Hello Kitty Ramen + Pusheen Soda + Ramen Snack Review

    So, I went to 5 Below and found a Japanese snack aisle. In this aisle, I found Hello Kitty ramen. The last time I purchased ramen with a character on the logo, it was $5 and wasn't that good. (That was Hatsune Miku ramen. I'll put the link for that review at the bottom.) This time, the ramen was only $2, so I figured why not buy it. I ended up buying two packs of the ramen in case I liked it, and I purchased some ramen snacks with it too. The ramen snacks costed $2.25, and I bought two different flavors. Spicy and Imitation Chicken. After buying this food, I decided I needed a drink to go with all of it. Then I remembered, at a different 5 Below they had a Pusheen drink, so I bought that a few days after.

This is the Hello Kitty ramen, and all photos
were "astonishingly" taken by me.

    The first thing I tried was the Hello Kitty ramen. It was pretty good. At first, the ramen was a bit bland. It was supposed to be spicy, but you could only feel the spice and not taste it. I blame that on the seasoning packets. Both were difficult to open, but when I opened the spice packet, the spice wasn't coming out. After a few bites, the ramen tasted a lot better. When I finished the noodles, I drank the broth. Normally I don't like doing that, but this broth was really good. Overall, I give the ramen a 7.5/10.

The ramen snacks and Pusheen drink with a lovely
background of some of my manga and figures

    The first thing I tried out of these three items was the spicy ramen snack. I thought they would be bigger than they were so you could grab them like chips, but it looked like crushed up ramen. That made it a little difficult and annoying to eat. They weren't spicy and I thought it was similar to uncooked ramen. They weren't bad, and I would probably buy them again. I rate these a 6/10.

    After that, I tried the Pusheen soda. It was very bubbly and sweet. It reminded me sparkling water and I don't think it had enough flavor. I think if blue was an actual flavor, it would taste like how the drink tasted. I know that probably sounds weird, but it actually tasted like the color blue. I give it a 5/10.

    The last thing I tried was the normal ramen snack. I did not like this one. It tasted like burnt ramen and was very salty. The spicy one was definitely better. I tried combining both ramen snacks and seeing how they would taste together, and the normal ramen snack ruined the taste of the spicy one. I did have a second taste tester, and they said that they were good together and that the normal ramen snack was better. I give the normal ramen snack a 3/10.

    

Hatsune Miku Ramen review

Review of Hatsune Miku Ramen

 Hatsune Miku ramen. If you've never heard of it, it's ramen that has Miku's face on the logo and turns blue once water is put in. (As shown in the photo)

Yes, those are Demon Slayer chopsticks.

Along with this ramen, I purchased a Pusheen x Hatsune Miku soda:

By the way, all photos seen in this blog
were "skillfully" taken by me.

Now to start making the ramen. First, you open the lid. Then, you add boiling water until the fill line. After that, you let the ramen sit for a little while so the noodles can turn soft, then you stir and enjoy.

The noodles before adding water.

One thing I would like to say about the noodles is that 1: There weren't a lot. 2: They were clear. I don't know why they were clear, but I assume it's so they can absorb the blue color better.

These are noodles after adding water.

Okay, so at this point, the ramen was ready to eat. I accidentally didn't leave them in the water long enough, but they had quite the delightful taste. The flavors were bursting out of the noodles so perfectly, and the soda was perfect with it. The taste was so immaculate, no words could describe it. After 5 minutes, I went in for another bite, only to realize I had run out of the heavenly tasting noodles.

These noodles were not good at all, but the soda was pretty good. I paid $5 for the ramen, so it was quite disappointing. The soda was on sale for I believe $1, so that was for sure worth it. I definitely don't recommend buying the ramen though.