The Ramen Rater's Top Ten Taiwanese Instant Noodles 2024

Welcome to the Ramen Rater's top 10 Taiwanese instant noodles of all time 2024 edition. So by and large of the varieties that companies send me throughout the year, a good good portion of them are from Taiwan. And so many of them are so good and I'd love to you know try even more. Taiwanese dry noodles are the bomb. They're wonderful stuff and I'm looking forward to trying whatever new varieties come out every year. So uh yeah there's some new ones on here. Let's check them out. In at number 10 we've got Hai Lai with their Lai noodle. This one is really interesting. It's it's just like you've got a really nice Taiwanese dry noodle wide and it's got a Sichuan pepper hit and then it's got this vegan mince that is really quite compelling. I I don't off the top of my head remember what it's made from but I know it's it's vegan and it's really quite good. So if you can find it give it a try. In at number nine we've got Mom's dry noodle with their wasabi almond sauce noodle with tapioca. This is way out of left field folks and really good. Comes in a nice big box with two servings. It's like you've got spicy and then from the wasabi then you've got the almond sauce which is kind of sweet almost almond paste like and then the tapioca it's boba like from bubble tea it's boba and it's really good boba too and it all comes together almost as a deserty kind of thing almost as like a sweet kind of salad kind of thing. It's really unique and fascinating and good and hits all these different savory notes so well. So yeah if you can find this one it's it's definitely a trip. In at number eight we've got Little Couples with their chicken rice flavor noodle. This one has such a nice noodle and chickeny flavor to it that's really good. This came out at the same time that their fish head casserole flavor was debuting and that one is quite good as well and they've also got a brand new one they've got a tom yum noodle that's pretty darn good so check them all out. In at number seven we've got Little Cook with their Thailand green curry chicken. This one comes in a bowl. I sought this one out uh I think it was the last time I was in Taiwan and Taipei and it it's got two bowls so you get it it looks like a big bowl you pull one bowl out of the other you make the noodle in one you drain it off into the other make a sipping soup with that add in a big retort pouch that has chicken and vegetables and peppers oh man it's to die for folks it's got just like the nicest green curry flavor and yeah this is supremo stuff I love it. In at number six we've got Noodle Mix with their Chinese sesame oil konjac lion's mane mushroom and this wow okay so the broth is really good the konjac noodle is just the right gauge so it's not rubbery it's really quite good and the lion's mane mushroom this is the first introduction to lion's mane mushroom I've ever had never tried it before and I really had to like look and research a bit to make sure that I didn't mistranslate this as actually it was chicken. The meatiness of this mushroom the texture of it is just wonderful and it really is quite good if you're looking for chicken texture and a good thing that soaks up flavor lion's mane mushroom is really quite a good option for you and this just comes together so well they've also got dry noodle varieties that are absolutely amazing so yeah check out Noodle Mix these guys are making some really wonderful stuff. In at number five we have John's with their braised stallion oil noodles these are another one that's just very unique because they're pairing flavors that I don't usually see in the Taiwan dry noodle ranges from most companies usually you'll see like a Sichuan pepper one like a mala sauce noodle a sesame paste noodle maybe a dan dan noodle this one kind of had like a mustardy and and just like different flavors that just kind of fused together so well very masterfully and simple at the same time uh yeah so if you can find this range they make quite a few varieties they're all good. In at number four we've got Asha with a Lao Tao beef and tendon noodle and this wow this has a good noodle a very savory broth but the one thing that just sets this apart is the beef and tendon the beef and tendon in this is just savory succulent wonderful comes in a big box and there's three in this range there's a red box which is amazing this one that has the tendon as well and then there's a white box which I believe is wagyu beef so yeah good stuff all around. In at number three we've got Kung Fu with their aged Shao Chang wine variety that has it's a it's a chicken drumstick variety this one has a great noodle very savory broth but the sheer amount of chicken that is in this one is just really quite amazing it's good it's nice the oiliness in this one is just primo yeah the the chicken soup varieties that are coming out of Taiwan are really quite good you might have noticed one last year on the list I really don't want to have 10 chicken soup varieties on the list so I picked this one but yeah good stuff really really tasty. In at number two we've got Mom's Dry Noodle Surf Mama Shao Chang goose oil noodle this one wow this this has a broad dry noodle and it's got this sauce and and and meat with it which reminds me of like the filling for pork bowel and it's so good I it's it's like it's greasy it's noodley it's chewy it's everything ah it's it's really good and uh yeah I just look at it I mean look it's freaking as good as it looks folks it's wonderful so if you can find it give it a try. All right and in at number one we've got Asha with their meteor noodle hot and sour variety now these guys on their website are calling it dan dan noodle but on the packaging it says hot and sour so if you're looking for it that's what yeah anyways this one has a their meteor noodle which is think of a flat noodle but there's an extra I guess you'd call it a fin on top so it's got three sides to it this is kind of a weird thing I think almost kind of gimmicky but it honestly really helps with the mouth feel the mouth feel on these is nice and chewy really good and the flavor is like this really nice balance it's hot and sour but I'm not getting that like extremely strong punch of uh a black vinegar I'm not getting that extremely strong hit of Sichuan pepper it's comfort food folks I mean this is just excellent stuff you get it in Taiwan you can get it in the States so if you want to try something really really good out of Taiwan this is it. All right as always thanks for watching uh this is a lot of fun for me to do and I love trying all these products if you're a in Taiwan or uh somebody who really likes Taiwanese dry noodles and wants to send me some varieties I haven't tried please by all means do I would really like to do a Taiwanese dry dry noodle top 10 list and a Taiwanese instant noodle list but the varieties of instant noodles from Taiwan that I get are very far and few between so if you are a Taiwanese instant noodle manufacturer I'm talking like fried wheat noodles get a hold of me because I would love to try more of those as well so yeah all right this has been Hans the ramen raider wishing you enjoy medium noodles each and every day have a good one bye