noodles

Stuart_P

i'm trying to find online suppliers of chinese noodles like these

http://www.hoohing.com/acatalog/Products__Nissin__199.html

the store above do them but charge £7 odd for delivery...need to buy a lot of noodles to make it worthwhile!

i know plenty of stores in london that'll do em, but i rarely make the journey.

anyway if others here know of similar retailers, please shout

thanks
stuart

TeaKandy

I used Wing Yip delivery is £4.95; since it will cost me that much to travel to nearest chinese superstore anyway, it's fine. Note that the same brand of noodle as your link is slightly cheaper (29p instead of 32p) so it may make a bit of difference if you buy a lot. I haven't buy anything from them for sometimes so hopefully their service is still as good.

Another place I like is thai4uk the delivery used to be free when you order over some amount but they don't do it anymore so now it is £4.95; no need to order special delivery because their service is very fast. However, the instant noodles here is mostly thai brand and has not got the same one as in your post. I would recommend this if you buy thai food/ingredient rather than chinese.

Stuart_P

thanks for that. i'll give wing yip a go.

can you recommend any other brands of noodles?

i had the nissin noodles out in australia & remember then as good value. the packs tended to be larger than say the blue dragon packs available here.

sammyhammy

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=347421&page=2
especially post no. 27

TeaKandy

I think nissin is good, too; not only good value but good flavour usually I have seafood or beef flavour, the noodle itself is more 'springy' than other brand if you know what I means :rolleyes:

other brand I like is Mama which is thai brand, from wingyip site, there are pork or duck flavour which is good. the noodle is thinner than nissin one and a pack is smaller though the flavour is good, there is seperate chilli sachet so don't add that in until you taste it. Another Mama flavour I like is Shrimp Tom Yam but this can be very hot.

I don' t like blue dragon at all, the flavour is not to my taste i.e. no taste but just salty, and I don't like Pot noodle (like the flavour but not the noodle because it is not springy.) though I like the Posh noodle one but it is expensive compare to those nissin & mama. I have tried cheap instant noodle for Lidl (KingLi or something) but don't like it either. probably I am too fussy.

I can't remember any other brand but generally japanese brand is quite good though I don't think we have much choice over here.

Stuart_P

thanks guys for the replies so far.

are the bowls of noodles shown here

http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/products.php?id=688&cform_is_valid=1&cf_prod_page=3

the same as the packets except a larger, serve in its own packet, verison?

also, i have seen 'tom yum' mentioned a few times. is this another noodle variation?

stuart

TeaKandy

are the bowls of noodles shown here

http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/produc..._prod_page= 3

the same as the packets except a larger, serve in its own packet, verison?

usually it is the same flavour, sometimes it is not even larger, you just pay for the convenience of using its bowl like you do with pot noodle.

also, i have seen 'tom yum' mentioned a few times. is this another noodle variation?

Tom Yum is flavour of thai soup (sour & spicy with herb like galangal, lime leaves, lemon grass etc.) so if you go to thai restaurant, order Tom Yum (usually prawn) you will have just soup without noodles in it. But this noodle packets (mama brand from wing yip) has ordinary noodle with the sour and spicy soup.

Stuart_P

thanks teakandy.

occassionally you'll see noodle soup packets. are these simply the noodles but with more water added when cooking?

Stuart_P

for all those yet to discover the wonders of 'real' instant noodles (not your super / pot noodle rubbish!), let the wiki explain...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndoMie_Mi_Goreng

note the 'curing' section towards the bottom

newmommyjen

The vermicelli instant noodles are great too, most of them u just stick in a bowl cover wit boiling water and cover for 3 mins. Beats pot noodles any day. cheap too, about 25-40pence a bag. The Nissin use to make vermicelli instant noodles, but cant find these no more. So i have mama ones, most of their flavours are very spicy.

TeaKandy

Stuart_P wrote:

thanks teakandy.

occassionally you'll see noodle soup packets. are these simply the noodles but with more water added when cooking?

I don't really know, I just thought probably it is just the name. I have never really read the packets properly though

the thing is you should add enough water to have some water left once the noodle is ready so you kind of left with noodle in soup (i.e. there is water left from been absorbed by noodle), if the water is too less then you can just add a bit as you are suppose to eat the noodles with the soup.

However, you can also make it without soup, too and you will have something like chow mien or stir fired noodle, just add hot water or boil noodle as instructed but don't add the seasoning sachet yet. Then drain the noodle and add the oil and seasoning sachet. The flavour is also good this way.

above advice has the exception when the pack said "fried noodle" or the Mama Pad Thai one (actually "Pad" means fried ) then this kind of noodle are designed to eat without soup that is you have to drain the water out before adding seasoning sachet. there will be instruction on the pack anyway.

I found that some type of noodle taste better (more springy ) if you boiled rather than just add hot water. however, like Newmomjen said, the vermicelli and rice noodle just need hot water because boiling it could make it too soft and mushy especially if you happen to boil just a bit too much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndoMie_Mi_Goreng

ooh.. that's reminded me, I also like Koka, Waiwai and Sapporo Ichiban brand, seen KoKa brand in Tesco, 29p i think, hardly seen WaiWai brand here though seen someone sell on eBay but way too expensive. I have never tried IndoMie, is it good?