Ramen Review Sites
Sep. 12th, 2008 07:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundI'd like to introduce to you two ramen-review sites. Curiously enough, both are here in Seattle. What is it with Seattle and ramen anyway??
The first is Electric Keet and her blog Cheaper Than Food. Electric Keet does very entertaining and informative reviews of the good, the bad, and the scary.
Example, from her review of my now second-favourite. Mi Sedaap Mi Goreng:
"Now, taking a close look at the front of the packet, I notice several things. First, the only English on it is an ersatz stamp reading "Export Quality". I'm not sure how to feel about this. Would I want to eat anything while in Malaysia what wasn't export quality? Then again, I frequently eat stuff in the U.S. that I wouldn't inflict on anyone from other countries, so it's fair. Also, it's halal, which doesn't matter to me but might be good to know for all sorts of folks. (See? I didn't make any jokes at that. I may be an American, but I'm not an idiot.) Next, there's a picture of an onion with some words I can't read and a "5x" identifier. These onions have a score multiplier of five. This ramen is likely to level me up MMORPG-style, and I wonder what attack I'll get next. (Okay, now I'm an idiot.) Finally, I see that the packet is three months past its "expiration date". Bah. Those are always highly conservative estimates anyhow. I fear nothing. (Idiot-o-meter needle is pegged.)"
The second is NoodleSon, the Art of Instant Noodles. NoodleSon is a bit more serious than Cheaper Than Food, but still fun.
Example is from his review of IndoMie Mi Goreng:
"It’s seasoned with an Indonesian sweet soy sauce and a spiced garlic flavored oil with a note of sesame oil. Properly prepared and hot, it has a rather rich sweet spiced soy taste with slightly nutty note and an almost buttery feel in the mouth.
Now that I have tried it, it needs a bit of explanation as to why it has such a legendary status in Indonesia. It got there because peoples remembered it, a simple comfort food at a time of needs. It’s like how ramen became a national heritage to the Japaneses because it too served a great need in a formative period. People adapted to it and while there has been great changes, there’s always a nostalgic longing to reclaim our pasts."
The first is Electric Keet and her blog Cheaper Than Food. Electric Keet does very entertaining and informative reviews of the good, the bad, and the scary.
Example, from her review of my now second-favourite. Mi Sedaap Mi Goreng:
"Now, taking a close look at the front of the packet, I notice several things. First, the only English on it is an ersatz stamp reading "Export Quality". I'm not sure how to feel about this. Would I want to eat anything while in Malaysia what wasn't export quality? Then again, I frequently eat stuff in the U.S. that I wouldn't inflict on anyone from other countries, so it's fair. Also, it's halal, which doesn't matter to me but might be good to know for all sorts of folks. (See? I didn't make any jokes at that. I may be an American, but I'm not an idiot.) Next, there's a picture of an onion with some words I can't read and a "5x" identifier. These onions have a score multiplier of five. This ramen is likely to level me up MMORPG-style, and I wonder what attack I'll get next. (Okay, now I'm an idiot.) Finally, I see that the packet is three months past its "expiration date". Bah. Those are always highly conservative estimates anyhow. I fear nothing. (Idiot-o-meter needle is pegged.)"
The second is NoodleSon, the Art of Instant Noodles. NoodleSon is a bit more serious than Cheaper Than Food, but still fun.
Example is from his review of IndoMie Mi Goreng:
"It’s seasoned with an Indonesian sweet soy sauce and a spiced garlic flavored oil with a note of sesame oil. Properly prepared and hot, it has a rather rich sweet spiced soy taste with slightly nutty note and an almost buttery feel in the mouth.
Now that I have tried it, it needs a bit of explanation as to why it has such a legendary status in Indonesia. It got there because peoples remembered it, a simple comfort food at a time of needs. It’s like how ramen became a national heritage to the Japaneses because it too served a great need in a formative period. People adapted to it and while there has been great changes, there’s always a nostalgic longing to reclaim our pasts."
