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#599: Lucky Me! Pancit Canton (Chow Mein) Extra Hot Chili Flavor
Pancit Canton! Ahhh this stuff is so good! It’s a lot like Mi Goreng but a little sweeter. Anyways, Let’s give their extra hot chili flavor a try! Click image to enlarge. Here’s the back panel of the...
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#628: Lucky Me! Supreme La Paz Batchoy Artificial Beef Garlic Flavor Instant...
Haven’t had any Lucky Me! in quite some time. This is a smaller version of the Lucky Me! La Paz Batchoy I’ve had before. Let give this one a renewed and smaller look! Click image to enlarge. Was a...
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#660: Lucky Me! Beef na Beef Instant Noodles Artificial Beef Flavor
Beef? Na – beef! I remember a while back I had Chicken na Chicken too – startlingly, it was chicken flavored. Beef sounds nice. Let’s give ‘er a shot… The back of the pack (click image to enlarge)…...
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The Ramen Rater Noodle News #20
Been a while, but here we go with the 20th edition of The Ramen Rater Noodle News! I search the ‘net for interesting news and view on instant noodles and beyond. Oldest articles start at the top. Here...
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#1128: Lucky Me! Special Instant Pancit Bihon With Kalamansi
Hey look! Something from The Philippines! I can’t remember the last time I had anything from The Philippines (looked it up – August 18th, 2012 – almost a whole year ago). You might be wondering, what...
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#1285: Lucky Me! Supreme Chow Mien Seafood Flavor Instant Stir-Fried Noodles
Don’t see new Filipino varieties often these days, so was very pleased to come across this one. Wondering about the spelling? Well, it’s spelled many ways – mein, mien, mian… Basically, mien means...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Interview With Monde Nissin – Lucky Me!
Interview With Monde Nissin * Product Samples From Monde Nissin (1) * Product Samples From Monde Nissin (2) * Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton (Chow Mein) Chili & Citrus * Lucky Me! La Paz Batchoy...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Monde Nissin (1)
Nothing I love more than to get a notification that a package from a faraway land is on it’s way. Let’s see what’s inside! Five different varieties of Pancit Canton. Sopas (a macaroni soup) and...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Product Samples From Monde Nissin (2)
After looking through the neat catalog from the first batch of samples, I asked if they could send a couple more – and they did! Hey neat – a Lucky Me! bag! Lucky me! Baked Mac is like a tomato...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton (Chow Mein)...
It’s been a while since I had any Lucky Me! Pancit Canton. This is a re-review of the 40th instant I ever reviewed! That puts it around 2002 or 2003 being the last time I tried this one. Not only...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1526: Lucky Me! La Paz Batchoy Instant Noodle Soup
I’ve always thought La Paz Batchoy sounded interesting, but really never dug in to figure out what it’s all about. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it: Batchoy is a noodle soup made with pork...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1527: Lucky Me! Special Baked Mac Style Instant Macaroni
Macaroni is used in a lot of Filipino cuisine. One I’ve tried in instant form is Sopas, a soup with macaroni in it. The weather here is really quite cold (at least for Washington). It’s gotten down to...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Chicken Na Chicken Instant Noodles
Chicken instant noodles are known the world over. In fact the first instant noodles ever sold were chicken flavored! Seems like chicken is a very accessible flavor for people. I reviewed this one over...
View ArticleMeet The Manufacturer: Friday Video: Food Journey Philippines
Here’s a documentary dealing with the food culture of the Philippines! I thought it would be very fitting to explore the foods of the Philippines while reviewing foods from a Filipino manufacturer!...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton (Chow Mein)...
Pancit Canton is a Filipino favorite whose roots began in China. It is also very much like Mi Goreng, an Indonesian dish. Basically, noodles and cooked, drained, and then combined with a dry powder...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1528: Lucky Me! Supreme Pinoy Chicken Instant Noodles
As you can see, Lucky Me! not only makes packaged instant noodles but cups as well (they also produce bowls). This one is a variety called Supreme Pinoy Chicken. From what I gather, these are supposed...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1529: Lucky Me! Special Instant Curly Spaghetti With...
I have tried a few quick spaghetti in the past – from South Korea, Japan and Indonesia, but never from the Philippines! I had a look to see if there’s a particular way in which spaghetti is enjoyed in...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1530: Lucky Me! Spicy Beef Mami Instant Noodle Soup
Lucky Me! Spicy Beef Mami is a newer product I’m pretty sure. A couple neat things about this one is tyhat they use Labuyo pepper. It’s also known as Bird’s Eye chilli as well a cili padi (chilli...
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1531: Lucky Me! Special Instant Sopas Chicken Flavor
Thought this would be one my son would like. He’s been keen on trying new things, and I doubt he’s ever had any Filipino soups before. Sopas is basically chicken soup, but has a Filipino twist to it....
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Meet The Manufacturer: #1532: Lucky Me! Special Instant Noodles Jjamppong Flavor
Well everyone, today is Thanksgiving! I thought I’d like to thank everyone who visit The Ramen Rater every day – your attention and interest inspires me to continue on in my journey to find the best...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Beef Na Beef Instant Noodles
I think a lot of people will say that Lucky Me! Beef Na Beef is one that they’ve seen many times when visiting an Asian grocery in the USA. Beef, like chicken, is one of those flavors you see about...
View ArticleFriday Video: How to Cook Cebu Lechon
So when I post my reviews on instagram, I use hashtags. I usually try to find ones that are decent, relevant and get the most eyes on the reviews of course, and I then look at the pics others post and...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton (Chow Mein)...
There are quite a few varieties of these Pancit Canton – and in the past this one’s been my favorite. It’s been quite a while – sounds really good today. The weather here in Northwest Washington has...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Supreme Bulalo Artificial Bone...
Bulalo sounds interesting – a beefy soup. I think I need more info though – here’s what wikipedia had to say: Bulalo is a beef dish from the Philippines. It is a light colored soup that is made by...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Special Instant Pancit Bihon With...
Rice vvermicelli isknown by many names in the world; bihun, beehoon, bihon – it’s all the same thing! One thing though – these noodles are made with corn starch! But pancit – let’s see what wikipedia...
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Meet The Manufacturer: Re-Review: Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton (Chow Mein)...
Today, we say farewell to the Monde Nissin Meet The Manufacturer! It’s been really neat to try all of these different varieties one right after the other – this is the 15th review! I do up to 15 in a...
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#1611: Lucky Me! Supreme Seafood Flavor Big Cup
Lucky Me! is a line by Filipino brand Monde Nissin. I thought today sounded like a good seafood day! Let’s see what we have here! The distributor’s sticker (click image to enlarge). A very colorful...
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#1645: Lucky Me! Supreme Jjamppong Korean Style Spicy Seafood Soup
I recently reviewed a South Korean Jjajang instant noodle. Well, here’s another double J named instant noodle! Jjamppong! So, what’s jjamppong? Wikipedia has this to say: Jjamppong (Korean: 짬뽕,...
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The Ramen Rater’s Top Ten Philippines Instant Noodles Of All Time 2018 Edition
As I mentioned at the begginning of the Top Ten Japanese list, I have added a little chat option to the site. If I’m available, I can turn it on on my phone and people can ask me questions or comment...
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#4042: Lucky Me! Chicken Mami (Export) – Philippines
Found this one at the Lynnwood, Washington Walmart store while we were picking up school supplies. Actually, the day I did this review was the first day of first grade for Miles after a long drawn out...
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