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The Big List of Buldak

Buldak is such a popular brand that its fans try to seek out every single flavor that has ever existed to make sure they can try them all. On Reddit, I’ve been maintaining an active list of all known flavors and their status. You can find that list below, along with links to my reviews of each one I’ve tried. This list does not include offshoot products like tteokbokki, dumplings, or hot sauce, but rather only focuses on noodle products.

(Updated April 1, 2025)

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Site-Exclusive Review: Nissin Cup Noodle BIG Butter Chicken Curry

One of the benefits of doing reviews here on the site is I can churn out reviews of limited-time products much more quickly than if I had to schedule time to film and edit for the YouTube channel. So with that in mind, I’m checking out the first of many limited-time Cup Noodle products from Nissin right here for your reading pleasure, with this Butter Chicken Curry flavor. Oh yes, and it comes in the “BIG” Cup Noodle size only.

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Noodle Journey Episode 199: Nongshim Shin Ramyun Toomba

Original video description:

One last episode before I hit the 200 milestone! Here’s Nongshim’s spicy Korean take on a popular restaurant chain pasta dish. If you love cheesy, creamy noodles like Buldak Carbonara, you’ll definitely want to see this review.

Scores:

Cooking Method #1 (Sauce):

  • Noodles: 9/10
  • Spiciness: 4/10
  • Overall: 9/10

Cooking Method #2 (Dry):

  • Noodles: 9/10
  • Spiciness: 5/10
  • Overall: 9.5/10
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Site-Exclusive Review: JML Artificial Stew Pork Flavor

It’s been a while since I reviewed something from Jin Mai Lang, also known as JML. I reviewed their Artificial Chicken Mushroom flavor way back when, and it did certainly deliver on both the chicken and the mushroom flavor, although the noodles weren’t really the best. Here with this variety, we’ve got a Chinese “stewed pork” flavor I’m not totally familiar with, but I do love trying new things, so this should be interesting.

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Noodle Journey Episode 198: Nongshim Shin Ramyun Stir Fry

 

Original video description:

Nongshim makes a few varieties of their massively popular Shin Ramyun in stir-fry form, and on today’s episode, I’ll break down the key differences between the newer American version and the South Korean version that’s been around for much longer.

Scores:

American Version:

  • Noodles: 9/10
  • Spiciness: 6/10
  • Overall: 5.5/10

South Korean Version:

  • Noodles: 9/10
  • Spiciness: 5.5/10
  • Overall: 7.5/10

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Site-Exclusive Review: Maruchan Yakisoba Cheddar Cheese Flavor

Hey everyone, it’s time to get into the very first site-exclusive Noodle Journey review! If you’re confused about why this is a bunch of text with no video, check out the recent blog post explaining my decision to split up my reviews between the channel and this site.

Anyway… cheesy instant noodles. I think cheese may be the most divisive ingredient I’ve ever encountered in instant noodles (aside from all the stuff in the gimmick flavors out there). Here we have Maruchan combining a cheese sauce with their yakisoba noodles into what I’m imagining is going to be a glorified mac and cheese with minimal-to-no Asian flavors.

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Noodle Journey Site-Exclusive Reviews Are Coming!

If you made your way here from my YouTube channel, chances are you’ve wondered what else this site can do besides just providing a searchable index of all of my reviews. To that end, I’ve decided to take advantage of the medium that is WordPress and publish some reviews on here that won’t be featured on the YouTube channel.

Read more: Noodle Journey Site-Exclusive Reviews Are Coming!