Has anyone tried Self heating hot pot instant noodles? This must be one of the most creative (junk?) processed foods. I was eyeing the latest instant ramen ratings as I came across a new flavour at the supermarket recently and finally got a chance to try it - a fish broth version by My Kuali (one of the top rated brands by ramen raters). A friend mentioned the hot pot option, which has yet to reach my local supermarket (but apparently you can get it on Amazon).

In Southeast Asia, despite the warm weather, it is cooler at year end it may be time to consider a real hot pot too. Traditionally in Malaysia, there is steamboat (often in outdoor eating settings) and there is "lok lok" a street food that you get off a food truck. China hot pot versions have set up too now (often in chilly airconditioned restaurant setting).

I hear from the used cooking oil (UCO) people that there's a lot of waste oil to collect from hot pot restaurants. The industrial deep fryers of instant noodles and more are having a fine time selling their used oil into biofuels - specifically palm oil-based biodiesel.

Yu Leng KHOR, 20 Nov 2020

PS. A safety warning to go alongside self heating instant noodles, in an article from China in 2017 (presumably when this product got popular there); and also consider #plasticwaste concerns.

Check out Self-Heating Instant Hot Pot videos.