The drunken noodles are worth the purchase alone!
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I purchased this book when my husband and I switched to a paleo diet.  These recipes can easily be adapted to paleo.  The drunken noodles are our absolute favorite.  They are now in the weekly rotation.
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So I just realized an important difference between this and the Nongshim Noodle Bowl hot and spicy instant ramen: Nongshim is just open, sprinkle the packet in, add water and stick in the microwave for 3 min. This product requires you to find a microwave safe container to boil water in, then you add the veggie packet (highly overrated) and the seasoning packet, pour in the boiling water and then find something to cover it well while it "cooks." What a pain in the butt if you are anywhere but your home kitchen! They're the same size, taste almost the same (generically spicy), have almost identical calories and sodium content. But Nongshim plastic bowl can be nuked while Nissin styrofoam cannot. When I buy them either in bulk or at local supermarket, they're about $1 each. So why choose the one with more work involved? Not me again.
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I giving it 4 stars only because it my first purchase of this type of ramen. I'd buy it again, the noodles are in solid straight bundles, not fryed.  The soup base is good, definately worth buying vs making it yourself.  Just add meat, pepper and veggies and you have a healthy meal.
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I can't believe no one has reviewed these yummy noodles yet! This is my all time favorite commercially available instant noodle product. HANDS DOWN. They are delicious, spicy, and satisfying. I first tried them 20 years ago when my college roommate, who is Korean-American, made them for us for a midnight cram session snack. She had brought a huge box of them to school with her not knowing if she would be able to find decent spicy ramen in a New England college town. This was back in the 90s, and now luckily they are a common item at grocery stores, and if you haven't tried them, I highly recommend it! They are addictive and totally worth buying by the case. I always take them on camping trips :) This is not your typical boring maruchan salt-n-artificial-flavor-fest. There's actual STUFF in them, little bits of dried veggies and lots of chili. Yes, they still contain MSG substitutes (Disodium guanylate, inosinate, and succinate), which I generally avoid, but Nongshim Noodles are the one food I make an exception for! They are SOOOOO good! I like to cut up some scallions, baby bok choi, and shiitake mushrooms and toss them in before cooking to add some extra nutrition. Leftover cooked chicken or beef is also a great addition, or a handful of bean sprouts, or some tofu... pretty much anything you think would be good in Asian noodle soup!
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My son has loved this kind of noodles, also known as jelly noodles, for a long time.  I recently decided to start adding it to my grocery list so he could enjoy it at home, as well as in restaurants.  And I researched and found out it is gluten free!  It is made of bean and pea starch, which contains no gluten!  So that means I can eat it, too.

The packages are very large and one makes a large serving bowl of noodles.  It is very easy to make.  Add to boiling water and boil for 5 minutes or so, until noodles are soft or our favorite: aldente (soft on the outside with a slightly firmer center).  Then drain.

I did try to cut the dry noodles or break them, so I could make a smaller batch, but I could not cut nor break them.  They were hard, yet bendable. (I think wire cutters would work. LOL)  But they are so delicious and versatile that my son and I are using up the batch quickly.

I made a big pot of coconut chicken and vegie curry and served it with the noodles.  I have always served it with a grain such as brown rice or quinoa.  The noodles were so delicious with the curry!!  They soak up the flavor like sponges!  There was enough noodles to have with two meals.

Then, we had some, for another meal, with just a few dashes of Tamari sauce, which is an aged, gluten free soy sauce, and some sliced green onions. Delicious!  And then I made homemade noodle soup like Ramen (which I can no longer eat because of the gluten and chemicals), by adding boullion and topped with a dash of toasted sesame seed oil and Mrs. Dash.  Yummy!  Next, I will make egg flower soup by bringing the broth to a boil and stirring in some egg when it begins to boil, then adding the noodles.

Ten of these come in this order, so we have a good stock of it in our pantry.<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Longkou-Vermicelli-Cellophane-Bean-Thread-Noodles-17-6-Ounce-Pack-of-10/dp/B0107O1FIY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Longkou Vermicelli Cellophane Bean Thread Noodles, 17.6 Ounce (Pack of 10)</a>
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Trust me, you'll want to buy two cases at a time if you have teenagers and young adult children living in your home. My only regrets with buying 2 cases of these is that 1) It was gone in less than a month. 2) I had all my kids friends friends over specifically to eat these amazing ramen noodles. 3) When you run out, you have to order online because you'll never look at grocery store ramen noodles the same again.
4631679
The noodles are delicious, but these are WAY overpriced.

They were literally half price only a few days ago.
2665266
I really like the noodles, I also like them more than the "regular" what noodles. They are healthy, taste good, vegan, organic, they have protein - I am happy. BUT I wish they'd be cheaper :-(
3226125
When I was very young, my Slovak Grandmother made homemade noodles. This is before everything was renamed "pasta". She would roll out the dough til it covered the dining room table, then roll it up into a long tube, then with a flash of her big knife, chop chop until it was a huge pile of noodles. We hung them everywhere like streamers til they dried to be put in soup.
This is the only product that even comes close to her "homemades". The older women in my family swear by these, as they taste "like Mama's". I can't find these on the West Coast (home of bad noodles & snooty pasta), and in only one supermarket chain in Maryland. I love being able to purchase them ONLINE, and share them with my friends out here.
Hey, Mrs Weiss, tell your kids to distribute these in California so more people can buy them!
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So here I was, trucking around the local Lion Market, always on the lookout for something I can use in a pinch or take along camping.  So many noodles have The Big Cheat (Monosodium Glutamate aka MSG aka E621 aka 'and spices') which causes me debilitating migraine headaches, so I keep away from them.  Sometimes there are noodles which are free of additional (aside natural occuring in seaweed content) but taste like warmed over damp newspaper.

I hazard a chance and pick up a few different flavors and take them home to try.  I've found the favor of GreeNoodle Yakisoba, Shiitake Mushroom & Soy Sauce, Miso and Tom Yum to be highly satisfactory, even delicious.  Far superior to the other MSG-free offerings. Usually I'll add some green peas, asparagus and a slice of onion, or when camping a drained can of mixed vegetables, to stretch out a dinner.

GreeNoodle have become standard fare in my camp kitchen and I hope they continue to offer these fine noodles for years to come.
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This was definitely a treat for me at roughly $1.50 per Devil Dog (though when you consider a candy bar is now $1.19 in my area....).  I was raised in NJ and haven't had these for about 14 years (since a co-worker visited her parents in NY and brought me back a box).  They're still tasty and it was nice revisiting my youth, but I doubt I'll buy them again.  This was the best price I saw on Amazon (or ebay) so I know I got a good deal, but they were 1.64 oz. each, which appears to be 2/3 to 1/2 the size they used to be.  Since Hostess is back in biz (same company as Drake now), I think I'll just buy my Snoballs and Ding Dongs locally and much cheaper on sale.

Just an FYI, mine came with 3 weeks until expiration date.  I froze most of them, but like Twinkies, they'll probably last forever.
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When I bought this, I saw the words "Gluten Free" on the front of the package, briefly scanned the back for any of the other things I couldn't eat, and threw it in my cart as emergency rations.  After all, not only was it instant and on sale, but it was from a company I trusted would sell me a quality product.  I should have read the ingredients more thoroughly.

One thing that is common among most types of instant noodles is that they contain wheat--the main source of gluten--as their primary ingredient.  However, the noodles in this instant "pad Thai" are "rice noodles".  I cannot call them actual rice noodles, though, as they aren't just rice and water; they also contain potato starch, amylase, and lactic acid.  The potato starch serves to keep the noodles together, but it has an unfortunate side effect of imparting a rather strong flavor to the noodles, one that I could smell from the instant I opened the package (and one that made me wonder whether or not the noodles had been spoiled, because the odor was completely unexpected).  I assume the amylase (not a normal food additive as far as I am aware) is responsible for the sweet flavor of the noodles, as it occurs naturally in saliva and is designed to break down carbohydrates into sugar.  And the lactic acid is disappointing, too, as I assumed this product was entirely nondairy.

These noodles could not possibly function with any pad Thai sauce that could be called even remotely authentic, and the inauthenticity of the sauce does not disappoint.  Sure, it's made with fish sauce and lemon extract, but it's also made with sugar (as the primary ingredient of the sauce!), tomato, corn starch, hydrolized soy protein, and smoke flavor. It isn't remotely like a pad Thai.

The vegetables, thankfully, tasted like they should, and though I would not call them "high quality", they are at least both on par with the freeze-dried vegetables in other instant dishes and taste as expected; I could recognize the carrots and bok choy by taste, and they tasted like dehydrated carrots and bok choy.

This product isn't entirely AWFUL.  It just isn't remotely what it advertises.  If you're used to budget Chinese takeout and instant ramen, and don't care to appreciate the subtleties of authentic Asian cuisine, this dish serves nicely as a gluten-free alternative to cheap Chinese food.  If anything, it's an Asian fusion dish--if you're not expecting pad Thai (or Thai food in general) when you taste this, it will come off as a generically sweet and crunchy Asian dish, and if that's what you're looking for, this serves its purpose.  I wouldn't pay all that much for one of these things, though.  It isn't even that big.
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The first time I ate these noodles, I was quite disappointed.  They tasted terrible, and I could not see how they amassed such great reviews.  The second time I ate these noodles, I read the instructions on the package and realized I had made them wrong.

These were meant to be eaten like a pasta; not like a soup as I had incorrectly assumed.  If you get these, don't make the same mistake I did in preparing them like a traditional ramen noodle bowl.  Drain the noodles from the water, toss them dry with the flavoring packets and some vegetables thrown in, and you'll be set for a delicious meal.

When made correctly, these noodles are awesome.
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Hard to give it such a low rating because really, what can you expect out of dehyrdrated meals!  But I wish they would just call in noodles, not pad thai.  It just tasted like top ramen, which is fine, but these fancy names get your hopes up!  But it was nice to have hot food in our bellies during our trip, so if that's what you want, go for it!
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I like the udon type noodles because they add a bit more substance than typical ramen noodles. The flavor is also great - very spicy if you add the entire packet. If you've tried a packet of Nong Shim Neoguri before, then that's really just it. I can get these for $1 from my local asian grocery store, however, so it's not like this is a good "bulk" deal. That being said, it's not much more expensive than if I bought it a pack at a time, and it's definitely more convenient.
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I was looking for a product to fit in with my low carb lifestyle and decided to give these noodles a try.  I read many reviews and understood the noodles had a "smell" to them that wasn't pleasant.  So I was mentally prepared for this.

I also was aware that they could have a "texture" issue as well.

Nothing I read fully prepared me for the overwhelming stench when I cut open my first bag. It literally smelled like I pulled the noodles out of a swamp that had been sitting stagnant for several years.

I rinsed them according to the package directions and immediately placed them in some salty water and let them boil. Now my whole kitchen smells like the Bayou.

I rinsed them again and put them in a frying pan with a little coconut oil.  The noodles dried out nicely.

I was planning to use them in soup and started my bouillon base. Added the noodles and my other ingredients....And the smell improved. It actually smelled decent and like ramen. I was super excited!!

My first bite and I thought I was eating gummy worms.... Except gummy worms are sweet and delicious. This just tasted like soup with gummy worms in it.  I gave it to my dogs and it took them while to eat it.

If you don't have a texture issue or have lost the ability to smell.... These noodles will be delicious.
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They're great, a lot better than the average instant noodle. It's got just the right amount of spice to it; enough to make me want to reach for a drink, but not hot enough to make me thoroughly regret my decision. The amount of salt in the broth will make you feel bloated if you drink it so you may wish to refrain from consuming it and just the noodles. Also, I've noticed that these are not microwave-able. For a boring day at work, these are my saving grace and I'm glad that Amazon has them. I wouldn't eat them everyday, but I wouldn't complain if these were the only thing I had to eat.