I am not The OOP, OOP is u/pyrpaul on Reddit
Originally posted to r/CasualIreland
Original Jan 5, 2023
So I've been seeing a lot of new brands on the shelves as late. One brand was called apollo, the other samyang, I think.
Has anyone tried? Any use? Is there even a difference from Koka, or is ramen just ramen?
(I will also fight anyone that says instant noodles don't deserve a foodie tag.)
RELEVANT COMMENTS
No-Ladder7811
Samyang kimchi ramen noodles from the Asian store are my go to. Now they blow the arse of you but well worth it. If too spicy instead of water, use some milk, to make a creamier broth to tone it down a bit.
Cabhert5
They aren't all the same at all, according to my kid who'll only eat Shin Ramen (Nongshim) from the asian stores. Believe me, the kid's a connoisseur
dreamcomenull
Samyang is great. But be careful - they have some extra spicy noodles. And by extra I mean the most spicy noodles in the world. No jokes
azlolazlo
Why would you abandon koka for some new whore?
leosp633fc
Dude, koka is boring. Go to an Asian shop and be adventurous!
Update Jan 13, 2023
So I managed to pick up a pot of Samyang 2x spicy hot chicken flavor, and I have been happily storing it away until this evening when I planned to finally tuck in.
I found the instructions very clear and easy to follow. I found the bowl design of the packaging fantastically efficient. I fried some bacon and mushrooms to add to the noodles and can clearly see how ramen so quickly became a staple food in Eastern climes.
What I did not expect was the life altering revelation that Samyang would bring to me. A moment of such clarity of spirit and placement within the wide universe that I felt as if I was looking at myself from without.
In this moment of catharsis I discovered that there are two types of bucket-lists.
One is the normal super fun lists of things you want to do in the life.
The other is a not so fun list of things you never want to learn about yourself.
Today I learned I am a bitch. But not just any type of bitch.
Have you ever met one of those absolute chodes that goes around saying stuff like, "I love spicy food," - "Nothing is too hot for me." - "If I could bottle hellfire I'd sprinkle it on my chips." And then folds like a cheap trick at the first sing of heat.
Today, laddies and djents, I am that chode.
Here and now I swear blind that I'll never again attest that I eat hot all the time. Or that I love jalapenos. Or that I put chili flakes on everything.
I am a heat-bitch, and I see that now. Samyang 2x spicy scorched my soul from my lean flanks, twisted me once around the sun, and sat me back down, blistered and burned, to revel at the scope of my folly.
There is no god, only heat. Yet still I pray that my lips will cease to hurt.
Pray for me if you can.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
SteveK27982
Best of luck with it the other end!
urpleWomat
I'll wait for the update before I try them.
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