#70 - Kailo Beef Bucket Noodles

• Brand: Kailo
• Flavour: Spicy Beef Flavour
• Cost: £1.29
• From: Tesco
• Description: Beef Flavour Instant Noodles
• Weight: 120g (720g when hydrated)
• Allergies: Contains Wheat Flour & Soybean

A BEEF BUCKET??? Yes please!!! Never have I seen a packet of instant noodles of such a size - 120g and then you add 600ml of water - this is very exciting. The packaging is all something I've seen before but on a much larger scale. Unfortunately none of the packaging (from what I can tell) is recyclable, and there's a lot of it and there's a plastic fork in there - grrrr... The preparation is simple and seeing as you can eat it straight from the pot this product gets 1 out of 2 in round one of scoring.

How does it taste? The answer is lovely. The ingredients list is broken down into the constituent parts which include:

• Seasoning - sugar, salt, dehydrated soy sauce, artificial beef flavour, caramel colour, spices (chilli, Sichuan wilder pepper), MSG, tomato powder, maltodextrin, silicon dioxide and yeast extracts)
• Dehydrated Vegetables - cabbage, carrot, green bean
• Sauce Pack - Palm oil, wheat flour paste, chilli, Sichaun wilder pepper

There's not a lot there that makes you go "What?", if there are a couple of things you don't recognise just take a look at the glossary page. From these ingredients the main thing you pick up is the Sichuan wilder pepper and it's right up my street. They get 3 out of 4.

Does it remind me of a spicy beef dish? The answer is in parts. You see there is a hint of beef flavour but it's not huge, there is however a real spiciness to this product and it's doing wonders for my cold. Because it's a bit beefy and definitely spicy they get 1.5 out of 2.

How do I feel now I've finished it? The answer is stuffed, that's a lot of noodles. Also loving the chilli afterburn. One question though, I can see peas, spring onion and possibly coriander in there and they aren't mentioned on the ingredients list - how can this be? Even with that question, it's 2 out of 2.

Conclusion - Bigger doesn't automatically mean better but this is pretty awesome

Need 4 Noodle Rating: 7.5/10