Little foil pouch leaves a distinct 'astronaut food' impression - as does the taste.
This little box looked too good to be true. Ready in 60 seconds, there are no preservatives and you don't even have to add the chicken.
I opened the box and immediately felt as though Iwas in that astronaut movie on the planet Mars. Inside there was a little silver foil pouch, a cup with some noodles and a fork. All I had to do was empty the pouch into the cup, pop it in the microwave and in 60 seconds a pad thai would be ready.
SunRice Chicken Pad Thai and Rice Noodles Street Snack $3.75 for 200g
Ingredients (in order of greatest quantity first)
Water
This will be for making the rice noodles and the chicken mix.
The first thing I noticed when I mixed the astronaut package into the cup with the noodles is that there wasn't much food there for your 1450kj or 346 calories. It is about a cup and would only half-fill the box it came in. The next thing I noticed was that this really doesn't taste very good; in fact it tastes a lot like early airline food, the stuff they used to serve in the 80s before they made an effort. So my initial impression of this being astronaut food wasn't far off the mark.
The ingredients in this are all good, they won't hurt you, but even though it is natural with no preservatives, this is still a highly processed meal and tastes like it. As I often say with noodle products, just buy some plain rice noodles and add your own ingredients. Some cooked chicken, ground peanuts, soy sauce and perhaps grated carrot or thinly sliced cucumber.
If you really need a pad thai, get one freshly cooked at a Thai restaurant.
