Fragrance Mists and Body Mists Review

I tend to acquire decants and samples when I'm in a midst of a crash out (I'd buy actual perfumes whenever I'm in dire mental straits if my funds allow me but it does not!), so might as well put my quick thoughts about them. I'll try to update this list as I try new ones. Bath & Body Works ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (I have repurchased these) Wild Honeysuckle - FANTASTIC! One of their more complex fragrances that I've tried. Honey right out of the gate. Smells briefly of kisses (type of aroma beads that was popular in the 90s). Then you get a burst of overwhelming jasmine flowers before settling in to subtle medley of florals. Disappointing longevity however, even for a fragrance mist. Wish I could find something that smells the same but would stay much longer. Moonlight Path  - Smells like powdery, musky flowers. Some people would say old lady perfume but this is actually one of my favorites. THE PERFECT BEDTIME SCENT! One thing I've learned is scents either get reformulat...

Nong Shim Chajang Chapagetti

I've always wanted to try how Chajangmyun (Jjajangmyun) tastes like. I've been meaning to go to a Korean restaurant to try authentic Chajangmyun but it looks like I won't be able to go restaurant hopping for a while. I went to the mall yesterday to buy new books to read and to do some grocery shopping and I was very happy to see a packet of Nong Shim Chajang Chapagetti (somehow, the word Chapagetti never fails to bring a grin to my face) alongside my favorite Korean instant noodles (Shin Ramyun), so I bought one.

I decided to eat Chapagetti for dinner. It didn't tasted like how I imagined it would be. The taste was so much milder than I expected. I always thought it would be a bit saltier and would have a strong, pork flavor (since I was watching a few video instructions on how to cook Chajangmyun before, and on all the recipes I've watched they all have pork on it). I clearly remember the older packaging marked it as 'vegetarian' even though it has a "protein source". I think they've removed the vegetarian label but I've seen some newer packaging that has the certified Halal mark. It's not widely distributed so if you don't want pork make sure you keep purchase the right one (I saw someone selling these online in my country, and it's almost twice the price of the regular Chapagetti).

Overall, I still enjoyed eating it (but probably because I was starving yesterday since I had din-dins waaay much past my usual dinnertime). I was hoping the price of Chapagetti would go down a bit, maybe I'll buy it more often.

Comments

Nia said…
Hi. Can you tell me where you found out that it was a vegetarian product? I recently bought this Chapaghetti and later i found that it contains pork. (I don't eat pork so I'm being really careful when I'm eating) But it would be helpful if you could tell me if it's real that it doesn't containt any meat. Thank you! :)
Kenken said…
Hi there. I distinctly remember it says 'vegetarian' on the packaging, but it has been 5 years so maybe they changed it up or removed it. However upon researching it seems it actually has meat in the first place. I can't read Korean but from what Google Translate tells me, some person called Nong Shim's customer service line to confirm if there is pork in it, he/she was told that the meat flakes were made from soy protein but somehow also didn't deny or confirm if there is actually pork in it and went as far as saying that the law only requires them to list at least 5 most used ingredients in the product (implying that they're not required to say if they used artificial or real pork in the product)

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Unknown said…
Hi. I've bought chapaghetti recently and found out they have pork in the ingredients. I can read a bit korean and can confirm they have pork.
Anonymous said…
So it is the flakes that contains the pork?

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