nosh nook #7 - tuesday, march 24, 2009

pot noodle brings out doner kebab flavour (link)
03.23.09 - the daily telegraph - by harry wallop

british people eat some weird ass, exotic-sounding snacks & desserts. blood pudding? spotted dick? pot noodle? while the third one actually sounds rather tempting, it's actually just the name of a company that makes the british equivalent of ramen--a cheap, quick, salty snack for the lazy or broke.

now there's another crazy addition to the british food fold--doner kebab flavoured pot noodle. as harry wallop mentions, with this new creation, pot noodle has created a dish that combines the awesomeness of cheap, salty noodles with the flavour of "a late-night trip to the kebab shop." i can pretty much guarantee that you won't find lamb-kebab flavored anything in the u.s., but apparently lamb-kebab is much more prevalent in the u.k. anyway, the reviews in the article aren't very positive, so if you're in the u.k., eat at your own risk.

in the article, a representative for pot noodles describes their new creation as "the ultimate man food snack." if by that, he means that men are too lazy to cook anything substantial & would instead rather consume heated up noodles & dried meat pieces over an actual kebab, then they've accomplished their goal. crazy brits.