Instant Noodles is not rare for us nowadays, it becomes one of the top instant food’s products that consumed by all nations widely regardless of your skin colours. This article will share to you about the most popular instant noodles in Malaysia.
The ranking in this article was made according to the top best sellers in Malaysia and the most common instant noodles brand that easily can be found in many markets in Malaysia.
As a traveler, instant noodles are usually used as provisions when traveling. Apart from that, the price is cheaper and instant noodles also easy to cook and fast to prepare.
Introduction
Consuming instant noodles today is not only reserved for the poor or consumed by the soldiers during post-war food shortages as it main function in 1958 when instant food was first introduced in Japan.
As time flies, there are varieties of instant noodle brands introduced by many countries with offering more options of flavours.
Not only serves for the poor peoples but it nowadays consumed by everyone regardless of income groups.
The price also vary, from the cheapest to the highest. Like other instant foods such as KFC, McD, and so on, Instant Noodles nowadays become the top best seller product throughout the years.
Maggi
Among the most popular Instant Noodles brand in Malaysia, Maggi becomes the most popular brand.
A product of Nestle, Maggi can be considered well known by all Malaysians. On top of that, this product is produce in Malaysia and the almost all of them imported to all over the world. Hence no wonder why Maggi instant noodles brand becomes the most liked brand among Malaysians.
There are 4 core flavours most liked by the Malaysian. This flavours were subjected to Malaysian Taste of Foods that they consume almost everyday or maybe once a week.
Maggi Curry
Maggi Curry is rank no 1 flavours among the most popular instant noodles in Malaysia. Curry is one of the common dish consumed by many Malaysian regardless of their unique and diverse atmosphere. I means, no matter if you are Malay, Chinese or Tamil, curry becomes commons Malaysians menus that consumed almost everyday.
Hence no wonder why Maggi Curry is the most common and famous instant noodles flavours among Malaysians.
To make it more common, Maggi Curry usually boiled with an egg. You may put one or two eggs in one bowl of Maggi Curry.
If required, you also may boiled the noodles with dried tofu before move them into a bowl and stir with the seasonings. Do not toss the noodle because this is not a fried noodle.
Maggi Asam Laksa
Maggi Asam Laksa becomes our rank no 2 among the most consumed by Malaysians. Maggi Asam Laksa was introduced and inverted based the flavours of Laksa Penang or Asam Laksa Noodles.
The sour taste from Asam Laksa is commonly liked by Malaysians.
Unlike other Maggi Noodle flavors, Asam Laksa is rarely consumed with eggs. It is usually cooked as it is.
Maggi Ayam/Chicken
Here we come to the last flavour that most liked by Malaysians, the maggi ayam. Ayam means “Chicken” in Malay. Maggi ayam mostly liked by the kindergarten kids. The taste is light, not spicy and not too salty.
Overall maggi ayam can consume by all ages due to it light flavours and outsiders friendly. Tourist from al over the world can enjoy and usually have no issue with Maggi Ayam.
The taste of this maggi ayam is nearly same taste of Sup Ayam or “Chicken Soup” and consumed globally.
For all three maggi flavours we listed above, none of them should be cooked like fried noodles or “Mee Goreng”. All them must cooked with soup. Curry soup, Asam Laksa Soup and Chicken Soup. Do not toss the noodles upon boiled and stir with the instant noodle seasoning.
It should be boiled for 2-3 minutes and move the noodles into new bowl (do not eliminate the boiled water or toss them). Stir gently with seasoning. And it ready to eat. Optional, you may add 1-2 eggs the moment you boil the noodles.
Mie Sedaap
This brand origins from Indonesia but also enjoy by the Malaysian. Mie Sedaap means ” Delicious Noodles” in Malay. Unlike Maggi, Mie Sedaap is directly imported from Indonesia to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam.
Under this brand, there are two flavours the most preferred by Malaysian as below.
Mie Sedaap Goreng
Rank No 5, is Mie Sedaap Goreng. In English it means “Delicious Fried Noodles”. Although there are many sub-flavours for fried noodles segments, the most popular among the Malaysian is the original flavour of Mie Sedaap Goreng.
Because of this is instant fried noodles, you must toss the noodles upon boiled them for about 2-3 minutes before you stir/mix them with the seasonings.
Optional, you may consume this instant fried noodles together with a sunny side up eggs.
Mie Sedaap Soto
The last but not least, Mie Sedaap Soto becomes the rank no 5 in this article. Unlike Mie Sedaap Goreng we mentioned previously, this flavour in adaptation of “Soto”, the menu origins from Javanese peoples.
The taste of this instant noodles nearly same taste like chicken soup, but in different version of chicken soup. With the sourness flavour from lemons, it taste becomes more authentic and friendly for kids as well. Not too salty and sour too, make this Mie Sedaap Soto friendly to all peoples including outsiders.
Also read : Sarawak Local Cuisines You Must Try
Conclusions
There are two common instant noodles brands that well known by almost all the Malaysian. Under each brands there are a lot of flavours available for us to choose.
We listed five instant noodles flavours the most Malaysian like to consumes. This five flavours were the most flavours chosed by Malaysian in average regardless of their age.
These five flavours were in adaptations of local cuisines like Asam Laksa, Mee Kari “Curry Noodles” , “Soto” and fried noodles.
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