Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
This year 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Nissin Cup Noodles, in commemoration of which Nissin recently reproduced the best-selling Cup Noodles in the Showa (1926-1989) and Heisei (1989-2019) eras. The products were released...
Recently when I shopped at a 7-Eleven convenience store, I found Nissin Afuri Ramen for the first time in a while lined up on the shelf in the instant noodles aisle. Afuri is the...
Since the beginning of this month (September 2021), a newly released cup of instant ramen has drawn shoppers’ attention on the shelf in convenience stores, mainly because of its red packaging and eye-catching fonts....
As you know, “Shoyu (醤油: soy sauce)”, “Miso (味噌: Japanese fermented soybean paste)”, “Shio (塩: salt)”, and “Tonkotsu (豚骨: pork bone)” are basic flavors of ramen. In Japan, these flavors of instant ramen are...
Yesterday, I picked up two types of seafood flavor instant noodles at my go-to convenience store. One is “Kaisen Butter Ramen (海鮮バターラーメン: literally Seafood Butter Ramen)” from Acecook, while the other is Nissin Cup Noodle’s...
Together with ramen, Karaage is one of the foods we (Japanese) love most, which, based on my personal opinion, is almost synonymous with Tori no Karaage (鶏の唐揚げ) or chicken Karaage. Karaage Ramen (からあげラーメン) Karaage and ramen...
A few days ago, on April 5th, 2021, Nissin started to sell Cup Noodle’s new subline, Cup Noodle Pro, and without delay, I bought the instant ramen at a 7-Eleven store for sampling. Nissin...
Cup Noodle Cheese Curry is one of my favorite instant noodles introduced by Nissin in 2000. Unlike the regular version of Nissin Cup Noodle Curry, the broth of this ramen is demi-glace-based. It has...
