Viva la Cup Noodle? You could make an argument that there’s no food that’s more Japanese than Cup Noodle . It is, after all, Japan’s best-selling and best-loved instant ramen. But the Cup Noodle brand isn’t afraid of incorporating culinary cues from far-off lands , and the latest example of that is its new French Cup Noodle series.
Consisting of three different flavors, manufacturer Nissin boasts that they represent “the highest-class broth in the history of Cup Noodle,” so we were very eager to try them...
so eager that we called up Nissin and twisted their arm to send us a set to taste test ahead of their official on-sale date of July 22. To clarify, French Cup Noodle isn’t the version of Cup Noodle sold in France. They’re Cup Noodle flavors made and sold in Japan that draw inspiration from French cuisine, resulting in the new Homard Bisque, Chicken Supreme Sauce Truffle, and Sea Bream and Scallop Provencal Bouillabaisse instant ramen .
Fanciness aside, they’re as easy to make as you’d expect from Cup Noodle. Pour in hot water, wait three minutes, stir in the extra flavor oil packet, and you’re all set (minus, of course, waiting a few moments so you don’t scald your tongue). Taste-testing duties fell to our ramen-loving Japanese-language reporter P.
K. Sanjun , so let’s see how this cross-cultural cup ramen tickled, or terrified, his taste buds, starting with the Homard Bisque . Homard is the French word for “lobster,” but even if the linguistics.