, and get two packs of each flavor. Each box includes one bag of dried noodles and a sauce packet. On the back of the box are recommendations for sprucing things up, like adding chicken or eggplant . The new collection dropped on May 1, and Omsom sent our editors samples to try out beforehand.
The most unique thing about this new launch from the brand is the noodles. Instead of thin and stringy like Cup of Noodles or Tap Ramen, the brand opted for a thicker shape. And instead of straight, Omsom went wavy. This allows the noodles, at least in my opinion, to achieve a more al dente texture, and gives them more bounce and chew. It also makes them better for slurping; it feels like it’s because of these waves and ridges that the sauce clings to them almost effortlessly.
Our Editorial Director Katie Macdonald also tried a sample from the brand. Flavor-wise, she says she definitely liked the soy garlic sauce, which was salty and slightly spicy, more than the coconut lemongrass curry, which she found a little sweet. Her husband loved both, though, and gladly finished the curry noodles. The noodles were nice and long for slurping and had a nice chewy texture; however, there were some smaller noodle fragments from breaking in the packaging.
This is all to say that Omsom’s venture into instant noodles is a successful step for the brand away from just sauces, but further towards its goal of making Asian flavors accessible and of challenging Western ideas of what those flavors are and can be. The noodles can be seen as a sidekick to the original sauces — try using its