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by silencio 2505 days ago
this is a very popular south korean snack!

https://www.theramenrater.com/tag/ppushu-ppushu/

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Half Korean.

I thought I figured out some amazing snack when I started eating ramen straight out of the pack. My brother and I would mix it with microwave popcorn (two unhealthy snacks cancel each other out, right?)

So it came as a shock when my cousin from Korea came to visit and wasn't impressed with our ramen snacks.

"Doesn't everyone do this?"

Turned out my Half-Korean friends were doing the same thing (we were all Army brats). They were equally surprised to find others doing it.

I've seen characters do this in anime, though it's usually presented as cluelessness.
There are many products like this in a few countries - Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia to name a few. Malaysia's 'Mamee Monster' is particularly good - the spicy one.
Name directly translates to "break it break it". For some reason author didn't bother finding out.
That's a pretty ancient review... With two little kids I don't always have time for research on every variety which I'd like to do. Apologies...