Today, my friend Kavey is taking over my #noodlereviewoodle series with this review of the Vietnamense Vifon instant noodles brand. She’s a good friend of mine (thanks to the world of blogging) and we love many of the same types of food. Of course, that includes instant noodles!
About Kavey
Kavita Favelle is the food and travel writer behind Kavey Eats, a personal blog launched in 2009. She shares recipes, restaurant reviews, cookbook reviews, and travel content from around the world.
On to the noodles
I’m a sucker for instant noodles, especially the ones that come in little rectangular blocks of dried noodles inside a colourful wrapper.
They were a feature of my childhood, especially during summer visits to relatives in India when I sometimes couldn’t face yet another meal of dal – my relatives ate dal at every meal, every day!
Often, I’ll eat them just as they come, made up according to the packet instructions and nothing more. Other times I’ll jazz them up with extras such as ramen eggs, fried tofu puffs, finely chopped spring onions, menma (Japanese fermented bamboo shoots), or a dollop of chilli oil.
These Vifon brand instant noodles are the latest packets I picked up at Wai Yee Hong supermarket in Bristol a couple of weeks ago. They’re cheap too, at 40p a packet.
As well as noodles, they each have two flavour sachets, one with a set powder and one with a thick liquid concentrate.
So far I’ve tried the duck flavour and the beef flavour (shown). Both were good, with simple clean flavours and I would happily have either again. For when I’m in the mood for something simple, they work just as they come, and when I’m feeling more inspired, I can make them into something a bit more exciting.
Scores on the doors
- Flavour 7/10
- Texture 8/10
- Ease of making 10/10
- Total: 25/30.
- Buy again? YES!
Happy noodling!
Dave
Hi Alex and Kavey,
This Vifon brand is available widely in South East London. What is unusual is that some are clearly for a far eastern market (the ones I find at Duc Thien Vietnamese supermarket) or an eastern European market (which I find at Penge Food Centre, a Turkish supermarket which is in Catford, not Penge). The quality of the flavourings is very variable between them. Kavey’s ones look much nicer in flavour than the ones I have found. The infinite variety of instant noodles is truly mindboggling!
Maybe one day, Alex, you and your colleagues will get the microwave your workplace deserves. I wish you satisfying noodling in the meantime!
Thanks Snigda! Yes, here’s hoping 🙂
I love instant noodles for the very fact that there are SO SO many and yes, I’ve also often seen variations on brands which I assume are for different audiences.