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Cup Noodle maker now offering instant Mystery Eel meals
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2024 - Tweet
Nissin’s Mystery Unagi isn’t quite like its Mystery Meat, though.
- Japan
- (Cup Meshi • Cup Noodle • eel • food • instant food • mystery meat • Nissin • plant-based food • unagi)
Cup Noodles Campfire S’mores puts a weird new twist on instant ramen
- Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2024
New limited-edition flavour billed as the “campiest” yet.
- Japan, USA
- (awesome • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • s'mores • S'mores ramen • Walmart • weird)
Poisonous blowfish instant ramen on the way from Cup Noodle’s Nissin
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2024
Fugu flavor at a price that won’t hurt your budget.
- Japan
- (blowfish • food • fugu • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • Raoh)
Cup Noodle maker’s super-easy recipe turns instant noodles into quick okonomiyaki【Recipe】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2024
Donbei isn’t just instant udon, it’s an okonomiyaki building block.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • Donbei • food • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • okonomiyaki • recipe • SNJO • udon)
Cup Noodles Everything Bagel surprises ramen lovers around the world
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2024
New limited-edition flavour puts a weird spin on breakfast.
- Japan, USA
- (awesome • bagels • breakfast • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • Everything Bagel • Everything Bagel Cup Noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • Walmart • weird)
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)
Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2024
Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)
Fortune-telling ramen: Nissin creates clever use for instant noodle drain holes
- Oona McGee
Jan 30, 2024
The most delicious omikuji you’ve ever seen!
- Japan
- (cool • cup noodles • food • fortune • fortune-telling • Nissin • Noodles • omikuji • soba • twitter)
Wear your love for Nissin Donbei noodle bowls on your bag with these cute mini charms
- Krista Rogers
Dec 13, 2023
Udon or soba, kitsune or tempura…you can’t go wrong with any of these noodles.
- Japan
- (Bandai Namco • capsule toy • cup noodles • Donbei • food • gachapon • gashapon • Nissin • Noodles • soba • udon)
Instant-ramen coated fried chicken appears in Tokyo, instantly makes us hungry, happy【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2023
Ikekara makes its way to Japan’s capital.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • COK • cool • crazy • food • fried chicken • Instant Ramen • karaage • Momofuku Ando • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Mos Burger opens fried chicken ramen pop-up restaurant serving free food in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2023
Burger chain and Cup Noodle maker Nissin join hands for fowl ramen collaboration.
- Japan
- (chicken • chicken ramen • COK • fried chicken • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Mos Burger • Mos chicken • Nissin • Nissin Chicken Ramen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)
Can you make a good chicken ramen broth with KFC fried chicken?
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2023
We find out if KFC ramen should be a thing, and the results are surprising.
- Japan
- (broth • chicken • chicken ramen • COK • cooking • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • KFC • KFC Japan • Nissin • ramen • ramen soup • recipe • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird)
New Seafood Cup Noodle flavor actually includes a lot of pork content
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2023
Tonkotsu Seafood instant ramen is a bold new idea, but it’s one our palates might already be partially prepared for.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle Seafood Noodle • cup noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • nodles • ramen • tonkotsu ramen)
Curry while gaming – Nissin creates special mug to hold curry rice in collaboration with Capcom
- Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2023
And they’ve made a Monster Hunter Weapon Spoon for you to eat with too.
- Japan
- (Capcom • COK • curry • Curry Meshi • curry rice • food • instant curry • Monster Hunter • Nissin • video games)
Official microwaveable Cup Noodle-Use Measuring Cup is now a reality, could be yours if you act fast
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2023
After months of waiting, Nissin finally gives instant ramen fans what they’ve been asking for.
- Japan
- (clever • cooking • cool • Cup Noodle • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen)
We try the new Gaming Cup Noodle and Gaming Curry Rice from Nissin
- SoraNews24
Sep 18, 2023
Join us as we find out what caffeine-enhanced instant noodles and curry tastes like.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • curry • food • gaming • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • video games)
Cup Noodle’s new versions are more expensive with higher-quality ingredients — are they worth it?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2023
Cup Noodle ups the price and luxury of four of its most popular flavors for the Tokujo line.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tokujo Cup Noodle)
Nissin releases new Gaming Cup Noodle in Japan, with caffeine to keep you gaming all night long
- Oona McGee
Sep 5, 2023
Instant ramen company blends special ingredients to create the “strongest Buff Meshi” for gamers.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • curry • Curry Meshi • food • gamers • gaming • Gaming Cup Noodle • gaming news • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video games • yakisoba)
Pikachu-lid Cup Noodle design could be the cutest instant ramen package ever
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2023
Fingers crossed that Pikachu’s ears will be on Cup Noodle lids soon.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • cool • cup noodles • cute • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • Pikachu • Pokemon • ramen • video games)
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