Slurping through 21 different cups, including ramen and rice noodle styles, Bertin Huynh and colleagues find plenty of variety – but none that spark joy * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When I close my eyes and think of instant noodles, I’m brought back to afternoon tea at my grandparents’ public housing flat. I imagine my yeye (grandfather) pouring the herbal pork bone broth my grandmother had made the previous night into the noodle-packed styrofoam cup. It was the ultimate comfort food. But for this taste test comfort wasn’t the end goal. Instead I gathered 21 brands of instant chicken noodles that could satisfy hungry office workers on a deadline. The criteria: it needed to be a hot lunch you could make with only boiling water – and it needed to be quick. Continue reading...