Found some fresh yakisoba noodles in the supermarket deli case this
week, Maruchan brand. They come pre-divided into 3 serving-size
packets, with a foil-wrapped packet of dry seasoning for each. They
call it "sauce" but it's a powder.

Did a musgovian-style stirfry: found a very small onion, a rib of
celery, a couple leaves of Napa cabbage, a handful of mushrooms, and a
small leftover piece of grilled steak. Sliced everything up, heated
the wok, added oil, a crushed garlic clove and a couple slices of fresh
ginger. When the oil was hot and the garlic browned, took out the
garlic and ginger and added all the veggies. Stir-fried them for about
3 minutes, took them out. Added the steak and a splash of soy sauce,
tossed till hot, took it out. Then turned down the heat, added some
more oil and a little bit of water. Put in the noodles and stir-fried
them for a couple of minutes. Opened a seasoning packet and it smelled
pretty good. Put some on the noodles, stirred a little, added back the
meat and veggies, sprinkled most of the rest of the seasoning on.
Tossed it all till hot again. Served it up and turned on the Wimbledon
broadcast.

It was quite tasty. The seasoning powder was mild and not terribly
salty (though somewhat). The noodles were a little too thin and too
short, compared to the fresh noodles I get at the Asian market for
chowmein, but they were pretty good. More expensive than the others,
but the packaging is convenient as is their availability in the nearby
supermarket. I'll get them again, I think. -aem

aem wrote:
> Found some fresh yakisoba noodles in the supermarket deli case this
> week, Maruchan brand. They come pre-divided into 3 serving-size
> packets, with a foil-wrapped packet of dry seasoning for each. They
> call it "sauce" but it's a powder.
>
> Did a musgovian-style stirfry: found a very small onion, a rib of
> celery, a couple leaves of Napa cabbage, a handful of mushrooms, and a
> small leftover piece of grilled steak. Sliced everything up, heated
> the wok, added oil, a crushed garlic clove and a couple slices of fresh
> ginger. When the oil was hot and the garlic browned, took out the
> garlic and ginger and added all the veggies. Stir-fried them for about
> 3 minutes, took them out. Added the steak and a splash of soy sauce,
> tossed till hot, took it out. Then turned down the heat, added some
> more oil and a little bit of water. Put in the noodles and stir-fried
> them for a couple of minutes. Opened a seasoning packet and it smelled
> pretty good. Put some on the noodles, stirred a little, added back the
> meat and veggies, sprinkled most of the rest of the seasoning on.
> Tossed it all till hot again. Served it up and turned on the Wimbledon
> broadcast.
>
> It was quite tasty. The seasoning powder was mild and not terribly
> salty (though somewhat). The noodles were a little too thin and too
> short, compared to the fresh noodles I get at the Asian market for
> chowmein, but they were pretty good. More expensive than the others,
> but the packaging is convenient as is their availability in the nearby
> supermarket. I'll get them again, I think. -aem

I can see myself having roasted walnuts and tonnes of freshly chopped
spring onions with cooled soba as salad, plus wasabi :-d