Pulmuone Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles Review [Korean Food]

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Hello. Today’s new Pulmuone ramen I’m introducing is Roasting Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles. It’s a new release from Pulmuone, a brand well known for its air-dried noodles. It has been a while since their last new menu. This isn’t a familiar classic. Instead, it recreates Chinese chow mein using air-dried noodles. They say it was developed around an “Asian wok hei stir-fried noodles” concept. Today, I’ll review the first one, the punchy garlic version. Let’s take a closer look.

How to cook the garlic stir-fried noodles

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📋 At a Glance

Product name: Roasting Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles
Brand: Pulmuone
Price: About KRW 4,500 (under KRW 4,000 during promotions)
Net weight: 110.6g
Calories: 380kcal
Main components: Non-fried air-dried noodles, garlic sauce (soy sauce, garlic-infused oil, triple roasting), dried green onion flakes
Overall: ★3.5 — The punchy roasted-garlic aroma stands out. It’s a refreshing air-dried noodle option for anyone tired of overly sweet bibim noodles.

Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles: Price and Key Features

This menu doesn’t carry the “Natural Air-Dried Noodles” label. Still, it uses Pulmuone’s signature non-fried, air-dried noodle style. It also comes with a sauce made using a triple-roasting method. Vegetables and meat are roasted first. The sauce base is roasted separately. Then oil and seasonings are added, and everything is roasted a third time.

In particular, this isn’t just a spin-off of the Natural Air-Dried Noodles line. They say it’s a modern reinterpretation of chow mein, released as part of a wok hei stir-fried noodle series. I bought it for about KRW 4,500 on Emart’s official online mall. However, I’m seeing some big-box store promotions in December selling it for under KRW 4,000.

Trying the spicy garlic stir-fried noodles

How to Cook

For this one, add the noodles and dried green onion flakes to boiling water. Cook for 4 minutes. If you want a firmer bite, they also suggest 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Once the noodles are done, drain thoroughly. Then add the sauce and mix evenly.

Explanation of the triple-roasting method

Nutrition Facts and Ingredients

The total content is 110.6g per bag. It has 380kcal. Sodium is at 57% of the daily recommended intake. Since it’s air-dried noodles, the calories seem set a bit lower.

I checked the ingredient list. The sauce is labeled simply as “garlic sauce,” and it includes soy sauce, garlic-infused oil, and garlic. Nothing looked particularly spicy on the list. Still, the description says it’s fairly spicy. That makes me curious about the heat level.

Comparison review of spicy bibim noodles

Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles: What’s Inside

Now, let’s quickly check what comes in the pack. This menu includes three items: air-dried noodles, garlic sauce, and dried green onion flakes. The noodles look like the same style Pulmuone often uses for its roasted air-dried noodle products. It doesn’t seem like a special new noodle shape.

Garlic Sauce and Green Onion Flakes

From the outside, the garlic sauce feels like a fairly thin, runny sauce. The dried topping really seems to be just green onion. Usually, toppings like this get mixed in at the end. However, this one tells you to boil it together. Keep that in mind when cooking.

Introducing Pulmuone’s new ramen product

Cooking Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles

First, I’ll cook it exactly as instructed. I prepared boiling water, added the noodles and green onion flakes, and boiled them for a little over 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

Noodle Texture and Mixing in the Sauce

After cooking, the noodles turned quite springy. They were also fairly firm and chewy. If that texture isn’t your style, it’s better to cook the full 4 minutes. I put the noodles in a bowl and poured on the sauce. The sauce was quite thin, and it seemed to contain small bits of garlic. Mixing was very easy.

The noodles themselves didn’t look spicy. Visually, the sauce also looked a bit light. However, the moment I mixed it, a sharp garlic aroma rose up fast. It feels quite different from the spicy ramen we usually eat.

Trying the spicy wok hei stir-fried noodles

Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles: Taste Test

Now, let’s taste it. If you’re looking at the photos, you might think it looks a bit bland. In reality, even after draining well, the sauce itself isn’t the thick, heavy type. So it can look a little light.

Recommendation review for tasty garlic stir-fried noodles

Punchy Heat and Roasted Garlic Aroma

Still, once you take a bite, it’s surprisingly spicy. That’s interesting, because the ingredient list mainly mentions sugar, garlic, and soy sauce. It’s not at the level of Buldak Stir-Fried Noodles, of course. It’s also not a numbing heat. Instead, it’s a sharp, punchy spiciness. That said, the garlic aroma isn’t overwhelmingly strong. True to the “roasting” name, it feels closer to the aroma of roasted garlic.

Explanation of the ramen sauce’s characteristics

Clean, Savory Umami on a Soy Sauce Base

With soy-sauce-style bibim noodles, you often get oyster sauce and other ingredients to boost umami hard. This one takes a different approach. It has a lightly sweet note, and it leans on roasted garlic and soy sauce aroma. It’s close to the “sweet-and-savory” trend. At the same time, it feels familiar yet slightly different.

Detailed explanation of the cooking method

Overall, it tasted good and felt fairly layered. At the same time, it seems too spicy for households with young kids. Still, if you’re tired of overly sweet and aggressively seasoned flavors, this could be a surprisingly good pick.

Tip: Stir-Fry It Like Chow Mein

Also, there’s a bit of oil in the sauce. So if you drain it well, you can lightly stir-fry it in the pot with residual heat and make it more like real chow mein. Pulmuone doesn’t officially recommend this, of course. Still, next time I want to stir-fry it with vegetables and top it with an egg.

Analysis of the sauce texture characteristics

Final Verdict

As long as you keep in mind that it’s a bit spicy, it’s a great menu to enjoy with that roasted garlic aroma. How about you? These days, many people say bibim noodles are so sweet that even two packs feel like too much. If that sounds like you, this could be an easy, satisfying option. I’d say it’s a solid recommendation.

Detailed information on the air-dried noodle components

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much does Pulmuone Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles cost?

It’s about KRW 4,500 on Emart’s official online mall. During big-box store promotions, you can also buy it for under KRW 4,000.

Q. What does Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles taste like?

It’s an air-dried stir-fried noodle with a punchy roasted-garlic aroma and clean, savory soy-sauce-based umami. Since it uses a triple-roasting sauce, it’s in a different lane from sweet bibim noodles. Also, it’s spicier than you might expect, so keep that in mind.

Q. What are the calories and net weight of Modern Chao Garlic Stir-Fried Noodles?

Per bag, it contains 110.6g and has 380kcal. Because it uses non-fried air-dried noodles, it’s lower in calories than typical instant ramen. Sodium is at 57% of the daily recommended intake.

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