Despite the fancy ‘hipster’ looking logo, this is just a cheap, own-brand noodle from Tesco. So don’t be fooled by the fancy logo in thinking this will be a gourmet level dish. There main pushing point is that they are ‘healthy’. (But only because it’s half the amount of a normal pack!)

It’s super cheap, so that’s why I brought it.

I love instant noodles, I’ve tried many brands (from the ‘overseas’ aisle in stores & different asian stores) none as beaten my favourite Koka chicken noodles but seeing as this was super cheap, what would I loose really!?

I tried both flavours, chicken & a curry flavour. They are both 14p each. I cooked both in a saucepan, not a microwavable bowl.

Chicken flavour:

The chicken one was the one I got first, sadly it’s super starchy. This flavour tastes like spaghetti that wasn’t washed or rinsed properly. Note that I said spaghetti, because it’s definitely not a ramen taste or texture. It’s also got a green herb (coriander maybe?) that doesn’t mix well in the noodles, whilst I cooked them, they just stuck to the sides of the pan rather than season the noodles.  I couldn’t really taste much, the starchy texture and odour was too overpowering, but there is a slight chicken taste. Still…not as good as a Koka chicken noodle pack!

• Taste: 2/10
• Price: 10/10 14p per pack. Pretty much what you expect. You would need to buy two to feel full though.
• Packaging: 4/10. That hipster logo isn’t fooling anyone. The pack also doesn’t show the green herbs in the noodles, so if you had planned to stock up for a fussy child, think again.

Curry flavour:

I tried the curry flavour the next day. My hopes weren’t high because of the chicken flavour but still, I purchased it so I might as well try & review!

The curry one comes with this bright yellow power, I have no idea what that was. (Turmeric maybe?) There is a taste, but I could not tell you what that is. I literally have no idea. It doesn’t taste like any curry I’ve ever had. The closest I can place is maybe a super mild potato curry?

This one doesn’t come with any herb in it, which is weird because this is the flavour that should have had the green herbs in rather than the chicken one! Because of this you are left with a sad little pile of bright yellow noodles in your bowl. There’s no spice to this so I had to add hot sauce to mine. (Even a Pot Noodle curry flavour has a little spice in it so this one is a baby version of that.) Though at least this one at least tastes like ramen noodles instead of spaghetti & doesn’t have that starchy feel.

Remember that these packs are half the amount of a normal branded, pack of noodles. So these will not fill you up. Think of these as a diet version of your normal noodles.

• Taste: 1/10
• Price: 10/10 14p per pack. You would still need to eat two to feel full.
• Packaging: 6/10. The noodles you can see in the pack are a lot more similar to the ones you will make from the pack than the Chicken one.

Would I buy either again? Probably not. If the chicken one didn’t taste like spaghetti instead of ramen, I would have brought it just to add my own ingredients  in at home. The curry one just tasted way to plain for me.