetable-themed soup shop.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Momofuku Noodle • Osaka • Umeda • vegetables)
First ever Pringles instant cup ramen noodles are coming to Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2018
Two iconic brands join forces for first-ever crossover promotion featuring both Pringles Ramen and Ramen Pringles.
- Japan
- (chips • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Pringles • ramen • super cup)
Three different types of mystery meat fill the latest Cup Noodle flavor from Nissin
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2018
Because just one type of murky meat isn’t mysterious enough anymore.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Cup Noodle • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • rament • weird)
Food fight(ers)! Japanese artist turns food samples into fantastic instant noodle samurai
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 1, 2018
These plastic warriors are trawling for a brawling, cruising for a bruising, and sampling for a trampling.
- Japan
- (art • cool • Donbei • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • samurai • soba • udon • weird)
Cup Noodle releases new Rare Species Mystery Meat flavor, and we brave it with a taste test
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2018
Regular mystery meat not mysterious enough for you? Don’t worry, because Nissin is kicking things up a notch.
- Japan
- (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • ramen • SNOJ • taste test)
Cup Noodle cancels $45 device to remove cabbage from instant noodle lids after lack of demand
- Master Blaster
Jun 5, 2018
Back to the drawing board for Nissin as Kyabebanban fails to set the world on fire.
- Japan
- (cabbage • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Kyabebanban • Nissin • Otohiko • technology • UFO • video • weird)
Regular cup noodle bowls not enough for you? Try this 2000+ calorie instant yakisoba instead!
- Dale Roll
May 31, 2018
One pound of noodles should suffice, don’t you think?
- Japan
- (big food • cup noodles • instant noodles • instant yakisoba • Peyoung • yakisoba)
Cup Noodle Championship: Which convenience store tantanmen is the most delicious?
- Dale Roll
May 25, 2018
Meg ranks four new broth-less, Szechuan-style cup noodle bowls to find out which ones will have the best taste of China.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Meg Eats Stuff • ranking • spicy • tantanmen)
Kumamoto Police sergeant reprimanded for making officers eat spicy instant noodles
- Master Blaster
Mar 26, 2018
Sergeant claims he was trying to “guide” his officers through hot noodles.
- Japan
- (instant noodles • Kumamoto • police • power harassment • spicy food)
Japan unknowingly wastes over four metric tons of vegetables a year in its instant noodles【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2018
Before you dig into your instant noodles, remember this important step that comes from caring for cats.
- Japan
- (cats • Cup Noodle • cute • ecology • food • instant noodles • instat noodles • Nissin • video)
Sexy, shirtless, heavily-armed Japanese centaur promotes ramen and sports, of course【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2018
Believe it or not, there’s actually a perfectly logical reason this manly mythical beast needs both a sword and a gun.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • crazy • Cup Noodle • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • music • Nissin • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics • video • weird)
Pour some hot water to cook up your special BOSS x Raoh “instant jumper”!
- Kay
Jan 25, 2018
If you win this unique BOSS x Nissin Raoh commemorative jumper, you’ll first need to soak it in hot water, just like instant ramen!
- Japan
- (BOSS • canned coffee • instant noodles • Nissin • Raoh)
Stars of Japan’s longest-running anime get gorgeous modern makeover in new video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2017
Cup Noodle’s continuing reimagining of classic anime has fans hungry for more.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • Bump of Chicken • cool • Cup Noodle • Hungry Days • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Sazae-san • video)
Cup Noodle pizza flavor instant ramen arrives in Japan, but can it win over our greasy hearts?
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2017
Does combining two of our favorite comfort foods work, or is it too much of a good thing?
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • pizza • ramen)
The true identity of Cup Noodle’s “mystery meat”
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2017
No longer able to suppress our curiosity, we contact Nissin and demand an answer to the pressing question.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • weird)
Can you make instant udon noodles with room-temperature water? We find out
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2017
We needed to know if the idea is worth the almost non-existent level of effort.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • disasters • Donbe • food • instant noodles • life hacks • Noodles • SNJO • udon)
Idols talk with customers as their noodles cook at new instant ramen cafe in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2017
Customers in Akihabara are happy to pay large markup on instant noodles for three minutes in paradise.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • food • Idols • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • otaku • restaurants • Tokyo)
Cup Noodle gets fancy with rich abalone and oyster stew flavor
- Jessica
Apr 18, 2017
Oh you fancy, huh?
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