It's no secret that Indonesians always have a pack of instant noodles ready for a rainy day. There are many brand-name instant noodles on the market, but the most famous is the Indomie brand, which has almost become synonymous with instant noodles. Indomie brand instant noodles are produced by Indofood, the largest instant noodle manufacturer in Indonesia. The brand has always been loved by Indonesians because of its continuous innovation in flavors, putting ingredients such as Soto Ayam (chicken curry) and beef Rendang in seasoning packets, including the most requested chili powder. There are also instant noodles in flavors like Thailand's Tom Yam and Korean Bulgogi.
In Indonesia, Indomie can be eaten as breakfast, snack, lunch or dinner. Roadside food stalls even sell hot coffee or iced tea along with ready-made instant noodles. These dry noodles are also always distributed as a popular emergency food to victims of volcanic eruptions and floods, not only in Indonesia but also overseas as they are easy to transport, taste delicious when heated, and are also very beneficial hunger. You just add the seasoning to the noodles, add chili powder to your liking, cook the noodles for 3 to 5 minutes, and you're done with a delicious meal.
Although some people warn that eating instant noodles for a long time will damage the human body's digestive system, people still like to eat instant noodles because it is convenient to eat, has a variety of tastes, is cheap, and is really satisfying.
There are rumors that Indonesian instant noodles have become very popular all over the world, and can be regarded as a real Indonesian flavor, and no Indonesian, especially those living abroad, can leave it.
1.Indonesia has a variety of tastes
All supermarkets have shelves dedicated to various brands of instant noodles. At present, there are about 50 flavors of instant noodles on the market, mainly local flavors in Indonesia. This has expanded to include Asian flavours such as Korean Bulgogi or Thai Tom Yam. The latest trend is to add real dehydrated beef cubes to instant noodles.
2.fun way to cook
Making instant noodles is easy and fun because there are so many different ways to cook it. People often add eggs, cheese, corned beef and sliced vegetables to the noodles according to personal preference. People who like spicy food will of course add chili sauce and other seasonings. If you want to make “cooked noodles”, you need to cook the noodles now, and then fry them with oil, sweet soy sauce and other ingredients, so that a fried noodles is ready.
3.Convenient to eat anytime or anywhere
When traveling in Indonesia, you can taste Indonesian instant noodles everywhere. Small “shops” or roadside stalls sell them. People can easily eat instant noodles anytime, anywhere in any city or village, whether at home, office or street food stall.
Since 2010, the own brand “Ramen Rater” has sampled, checked and photographed 1,750 kinds of instant noodles from all over the world, and also selected the most popular instant noodles. According to the survey, Indonesian instant noodles “Indomie chow mein” or fried noodles topped the list. “This is really the best instant noodles I've ever had. I love it – the flat noodles, very tasty. The seasoning is also rich in flavors. Spicy, sweet, and delicious.” Second place was “Chicken BBQ” flavored instant noodles, a “chicken curry” flavored instant noodle from the very competitive brand Mie Sedap came in fifth.
Indonesia's Indofood is now the world's largest instant noodle maker and has started building instant noodle factories in the Middle East, including Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia, as these countries have a high demand for instant noodles, according to the World Brain.com website. Demand is high and Indofood is becoming the most popular instant noodle brand. In 2005, Indomie broke the Guinness World Record for the “largest package of instant noodles” that year.
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