#53 - Ko-Lee Go Noodles Xtreme Hot & Spicy Flavour

• Brand: Ko-Lee Go Noodles
• Flavour: Xtreme Hot & Spicy
• Cost: £0.29
• From: Morrison’s
• Description: N/A
• Weight: 85g (315g when made as a noodle soup)
• Allergies: None Given
  
  
  Innovative!

This is the first packet of Ko-Lee Go Noodles I've tried. The others have been in pots but there's something else different here too. They have produced a product that can be eaten in 3 different ways; you can either add the sachets directly to the pack and eat them as a dry snack, you can add 300ml of water and have a noodle snack or 350ml of water and have a noodle soup snack - I went for the latter and preparation was easy enough. Chuck everything in a pan with 350ml boiling water, simmer for 2 minutes then serve.

You get flavour sachets in this product, one is a dry flavouring and the other appears to be some kind of chilli oil. The only problem here is getting all the oil out of its sachet, you can see from the picture that I couldn't manage it. None of the packaging appears to be recyclable.

How do they taste? The answer is niiiiiiice! There's not a lot of complexity going on but there's fresh flavours that are sweet with a great chilli kick. The packaging points out that there's no MSG in them and that's true but looking at the ingredients they do use flavour enhancers - disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate and disodium succinate. If you want to know more about these, and other things you might find in your noodles, take a look at the glossary page.

Do they remind me of a traditional hot & spicy dish? The answer is yes as they are nothing if not hot and spicy. The ingredients include mushroom powder, sugar, salt and caramel powder but then there's also coarse chilli, pepper powder, and vegetable oil (with chilli).

How do I feel now I've finished it? The answer is raring to go, got a great chilli flavour left on my palette and I'm full enough to face the afternoon!

Conclusion - An innovative brand with great flavours!

Need 4 Noodle Rating: 8/10