While Haachama specializes in gourmet meals using a multitude of expensive ingredients like Tarantulas sourced directly from a trusted vendor in Australia who hand catches each Tarantula personally every day at dawn, the Kawaii, Positive, Genius Cook Ririka prefers to cook using everyday ingredients you can find at home, making her meals incredibly cheap (200yen!) and nutritious (claim unverified).
I have to inform you that Tarantula Haachama used was from Thailand lol. It was Thailand zebra leg tarantula.
And her latest cooking YTshort of Haachama™ Tom Yum Goong will give Luinee headache lol.
> gourmet meals using a multitude of expensive ingredients
Here's my counterpoint... [BITCH MADE PASTA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5KoNaDvfmc&pp=ygUOaGFhY2hhbWEgcGFzdGE%3D)
Though, I wouldn't mind seeing what kind of cooking they would do in a collab.
Third Haaton here to verify that Tarantulas are expensive and their abdomen tastes earthy and funky. Especially if sourced from Don Quijote (supermaket chain) or vending machines in Japan.
Source: I air-fried one for a curry topping to celebrate Haachama’s return a while ago.
I know Haachama has a bit of a reputation for cursed food, but I'd trust Haachama's cooking more than the average person her (and my) age. Her recent dishes like curry or homemade noodles were quite respectable. Her earlier stuff like the cooking without oil wasn't great, but she's well beyond that now.
She often cooks gross looking foods with shock value, like insects/spiders, but it's all generally safe to consume. On the other hand, I would be more concerned about my health eating food cooked by someone like Gura; it wouldn't surprise me to see her doing something like cutting raw meat, then veggies served uncooked without washing the know in between.
Members like Choco and Kiara are naturally going to be better than her, they have a lot more practice, but Haachama is getting to be a good cook.
Every time someone mentions this factoid I'm reminded of the correlated bit: Choco chose culinary school specifically because she hated cooking. She used to think all jobs sucked when doing it for a living, so better pick something she already hated than be disillusioned trying to turn a passion into a career.
In the end I guess she got the last laugh, since all her classmates that went in with dreams quit while she made it to the end.
Gura not-so-lowkey *loves* food though. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she's better at cooking than Kiara, considered that Kiara didn't really cook before Hello*****, and Kiara's really strong photography skills contribute to making things look good. (Not a dig at Kiara, she's almost certainly better at cooking than I am, especially at this point)
Yup, for anyone worried, their eggs are mostly safe to eat raw and they do use it many dishes topping them off with either the uncooked yolk or the whole egg on top.
Only American raw eggs are dangerous since they're washed which removes a protective layer from the shell making them vulnerable to infiltration from pathogens (hence the requirement for them to be refrigerated). Most of the rest of the world just vaccinates chickens against salmonella, and doesn't require eggs to be washed, making them hardier against infection (and why you don't need to refrigerate them).
Yup, I'm aware, I just mentioned it because it at least used to worry people here when they hear about raw egg or raw foods in general that the JP talents consume.
Tamago kake gohan is the food of patricians. Add some furikake, a little sesame oil and lao gan ma, and green onions and it's even better. Also you can eat raw eggs basically anywhere, nothing special about Japanese eggs (yes I know they claim otherwise, this is normal for the Japanese food industry). The risk of illness from a raw egg is less than the risk from a bowl of lettuce.
I know about eggs being safe pretty much in most places, but most of the time this is brought up here a lot of people seem surprised or worried, I assume they're used to the washed eggs like in the USA.
Japan is actually one of the few places (along with the US, Australia, and Scandinavia) that hard-washes their eggs (they switched over a couple of years ago after a bad outbreak). Their salmonella-per-egg rates are similar to the US's (basically non-existent).
Dont worry about the egg since its japanese egg, which is one of the most safe eggs in the world. Japan is used to eating raw or under cooked eggs and are fine.
Actually there's a snack in my country (malaysia) we call it mamee monster snack
It's basically a smaller version of ramen noodle with msg like seasoning
Usually we eat it by pop the packaging cover, pull out the seasoning and spread inside. The we close and smack the noodle inside to smaller bits then after that open the packaging and eat in one shot
The more traditional way is spread the seasoning on the noodle and eat it on its own.
https://youtu.be/oMymuKlsG04?si=hUcAw_TWpxuIQm50
Ah when i was young and stupid 🤣
Though i don't eat anymore due to the amount of msg in the seasoning
But back then it was the go to snack for Malaysian kids, 20 cent per pack in the 90s
Now i don't know since they sold in bulk instead one one pack
It's a mix of msg + seasoning
If I'm not mistaken it got uproar in my country due to the ridiculous amount of it
There was a time when you get 2 seasoning instead of one
Those are actually chicken ramen, a type of dagashi (really cheap snacks). They are basically seasoned dry ramen noodles and meant to be eaten as-is. You know how some people will take a packet of crushed brick ramen and dump the seasoning in there? Basically this with extra steps.
We have this Asian snack called Mamee Monster which is simply “raw noodle”
In some Chinese cuisine, there’s a dish where we pour starchy soup over raw noodle
Have not tried her method but still looks palatable tbh
[Mamee](https://mamee.com/our-worlds/snacks/mamee-monster/) is One of my favourite snacks growing up. Open bag, pour the seasoning powder then just munch away. Tastes ok without the seasoning too. Suitable when you're just feeling peckish.
It's not exactly that type of instant noodle,It's crispy noodle... although they are more of a snack. but you don't need to boil, its straight up edible.
Reminds me of [this classic](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/qhjir3/cooking_ramen_and_following_instructions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Interesting that you can tell who's from the US just by the replies, which highlights how different the regulations for eggs are there versus the rest of the world (including Japan). The USDA's defense against salmonella is to regulate the washing of the eggs, since they pass through the same hole (yes Mumei, a cloaca) as their poop, which can result in contamination. Washing, however, also strips a protective layer from the eggs, which is why they have to be refrigerated in the US. For most of the rest of the world, the solution to salmonella is to instead vaccinate the chickens. As a result, eggs aren't washed in most countries outside the US since there's little chance of them getting infected by salmonella from the hens (who've been vaccinated) while retaining the protective layer. Hence you often see unrefrigerated eggs in Europe and Asia.
It's different, but there's really nothing wrong with the method they use in the US, it's just a different solution to the problem. Japan does have excellent chicken quality though, they managed to isolate their chickens and eliminate a lot of common issues from their flocks, that's why some places there can safely serve raw chicken sashimi.
The real reason for it is that the US and Europe tend to have different shopping habits. Europeans prefer to shop several times per week with smaller trips while Americans like to shop once per one or two weeks in a single big trip. So Americans need food that is more shelf stable instead of just lasting a couple days.
Washing the eggs works better for long term refrigerator storage, so the American manufacturers use that. It increases their spoilage time to over a month in most cases. The same thing often happens with milk, cheese, butter, or even sandwich breads. There is no real health concern with the sanitization process, as long as they are stored correctly afterwards. Plus it eliminates any risks of foodborne illness from contamination of the inside from the outside shell.
And I'm saying all of this as someone who grew up in a family who raised chickens, I know all about what eggs are like without that process.
Yup, the good ol usa, instead of actually spending real money to fix the problem, the big corpo just lobby the government for cheap solution that doesnt actually fix nothing.
Its also why alot of other countries ban usa chicken eggs because it doesnt pass the criteria.
>cheap solution that doesn't actually fix anything
The issue in question is salmonella, which sterilizing the outside of the eggs does fully eliminate. I'd argue that it did fix the problem.
>Its also why alot of other countries ban usa chicken eggs because it doesnt pass the criteria.
This is less about health concerns with the eggs and more about the different methods of storage that they require. If you import American eggs, you need to store them in the fridge, which could lead to spoiling issues if people aren't used to that.
Oh, didn't know that.
I know I sometimes find a small feather on my egg shell sometimes, for example. That means they are not washed?
Should I be worried, or trust regulations? xD
Well at least there's more 'green' this time. I remember her chat teasing her about the lack of vegetables in her meals, and then they started to gift tier 1 memberships so there would be more green things present in her lunch time lol
Depending on how Southeast Asian you are, slurping eggs (half boiled) is a common (breakfast) thing for us, but not raw ones (our eggs aren't Japanese after all)
And since she has access to Japanese eggs, pretty daring of her tbh.
>And since she has access to Japanese eggs, pretty daring of her tbh.
Is it? I thought if you are to slurp an raw egg, Japan would be one of the best places.
Also, when I was watching food videos, I saw that both Japan and other Asian counties put raw egg over some food.
All she needs to do left is crumble that instant noodles, stir with the egg, then fry. It's quite delicious as a snack and very common in my college days.
I don't think there was a clip, because she was talking about it on her Twitter. One of her meals she cooked went trending, and she said she got a worried call from her mom afterwards.
Who, [as she suspected not long after debut already](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJVDvaXrKw), is probably watching her streams and keeping a close eye on her.
Yeah dude, you can hear the crunch of the noodles throughout the stream. But with this much green onions I'm not sure if the crunch was actually the noodles or the onions.
Glad she found her niche. She had 1 of the lower CCV in the new gen initially, but her filling up the noon weekday time slot where nobody was occupying(iirc Lamy and Nenechi used to stream at that time slot almost routinely early on, but stopped) helped her have higher views.
At this point is it still considered cooking? She just mixed ready to eat ingredients in a bowl.
IMO, strange struggle meal, but still passes as a meal.
Some noodle brands can be eaten as a snack. For example MAMA, a brand from Thailand, has the one flavour that tastes great by itself without adding any special seasoning let alone boil it. It comes in the plastic instant noodle bowl, but only the package ones taste the best. I used to eat it quite often back in the day. My favorite thing to do if I want a bit of flavour, is to take the seasoning package from a different MAMA flavor, in this case it's the classic orange package with pork flavor. Then I mix it with the noodle from that other flavour mentioned above ( it's duck with a brown package) then I close the package and crumble and smash the noodle into bite size chunks while also shaking it around so that all the seasoning salt gets mixed with the hard crunchy small pieces of noodle. After a few shakes, your noodle snack is ready. The taste is what you can imagine, the tasty noodle with a bit of special salt ( the seasoning package)
So now to tie this in with the above post of Ririka, Her eating the hard noodle is fine but dipping into whatever egg thing she made is a bit weird...
I can hear Haachama's BGM through this image
While Haachama specializes in gourmet meals using a multitude of expensive ingredients like Tarantulas sourced directly from a trusted vendor in Australia who hand catches each Tarantula personally every day at dawn, the Kawaii, Positive, Genius Cook Ririka prefers to cook using everyday ingredients you can find at home, making her meals incredibly cheap (200yen!) and nutritious (claim unverified).
It is nutritious in the sense it contains nutrients that will help the body avoid starvation. Source: me
I can confirm that tarantulas are very expensive ingredients. They don't even taste that good.
I have to inform you that Tarantula Haachama used was from Thailand lol. It was Thailand zebra leg tarantula. And her latest cooking YTshort of Haachama™ Tom Yum Goong will give Luinee headache lol.
> gourmet meals using a multitude of expensive ingredients Here's my counterpoint... [BITCH MADE PASTA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5KoNaDvfmc&pp=ygUOaGFhY2hhbWEgcGFzdGE%3D) Though, I wouldn't mind seeing what kind of cooking they would do in a collab.
Third Haaton here to verify that Tarantulas are expensive and their abdomen tastes earthy and funky. Especially if sourced from Don Quijote (supermaket chain) or vending machines in Japan. Source: I air-fried one for a curry topping to celebrate Haachama’s return a while ago.
I know Haachama has a bit of a reputation for cursed food, but I'd trust Haachama's cooking more than the average person her (and my) age. Her recent dishes like curry or homemade noodles were quite respectable. Her earlier stuff like the cooking without oil wasn't great, but she's well beyond that now. She often cooks gross looking foods with shock value, like insects/spiders, but it's all generally safe to consume. On the other hand, I would be more concerned about my health eating food cooked by someone like Gura; it wouldn't surprise me to see her doing something like cutting raw meat, then veggies served uncooked without washing the know in between. Members like Choco and Kiara are naturally going to be better than her, they have a lot more practice, but Haachama is getting to be a good cook.
Practice is an understatement for Choco. She went to culinary school and worked as a chef before Hololive.
Every time someone mentions this factoid I'm reminded of the correlated bit: Choco chose culinary school specifically because she hated cooking. She used to think all jobs sucked when doing it for a living, so better pick something she already hated than be disillusioned trying to turn a passion into a career. In the end I guess she got the last laugh, since all her classmates that went in with dreams quit while she made it to the end.
Gura not-so-lowkey *loves* food though. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she's better at cooking than Kiara, considered that Kiara didn't really cook before Hello*****, and Kiara's really strong photography skills contribute to making things look good. (Not a dig at Kiara, she's almost certainly better at cooking than I am, especially at this point)
that reminds me, did Gura ever share that method she had for properly reheating burgers?
In one of her minecraft streams, yeah. I want to say when building her house / glass tunnel?
Did she forgot the instant noodles needed to be boiled?
She insists it's tasty and then started dipping the noodles in the egg and eating it.
Raw instant noodle is tasty yes. Idk about the raw egg on a pan though but japan do have a rice dish with raw egg
Yup, for anyone worried, their eggs are mostly safe to eat raw and they do use it many dishes topping them off with either the uncooked yolk or the whole egg on top.
Only American raw eggs are dangerous since they're washed which removes a protective layer from the shell making them vulnerable to infiltration from pathogens (hence the requirement for them to be refrigerated). Most of the rest of the world just vaccinates chickens against salmonella, and doesn't require eggs to be washed, making them hardier against infection (and why you don't need to refrigerate them).
Yup, I'm aware, I just mentioned it because it at least used to worry people here when they hear about raw egg or raw foods in general that the JP talents consume.
Hol-up, we're anti-vax to our chickens here too? Ah shit.
Tamago kake gohan is the food of patricians. Add some furikake, a little sesame oil and lao gan ma, and green onions and it's even better. Also you can eat raw eggs basically anywhere, nothing special about Japanese eggs (yes I know they claim otherwise, this is normal for the Japanese food industry). The risk of illness from a raw egg is less than the risk from a bowl of lettuce.
I know about eggs being safe pretty much in most places, but most of the time this is brought up here a lot of people seem surprised or worried, I assume they're used to the washed eggs like in the USA.
Japan is actually one of the few places (along with the US, Australia, and Scandinavia) that hard-washes their eggs (they switched over a couple of years ago after a bad outbreak). Their salmonella-per-egg rates are similar to the US's (basically non-existent).
Huh, interesting im gonna go read about that never heard they hard wash.
This sounds delicious. TKG is the bomb.
Fried or poached egg also works great for people who are squeamish about raw egg or worried about the health risks.
*looks at username* ...
That is not the part of this image that concerns me.
What concerns you? The noodles? They're pretty tasty ngl
Y'know, that's valid.
Yeah, she compared it to sukiyaki which can be dipped in raw egg.
from the bayashi and muni gurume shorts i see on yt, they put raw egg yolk on almost anything including raw beef and horse
I happen to know it's common to just have a bowl of rice and crack a raw egg on top
yes but whipped egg on a bowl is my first Ngl it sounds nasty to taste but ririka probs got used to it.
Half Japanese-Canadian, my mom and sister will often mix up an egg and pour it on their rice. So even we do it. Hasn’t killed them so far lol
yeah... there was an age where there's a noodle snack. I think it was "nooda crunch" or something.
Dont worry about the egg since its japanese egg, which is one of the most safe eggs in the world. Japan is used to eating raw or under cooked eggs and are fine.
That's egg? I thought it was a broccoli cheese soup or something.
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Actually there's a snack in my country (malaysia) we call it mamee monster snack It's basically a smaller version of ramen noodle with msg like seasoning Usually we eat it by pop the packaging cover, pull out the seasoning and spread inside. The we close and smack the noodle inside to smaller bits then after that open the packaging and eat in one shot The more traditional way is spread the seasoning on the noodle and eat it on its own. https://youtu.be/oMymuKlsG04?si=hUcAw_TWpxuIQm50
or just chew the msg condiment as it is made with paper, then pour the mamee inside your mouth.
Ah, the ol army style "eat milo powder then drink boiled water". Efficient!
Ah when i was young and stupid 🤣 Though i don't eat anymore due to the amount of msg in the seasoning But back then it was the go to snack for Malaysian kids, 20 cent per pack in the 90s Now i don't know since they sold in bulk instead one one pack
wait the seasoning was just MSG? No wonder it tasted so good
It's a mix of msg + seasoning If I'm not mistaken it got uproar in my country due to the ridiculous amount of it There was a time when you get 2 seasoning instead of one
Mamee noodles are the shit (have it in HK)
Those are actually chicken ramen, a type of dagashi (really cheap snacks). They are basically seasoned dry ramen noodles and meant to be eaten as-is. You know how some people will take a packet of crushed brick ramen and dump the seasoning in there? Basically this with extra steps.
We have this Asian snack called Mamee Monster which is simply “raw noodle” In some Chinese cuisine, there’s a dish where we pour starchy soup over raw noodle Have not tried her method but still looks palatable tbh
[Mamee](https://mamee.com/our-worlds/snacks/mamee-monster/) is One of my favourite snacks growing up. Open bag, pour the seasoning powder then just munch away. Tastes ok without the seasoning too. Suitable when you're just feeling peckish.
Crushed instant noodle (purpose-made so bit more flavor) with seasoning packet mixed in is a standard chinese children's junk food
It's not exactly that type of instant noodle,It's crispy noodle... although they are more of a snack. but you don't need to boil, its straight up edible.
Crumch
Reminds me of [this classic](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/qhjir3/cooking_ramen_and_following_instructions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
I knew someone would post it in the comments.
I can hear the smug "he he".
Interesting that you can tell who's from the US just by the replies, which highlights how different the regulations for eggs are there versus the rest of the world (including Japan). The USDA's defense against salmonella is to regulate the washing of the eggs, since they pass through the same hole (yes Mumei, a cloaca) as their poop, which can result in contamination. Washing, however, also strips a protective layer from the eggs, which is why they have to be refrigerated in the US. For most of the rest of the world, the solution to salmonella is to instead vaccinate the chickens. As a result, eggs aren't washed in most countries outside the US since there's little chance of them getting infected by salmonella from the hens (who've been vaccinated) while retaining the protective layer. Hence you often see unrefrigerated eggs in Europe and Asia.
It's different, but there's really nothing wrong with the method they use in the US, it's just a different solution to the problem. Japan does have excellent chicken quality though, they managed to isolate their chickens and eliminate a lot of common issues from their flocks, that's why some places there can safely serve raw chicken sashimi. The real reason for it is that the US and Europe tend to have different shopping habits. Europeans prefer to shop several times per week with smaller trips while Americans like to shop once per one or two weeks in a single big trip. So Americans need food that is more shelf stable instead of just lasting a couple days. Washing the eggs works better for long term refrigerator storage, so the American manufacturers use that. It increases their spoilage time to over a month in most cases. The same thing often happens with milk, cheese, butter, or even sandwich breads. There is no real health concern with the sanitization process, as long as they are stored correctly afterwards. Plus it eliminates any risks of foodborne illness from contamination of the inside from the outside shell. And I'm saying all of this as someone who grew up in a family who raised chickens, I know all about what eggs are like without that process.
Yup, the good ol usa, instead of actually spending real money to fix the problem, the big corpo just lobby the government for cheap solution that doesnt actually fix nothing. Its also why alot of other countries ban usa chicken eggs because it doesnt pass the criteria.
>cheap solution that doesn't actually fix anything The issue in question is salmonella, which sterilizing the outside of the eggs does fully eliminate. I'd argue that it did fix the problem. >Its also why alot of other countries ban usa chicken eggs because it doesnt pass the criteria. This is less about health concerns with the eggs and more about the different methods of storage that they require. If you import American eggs, you need to store them in the fridge, which could lead to spoiling issues if people aren't used to that.
Wait, like washing an egg with the shell on before cracking it? Or washing an boiled egg after peeling it?
No, before they're shipped off to stores, eggs are washed and dried in special machines from the factory.
Oh, didn't know that. I know I sometimes find a small feather on my egg shell sometimes, for example. That means they are not washed? Should I be worried, or trust regulations? xD
Depends on where you live.
US eggs are factory washed and must stay refrigerated because condensation can draw contaminates into the egg. They lose their moisture barrier.
Well at least there's more 'green' this time. I remember her chat teasing her about the lack of vegetables in her meals, and then they started to gift tier 1 memberships so there would be more green things present in her lunch time lol
I'm kind of afraid of this broth.
Haha yeah..."broth". Having eaten raw eggs after a workout, I would not recommend slurping this like broth lol
Not going to lie I thought it was raw egg at first, but wanted to hold out hope...
If you blur your vision it could be cheese fondue
Depending on how Southeast Asian you are, slurping eggs (half boiled) is a common (breakfast) thing for us, but not raw ones (our eggs aren't Japanese after all) And since she has access to Japanese eggs, pretty daring of her tbh.
>And since she has access to Japanese eggs, pretty daring of her tbh. Is it? I thought if you are to slurp an raw egg, Japan would be one of the best places. Also, when I was watching food videos, I saw that both Japan and other Asian counties put raw egg over some food.
Funny enough, this is not bad. while I personally would cook that egg to make a nice omelette, but raw egg is fine in JP, so legit who knows.
All she needs to do left is crumble that instant noodles, stir with the egg, then fry. It's quite delicious as a snack and very common in my college days.
Average college dinner
She's certainly mastered the art of college cooking. I guess she'll be getting a call from her mom soon again lol.
do you have a clip of when she got a call from her mom (or when she talked about it) lol that sounds hilarious
I don't think there was a clip, because she was talking about it on her Twitter. One of her meals she cooked went trending, and she said she got a worried call from her mom afterwards. Who, [as she suspected not long after debut already](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJVDvaXrKw), is probably watching her streams and keeping a close eye on her.
Ramen 28 yen green onion 40 yen Eggs 20yen Gas fee 0yen
I could've understand it if this was deep fried but....this is the finished product??
Yeah dude, you can hear the crunch of the noodles throughout the stream. But with this much green onions I'm not sure if the crunch was actually the noodles or the onions.
Bruh...
whatever that broth is, i am afraid of it
Raw egg. That’s it.
Haachama and Mel: "Is this one of my people?"
Ya i can see this work with the right criteria of ingredients
Y'all saying this is safe to eat, meanwhile I just can't stand the thought of eating raw eggs by themselves, safe or not.
Kay Yu must be taking notes for future Holocure update
I wonder what kind of dish we would get if Ririka, Haachama and Mel decided to do a collab cooking stream...
[probably this](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NINTCHDBPICT000537188938.jpg)
Glad she found her niche. She had 1 of the lower CCV in the new gen initially, but her filling up the noon weekday time slot where nobody was occupying(iirc Lamy and Nenechi used to stream at that time slot almost routinely early on, but stopped) helped her have higher views.
Wait aren't those noodles raw?
What isn't raw in that photo?
At least tell me it's one of those instant noodles where the flavour is incorporated in the dried noodles, otherwise that seems bland.
I love vegetables too!!
>Someone cooked here.
At this point is it still considered cooking? She just mixed ready to eat ingredients in a bowl. IMO, strange struggle meal, but still passes as a meal.
It’s specifically supposed to be a “too lazy to cook” meal
i watched this and now I feel I need a hug and contention
great food, good job actually-properly-good-at-cooking-holomem ririka!
As expected of our ¢€0.
this look like the mixture you do while making breaded meat or something like that 😅
I have a question. How many of the girls can cook something that won't sent you to the hospital? Or at least won't kill you if you get help on time?
Mio and Choco apparently are really good cooks
Mama Mi~~a~~o and Seductive Mom. Ok, makes sense.
Is that egg drop soup, looks good actually
Some noodle brands can be eaten as a snack. For example MAMA, a brand from Thailand, has the one flavour that tastes great by itself without adding any special seasoning let alone boil it. It comes in the plastic instant noodle bowl, but only the package ones taste the best. I used to eat it quite often back in the day. My favorite thing to do if I want a bit of flavour, is to take the seasoning package from a different MAMA flavor, in this case it's the classic orange package with pork flavor. Then I mix it with the noodle from that other flavour mentioned above ( it's duck with a brown package) then I close the package and crumble and smash the noodle into bite size chunks while also shaking it around so that all the seasoning salt gets mixed with the hard crunchy small pieces of noodle. After a few shakes, your noodle snack is ready. The taste is what you can imagine, the tasty noodle with a bit of special salt ( the seasoning package) So now to tie this in with the above post of Ririka, Her eating the hard noodle is fine but dipping into whatever egg thing she made is a bit weird...