These rice ramen cakes are my go to for a quick and easy meal, and cook up perfectly when following the instructions on the back of the package. The texture is perfect, not too soft, and not too firm - yet be sure the noodles get fully submerged or else any pieces hanging out will still be hard. Also, the noodles can quickly go soft, yet personally I still find them delicious even if I didn't cook them perfectly. Just don't let them sit too-too long or they will eventually get too soft and break up into small pieces.

Out of the 3 main colors of rice ramen ("red", "green", and "black" as I call them), they are all equally good in my opinion. My favorite go to recipe is cooking up some firm green (kale, collards, etc) in the same water I will cook the noodles in. Finish the noodles, while adding any variety of ingredients (carrots, cilantro, onions, tofu, some other protein, even chickpeas!) and drizzling spicy oil all on the finished product and eating it up!

I think what especially draws me to Lotus is their mission, their sustainability, while also having a delicious product. Always nice to have these on hands for a fun, easy, quick, and delicious meal.