The great store bought ramen shoot out.

As much as I love the ramen shops around me, I don't have the time or the money to eat out all the time. While I need to look in to both of those things, there is a fairly competitive store bought ramen scene. Mitsuwa in NJ

recently hosted a shoot out of their tops sellers: 

Let the sampling begin!

First up Yamachan Ramen:

Made in California, I sampled the pork and miso flavors. By far the most expensive ramen at almost $6 per package but the flavor was excellent and the noodles held up. 

 They also have a very wide variety of flavors. It was a Saturday and too crowded to go shopping, but it's on my list for next time.

 Next up, Myojo.

Unfortunately they only had the seafood/tonkotsu broth. It was pretty odd, a pork with a slight fish taste. I like "seafood" and I like pork. I'm not sure they are they are the new chocolate & peanut butter.

And Sun Noodles

I normally love Sun Noodles. My fridge is stocked with their tonkotsu ramen, at less than $4 a box (serve two) they are piced well. They were sampling other flavors (miso & shoyu) which were just ok, but...

dixie cup size samples probably isn't the best way to sample ramen.

All in all, nothing blew my socks off, but I'll give Yamachan a try.