Cup Noodle

Let's talk fine food and gastronomy for a bit.

I'm lucky enough to live with a "Japanese 5 stars chef", let me explain.

My girlfriend (soon to be wife^^) is an AWESOME cook! and I always enjoy, whatever she makes, like there is no tomorrow.

That being said, I can now talk about the "other kind" of food that I have a big thing for... CUP NOODLES (the awesome one produced by the Japanese company NISSIN)!!

Depend on where you live around the globe there is specific flavors to different areas. Here in Japan the full line up count up to 14 different taste (so far, apparently there is going to be 3 new flavor to come out with the next few months), the 3 most common that you can find in any super markets or convenience stores are, Plain (Soy sauce with pork & shrimp), Seafood and Curry, then depends to what store you go and to what they have in stock you might find: 

Chili Tomato

European Cheese Curry

Kimchi

Salt and Olive Oil (which I ate today for the first time and was surprisingly delicious...)

Miso

Creamy Chicken

Hot Caribbean Seafood

Bacon Soy Sauce

Cream Sauce

Brazilian Chicken

Fried Rice

They use to make one called "Milk" and "Mild Seafood" that were quite good but I haven't seen those around for some times, I wonder if they stopped the production or if it was for a limited time only.

I also found that the 3 main flavors (plain, seafood and curry) have been released in a "light" version, with half the calories but equal taste (so they say...), I got one today, haven't eaten it yet but I'll for sure drop a few lines about it once I get down to it.

This year (2011) is the 40th anniversary of the brand, so NISSIN organized the "40th anniversary CUP NOODLE EXPO" her in japan, one was held in Osaka and the other one in Yokohama (near Tokyo). For the occasion they gave away some collectible items and invited the public to participate to a few games "noodle related".

If I find or hear anything about those 3 new flavors, supposedly coming out, I'll surely post it here.