This is Shirakiku Brand Sanukiya Somen Mild. It says Fresh Japanese Style Somen on the label, but it's a product of Korea. As I understand it, somen is supposed to be eaten cold, but as far as I can tell the instructions to prepare this is just like typical cup ramen. Add water and heat.
It is slightly different because everything is packaged up. One contains the flavor powder. Another contained seaweed flakes. Lastly the noodles were packaged up.
The noodles were not crispy, dry, or hard. It felt like soft plastic.
After removing packaging and dumping it all back in the bowl, I added hot water to the specified line and microwaved it for 2 minutes as suggested.
For some reason it smelled kind of like tea. The flavors were ok. Not overpowering. The only indication of flavor was "Mild." So as expect it was slightly spicy. I've heard that even "Mild" in Korea is set your head on fire hot, but this was easily survivable by me and I generally don't like spicy. The texture of the noodle was good, not mushy at all. I almost feel like going back to the store and getting the rest of them, but they all expire in a few days. Oh well.
