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Chilli Crab Seafood Noodle — Nissin’s new cup noodles with a Singaporean twist

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By RocketNews24

If you’ve ever visited Singapore, you’ll know that the country has an incredible range of culinary delights to offer. And if you enjoy seafood in particular, one of the county’s numerous signature dishes you’ll definitely want to try when you’re there is the savory Chilli Crab.

So when we heard that Nissin was going to come out with a new cup noodle in Chilli Crab flavor, well, we just knew that it was time for another taste test. So, how did the famous seafood dish taste as a cup of instant noodles?

For those of you unfamiliar with Singaporean Chilli Crab, it’s basically crab stir-fried in a tasty tomato and chilli sauce. Although chilli is used, the sauce is not spicy, but rather mild and sweet.

This is actually the second cup noodle product Nissin has released in the flavor of an internationally popular dish, the first being the Massaman curry flavor they sold in November last year. The new Chilli Crab noodle, which came out last week, is based on their long-selling Seafood Cup Noodle with its pork and seafood based soup, to which they’ve added some crab flavoring. It also comes with a separate package of chilli crab paste which is supposed to add a bit of spice and enhance the crab flavor. But enough of the explanations, let’s move on to the taste test, shall we?

It looks basically like their regular Seafood Cup Noodle inside, with dried crab flavored fishcakes, eggs, leeks and red pepper.

To be honest, we thought they actually tasted quite a lot like the regular seafood noodles, except for being slightly spicier due to the Chilli Crab Sauce — they didn’t quite have the sweet flavor of Singaporean Chilli Crab. That said, though, the noodles were tasty enough as a spicier version of the seafood noodles we’re used to with its creamy soup, and quite filling too, due to its large size. So, although we didn’t think it tasted that much like chilli crab, it’s not a bad deal at all for an instant meal/snack.

Well, we’re quite full and content for the moment, and we’ll be looking forward to more interesting noodle flavors from Nissin. We wonder what dish they’ll be turning into cup noodles next!

The Chilli Crab Seafood Cup Noodles comes in a 97-gram “BIG” size that’s slightly larger than the regular 74-gram, at a price of 205 yen.

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For those of you unfamiliar with Big Cup Noodles, they contain a dangerous amount of sodium - 2.4 grams, pretty much the daily limit for a healthy adult.

http://www.nissinfoods.com/Nutrition/Big_NF_ingredients_8_flavors.pdf

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But is salt as bad for your health as it has been made out?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/04/economist-explains-12

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it's bad if you're susceptible to strokes and high blood pressure illnesses... my friend ate "chiken ramen" before he died. RIP. He was 56 and his doctor warned him about excess sodium.

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This is already available in Singapore, but I'm guessing this version is specifically for the Japanese market?

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I wished to comment on this item to address sodium. I see it was on others minds . You are eliminating a large % market of individuals with high bp as many in Japan have due to stress or age. please publish info in articles about sodium content . Thank you so much

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Are Ramen as horribly bad for you in Japan as it is in North America?

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