Foodview 2.0 Ibumie Mi Goreng, Nat Chan

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This is a follow-up from my previous limited edition foodview. Today's limited edition foodview is done by none other than....

Mr. Nat Chan

Photo belongs to Alex Livesey and Getty Images

Ok, maybe not exactly him... but he does sort of look like Torres if he ever gets a proper hair cut. Anyhoo, if one were to read the previous foodview, I received terrible scores from both Miss. Candy and Mr. Nat Chan.

So on Tuesday, I got a chance to foodview Nat Chan. I assured him that there were no grudges or hard feelings, and that I will foodview with integrity and unbiasedness. So let's roll.

You may have noticed that the foodview is on Ibumie and not everyone's favourite rival instant noodle, Indomie.

Difference

Ibu in Malaysian malay means "Mom"; Or if she was a terrible mother, one would say, "Badmo".

Indo in Indonesian malay means "Indonesia"; actually Indo is just short for Indonesia.

It appears that Ibumie is a product of Malaysia. Finally. Something good came out of that country!

This is how the packaging looks like in Melbourne. It may look different in other countries.

Noodles are the same with most brands... so we'll skip the noodles. These are the sauces and powders.

Compare them to Indomie's

Left is Ibumie and right is Indomie.

Ibumie spent more on their packaging compared to Indomie's cheap lousy packaging. Hullo, presentation much?

Only old people would remember this but 10 years ago back home in my south east asian country (I was like 8 years old back then), Indomie sauces and powders was exactly the same as Ibumie's. The powder packet weren't silver but white in colour. Yes, the chilli was in powder form! Indomie's onions were real fried onions and tasted ten times better than now Ibumie's pseudo-fried onions. I seriously dont believe those things are actually fried onions but same can be said of Indomie's current fried onions.

So good on ya, Ibumie for bringing back good memories but poor form on the amount of sauces and powders. Its just sacrilegious. It is simply not enough, they should have just provided half a noodle cake. Ants would even complain. Sigh. Indomie back then gave more.

Now onto the foodview, Nat Chan had a peculiar method for cooking the noodles. Instead of the usual plop noodle cake in hot water and 2-3 mins in the microwave. He microwaved the noodles ten six times in 30 seconds intervals, for a total of 3 minutes. "I know it takes longer but I can monitor the texture of the noodles", he said.

So right he was. The noodles was neither under nor over cooked. Just right. Despite the fact that you don't eat the noodles as a soup, he add just a tiny amount of water to make it a bit saucy. Brilliant move.

Overall score : 4 out of 5

Comment : He did require help taking the bowl out of the microwave and trying to strain the noodles with a pair of chopsticks. He deserves a fist-pump for his efforts. Plus there was no egg accounted for, aha! So yea a great score for egg-less instant noodles. Marks were deducted for presentation. Hullo, presentation much?