Nongshim Jjawang Review - Jjawang falls short of Paldo Bibimmyeon.

It wasn't only Paldo jjajangmyeon that I bought at the convenience store. Since I'd made jjawang at home once before, I bought one jjawang and one Paldo jjajangmyeon to compare them with jjawang. Both cost 1,500 won anyway, and since they share the same instant-jjajangmyeon concept, I figured they'd be easy to compare. The result? A total defeat for jjawang.

First, both products secured a decent quality when it comes to the noodles. Also, the vegetables are the same. The difference is in the 'sauce.'

Jjawang has a powder-soup + vegetable flavor-oil composition, so it needs a bit of moisture and has to be mixed well.

But in the case of Paldo jjajangmyeon, the liquid soup really contained onions and potatoes inside, just like real jjajangmyeon. Since it's liquid from the start, there's no need to mix it well separately. So there's no need to adjust the water; you just need to heat the sauce well. - See the post at http://milkrevenant.tistory.com/341

After doing all that, jjawang's noodles stuck together in clumps and only got a sheen thanks to the 'vegetable flavor-oil.' But the Paldo product, like 'ramen,' had its noodles separate well and was richer in ingredients beyond just the noodles.

Taste ★★☆☆☆Price ★★★☆☆ - same 1,500 wonVisual ★★★☆☆

For reference, as for noodle size, Paldo jjajangmyeon has square noodles and jjawang has round noodles. They're the same noodles as Neoguri. If you plan to add more things to eat your instant jjajangmyeon, jjawang might be better. But if you intend to eat only what's in the package, I'd say Paldo jjajangmyeon wins overwhelmingly..