Paldo Premium Jjajangmyun

If you like Jjajangmyun (짜장면 - black bean noodles), then this is totally the ramyun for you!

I'm trying another instant jjajangmyun (black bean noodles), with this one proclaiming its "premium" status to buyers. Let's see how fancy it is.

Contents (from left, top to bottom): Dried vegetables, Sauce packet (it looks so fancy), and Noodles (I accidentally broke the block when I dropped the package)

The noodles are of the standard Korean ramen thickness and chewiness. They are once again cooked and then strained along with the dried vegetables (cabbage and peas).

The sauce is already pre-made and contains onions, some sort of mystery meat, chewy bits of what seem to be bean curd, and potatoes, which came as a pleasant surprise. I suppose that this is where the "premium" part comes into play, as there are more ingredients in the sauce than you would normally find in other instant jjajangmyun.

The finished product

(It looks so messy, but that's just how it is, haha.)

This incarnation of instant jjajangmyun really showed what you would get if you ordered it in a restaurant. A lot of instant dishes avoid putting things like potatoes and meat because it doesn't rehydrate well or turns into mushy tasteless lumps, but they were able to work around that by putting it into the sauce without dehydrating it. The sauce has a larger focus on the black bean flavor, without being overpowered by garlic.

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