Mystery noodle cup!

After a light lemongrass soup, I was craving for something more...substantial and hearty for my next ramen. I headed in the cup noodles section and found this little guy:

No translation anywhere on the cup, no pictures of ramen, not even instructions in english! Only this wierd picture of what seems like some veggies in some brown sauce. Mabe pork? I was completely intrigued and bought the cup even though it was a little bit over my usual very cheap budget.

contents included:

-The noodles, wrapped on their own (what a waste of plastic!). They were pretty large for ramen noodles!

-Some very bright orange sauce. I hope it's not too spicy...

-Soy sauce?

-2 packets with some dry stuff in them. There were veggies drawings on the side

-a sick foldable fork!

Now, without instructions, I just cooked the noodles, drained some of the water since there was a lot of other sauces, and added the ingredients. This is the final result:

What a messy, glorious, tasty bundle in a cup!

The orange pack was actually...peanut sauce! Very tasty.

What I tought was soy sauce was a very tanguy sauce.

The blue back contained dried veggies and the pink one had some powdered broth.

Now for the taste:

It was delicious! The tanguy sauce cut through the thickness of the peanut sauce. It tasted like a meal I could get in an asian restaurant. Didn't feel like cup ramen at all! It was a filling and hearty meal in a cup.

Final note: a solid 8/10. A tasty surprise!

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