VIFON LEMON ROASTED CHICKEN FLAVOR |
Origin: Vietnam Season Packet: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, garlic, artificial chicken flavor, lemon flavor, yeast extract powder, citric acid, onion powder, chili, ginger, sunset color, disodium 5' inosinate, disodium 5' guanylate Dehydrated Mix: texture wheat gluten, spring onion, eryngium, carrot Oil Packet: wasnt listed in the ingredient list. maybe some kind of chili oil Spicyness: 3 Comment: I didnt know what eryngium was. Seems to be some kind of edible flower. The textured wheat gluten has the texture of tofu. The broth was a nice and strong lemon flavor. With a salty and spicy background. This broth reminded me of lemon pepper seasoning. The addition of the tofu and veggies complemented the broth. A great ramen. Overall: 5 |
VIFON HU TIU NAM VANG |
Season Packet: salt, sugar, onion, monosodium glutamate, disodium 5' inosinate, disodium 5' guanylate, pepper, garlic, chili, artificial pork flavor, artificial chicken flavor, maltodextrin Oil Packet: palm oil, shallot, garlic, TBHQ Fried Shallot Packet: palm oil, shallot, garlic Dehydrated Packet: textured wheat gluten, celery, leek Spicyness: 1 Comment: I'm not sure what exaclty the flavor is, it just gave the Vietnamese name on the bowl. This ramen has rice noodles and the broth had a peppery taste. A meaty taste comes through along with the peppery taste. There was a large amount of leeks included which gave the broth a nice oniony flavor. A great ramen. Overall: 5 |
VIFON "PHO" RICE NOODLE SOUP BEEF FLAVOR |
Season Packet: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, artificial beef flavor, onion, disodium 5' inosinate, disodium 5' guanylate, caramel Oil Packet: palm oil, chili, artificial beef flavor Dehydrated Mix: textured wheat protein, erynglum, leek Chili Sauce: chili, garlic, salt, sugar, vinegar, corn starch Spicyness: 2 Comment: The noodles with this ramen are wider than the normal rice noodles. The broth had a nice meaty taste with a salty background. The ample amount of leeks add depth to the broth. The chili sauce wasnt enough to provide any signficant spicyness: Overall: 5 |
VIFON SHRIMP FLAVOR |
Season Packet: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, maltodextrin, shallot, artificial shrimp flavor, soy sauce(soya bean, water, salt), disodium 5' inosinate, disodium 5' guanylate, pepper Oil Packet: palm oil, chili, shallot, beta caroten Dehydated Mix: textured wheat gluten, corn, leek, carrot, eryngium Spicyness: 3 Comment: I found tiny dehydrated shrimp in the broth, which the ingredient list left out. The broth had a little spicyness to it, but the shrimp flavor was really not there. Just a salty and bland taste. Not one of my favorite from Vifon. Overall: 3 |
VIFON CHICKEN FLAVOR |
Season Packet: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, artificial chicken flavor, onion, disodium 5 inosinate & disodium 5 guanylate, ginger, caramel Oil Packet: palm oil, chili, artificial chicken flavor Chili Sauce: chili, garlic, salt, sugar, vinegar, corn starch Dehydrated Mix: textured wheat gluten, eryngium, leek Spicyness: 3 Comment: The noodles with this ramen are the wider rice noodles. And quite taste as always. The broth was mostly a salty and oily taste. A hint of chicken comes through. But the real treat here is the noodles themselves. they just seem to suck up the flavor of the broth and are a treat to eat. Overall: 4 |
VIFON RICE NOODLE WITH FISH |
Season Packet: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, fish powder, pepper, disodium 5'-inosinate, disodium 5'-guanylate Stewed Fish Packet: basa fish, palm oil, onion, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate, b-carotene Dehydrated Mix: spring onion, chili Spicyness: 2 Comment: The noodles with this ramen are rice noodles. This came with fish in a retort pouch, so real pieces of fish!! The broth had a chicken type flavor, not fishy at all. The pieces of fish were great, but not enough of them. A little on the oily side but delicious. The only spicyness was from an occasional piece of chili pepper. I wish all ramen would come with real meat. Overall: 5 |
Soup Base: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract powder, artificial pork flavor dosodium 5 inosinate disodium 5 guanylate, garlic, pepper, five spices flavor, caramel Dehydrated Mix: onion, chili Oil Packet: palm oil, artificial pork flavor Spicyness: 3 Comment: I dont know what it is with the pork flavor but most ramen maunfacters like to put the nastiest picture of pork mush on the ramen package. The broth with this one was actually to weak, not sure if there was not enough seasonings in my package, but I added the normal amount of water. Regardless, not much flavor. Mostly just a salty msgish flavor. The only veggies were green onion and some chili flakes. That added a little extra flavor but not enough to save this bowl. Overall: 2 |
VIFON PORK FLAVOR |
VIFON PHNOM PENH STYLE INSTANT RICE NOODLE |
Dry Season Packet: soy sauce(water, soja bean, salt, sugar, caramel), refined palm oil, shallot, salt, sugar, garlic, dried shrimp, monosodium glutamate, green onion, beta-carotene Dehydrated Mix: cabbage, carrot, green onion Spice Packet: shallot, garlic Oil Packet: refined palm oil, garlic, beta-carotene Spicyness: 1 Comment: I have no idea what flavor this is suppose to be since Vifon's website is being updated at the moment. A search on google turns up that phnom penh style noodles are a clear soup made with pork and garlic. Not sure this is the flavor since you have to drain the water off of the noodles and mix in the seasonings. These are always hard to mix up I usually end up leaving a little bit of the water to mix up the seasonings with to help make it easier to mix everything together. The noodles are made of rice which is a typical Vifon noodle and the flavor had a sweet, salty and a slight seafood. So maybe this is a seafood flavor rice bowl. At times a garlic flavor could be detected and the additon of the cabbage added a crunch texture to the noodles. A different style of instant noodles from Vifon that is worth checking out. Overall: 4 |