Mike’s Mighty Good Craft Ramen (Food Review)

On a recent trip to the grocery, Fit noticed this product on the shelf and told me that she’d love to see me “tear it apart” on our YouTube channel. I don’t know why she was so skeptical of the product. Sure, we’d never heard of it or seen it before, but why not give it a fair chance? Unfortunately, due to my ravenous appetite, one day, I just ate them on the spot. By them, I mean one Beef Flavor Ramen Soup and one Chicken Flavor Ramen Soup. I was too lazy to setup my camera and I’m glad I didn’t because it became a bit more complex than anticipated. Mike’s Mighty Good Craft Ramen. Was it worth it? Yes and no.

No

This portion is paltry. At just 51g and 230 calories (reading the label for the Beef flavor), this barely qualifies as a snack, for me. In comparison, Nissin’s Top Ramen (Beef) is 85g and 380 calories. Maruchan is also 85g and 380 calories. My go-to at home ramen, Sapporo Ichiban, is 100g and 470 calories. I’m not saying that more calories and more weight is necessarily a good thing, but it is worth noting how small this portion truly is. I actually managed to eat all of the noodles in one bite. For me, this just isn’t worth the time and money. While others might enjoy it, I certainly did not. 

Yes

The broth is delicious. It truly is on another level. I could tell as soon as I opened the flavor packet that it was going to be special. I ended up using the leftover broth to cook red cabbage, which I used to make tacos. I didn’t want to waste the broth, but why did I have leftover broth in the first place?

Yes and No

I’m not a big microwave user. In Korea, in our dorms, we didn’t have a microwave, so I found myself making my instant noodles with the teapot. I’m not sure if there was some degree of user error (shouldn’t be for me), but it didn’t seem as if the noodles had long enough to cook. I followed the directions on the package to a t, but they seemed undercooked. Not al dente, but truly undercooked. Furthermore, they didn’t have the opportunity to absorb any of that delicious broth. As a result, I felt like I was eating bland noodles, and while they were clearly higher quality than the three major companies I listed above, you really couldn’t enjoy them properly. 

Worth It?

That is entirely up to you, but if you go for it, here is my recommendation. Make the broth, cook the noodles separately, and add them to the broth after they’re cooked. That way, they’ll absorb the broth properly. Also, you might want to consider buying two of them and combining the noodles to make it more of a snack than a bite. If you have a really small appetite, one should be fine.

Bottom Line

The quality of the broth and noodles is clearly superior to the competition in the space, but the flawed directions and painfully small portion make it hard to justify paying nearly $2. While my grocery only had these two products, I saw on their website that they have packets as well. I wish they had these at our grocery, so we could’ve done a comparison that was more fair for Mike’s. Nissin’s Cup Noodles is only 64g and 290 calories, which is much closer. Perhaps we need to find Mike’s noodle packets and go for a second round! Why? Because being fair and giving everything a second chance helps you stay hungry and fit, right?