Pot Noodle Chinese Chow Mein - 90g

Pot Noodle sits in a category of its own in British food: not quite a meal, not quite a snack, and entirely beyond embarrassment. Chow Mein is one of the flavours people name first when the subject comes up, usually with a slightly guilty smile.

Shelves in Canada have plenty of instant noodles. You are not after instant noodles. You are after this one, the exact pot from the corner shop back home, and until you have it the craving will not shut up.

It is a 90g pot that sits quietly in the cupboard until the evening it is needed. Peel back the lid, fill with boiling water to the line, stir, give it a few minutes, stir again. It works at a desk, on a camping trip, or on the night the fridge offers nothing but a lemon and some optimism.

Most people do not stop at one. A few more pots tend to join the basket, along with a bag of British crisps and a box of proper tea bags, which is as close to a balanced diet as this particular craving gets.