The soup so tasty I struggled with the salt | Review of Chongqing noodles

Let's look at the Chongqing noodles packet

Hello, I'm back again today.

Currently in Korea there's still the mara fever. A few years ago mara tang and mara xiangguo were popular, now in stores there are many mara base products even among cup noodles. Seems like it's passed, but mara restaurants on streets are still many and people look for them.

I also love mara, so I've eaten a lot of mara tang, mara xiangguo and cup noodles. Today at the mart I found something eye-catching: Chongqing noodles. Chongqing with Sichuan is called the home of mara, the name itself feels serious, I grabbed it right away.

Let's start the real review.

The packet is Chinese style design, written in Korean letters: "Spicy refreshing mara soup, thin noodles aged high temperature without frying." Capacity 127g.

Previously reviewed Haidilao mara fun presumed produced in China, this is a bit different. Barcode starts with 880, so Chinese company makes and repacks in Korea it seems.

Nutrition info and sodium warning

Side of packet. Total content 127g with 439kcal. Caution part is sodium: 3,264mg, reaching 163% of daily recommendation. Taste good but sodium quite high, recommend eat mainly toppings and not drink all soup.

Separate sodium content comparison display. Gauge up to red zone visible. Even if tasty, not beneficial health-wise to eat daily it seems.

Excess sodium intake can lead to high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. If must eat.. drink lots of water and exercise hard it seems.

Check Chongqing noodles components

Overall composition like this. Container, individually packed noodles, and three kinds of sauces inside. Liquid sauce, chili oil, toppings soup composed, for cup noodles quite solid. If don't like spicy salty, adjust sauce amount seems good. Ramen container no exact line for water amount, so approximate feel pour water.

Individually packed noodles

Noodles individually packed in vinyl like this. Chinese cup noodles often noodles separately vinyl packed. Korean cup noodles usually noodles just inside container, this a bit different.

Three kinds sauces detailed check

Sauces three kinds. First silver packing powder sauce, honestly don't know what's inside well. Structure can't know until open. Probably soup base seasoning purpose thought.

Second today's main character. Liquid sauce, in bag chili powder and seeds floating in oil visible. Mara sauce here seems inside, even before open color already unusual. Red oil sloshing seeing this taste core thought.

Third vegetable toppings soup. Bok choy, carrot like dried vegetables inside, packing transparent contents all visible. Made transparent deliberately composition confident seems. Actually amount not bad looked.

Chongqing noodles cooking process

Start cooking. Noodles and all sauces put, from purifier hot water poured. Container inside water fill line no, roughly 80 percent fill maybe thought. If line more convenient, eye measure had to. Purifier temperature about 85 degrees, lid cover 3 minutes wait planned.

After 3 minutes open

3 minutes wait lid opened. But honestly before cooking and visual difference not big. Some dramatic change expected, just water poured feeling. Chili oil floating, seeds and vegetables scattered same, noodles slightly spread seems. First stir need know seems.

Noodles and toppings quality

Noodles lifted. Thin strands, chopsticks lift vegetables and sauce together come up. Bok choy more than thought properly alive, carrot shape remains. Cup noodles toppings usually poor cases many, this product quality quite good. Sauce well coated noodles visual not bad.

Chongqing noodles taste review

Talk about taste.

Koreans like spicy food characteristic, Chongqing noodles even before eating good. Lid open nose coming mara scent already appetite stimulate.

Actually ate soup not bland. Thick mara soup taste properly come very satisfied. But mara taste very strong mara characteristic spices dislike people eat difficult maybe. Strong taste burdensome mara sauce little less put method, then taste bland can so preference adjust ok.

Noodles Korea sell general somen than rather chewy texture have. Regret point noodles amount soup compared little lacking seems. Soup plentiful noodles quick bottom.

Soup addictiveness considerable all drink wanted, earlier nutrition info saw? Sodium lump. So tears hold restraint did. But really soup tasty.

Chongqing noodles overall and repurchase intention

Chongqing noodles, conclusion first repurchase intention have.

Until now mara base cup noodles several ate, honestly this much mara taste properly product rare. Mara tang want eat but go out lazy time, night snack something stimulating want time perfect. Convenience store 3,500 won mara tang one bowl price third not even.

Mara beginners also recommend want, one caution mara spices characteristic scent quite strong. This not match no matter tasty useless, first challenge prepare eat.

I next mart go again pick seems. Today review here. Next another bring.

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