An “upgrade” to an afternoon snack (Revised)

By: Joseph Andre Gaspar

Grab on your seats because our next stop is the land of the internet memes. There goes a random newsflash, coming from the deepest part of the internet, specifically in twitter. Apparently the “national miryenda” is now packaged in a cup. Yes, you read that right, in a CUP.

For every Filipino that is in the verge of starvation and bankruptcy pretty much know about the “national miryenda” which is the Lucky Me! Pancit Canton. To add onto that, most people also say it as the “pampalipas gutom” meal. “Why?” You ask.

Well, it is applicable to every meal of the day such as, breakfast, lunch, dinner and it is even considered as a snack. If you want to spice it up you can even have it for brunch. If you’re still not satisfied with your cravings, you can even use the seasoning as moisturizer for your whole body – if you’re brave enough that is.

Ingredients are as simple as soy sauce, salt, spices like onion and garlic, artificial flavors that can make tap water taste like thanksgiving turkey and top it off with some flavor enhancer and a handful of preservatives that is so high in MSG it can shorten your life span by tenfold.

Prepared by making the noodles wet and boiling for about 5 minutes, unless you forgot it is the stove and dried up all the water, the next step is just to mix it up with the provided seasoning and violà, you’re beautiful masterpiece of Hepatitis and Colon Cancer is in right in front of you. The smell of artificial flavoring and the mouthwatering color of cat urine are now ready to serve.

There’s a tweet showing the product packaged in a cup, probably just the same size as the one we currently know which is in the barely durable plastic packaging. Same color for each flavor and some said that it is now easier to prepare. That is one thing that I don’t know but only time will tell.

Some comments say it is a very weird kind of upgrade to the product and also somewhat exciting to actually try eating it in a cup.

It’s funny when you think about it, the company is like, “Hey, we better think of something incredible that the customers will blow their minds,” and then one guy says, “I know! Let’s put ‘em in a cup,” and then everyone in the room became silent and starts getting trippy because of how amazing that idea was.

All in all, I think it has shaken the internet in Philippines just by a teeny, tiny, little bit because of the shock that it caused to the Filipino people that were used in having them prepared in a same, repeated way. But hey, nothing beats an afternoon snack like this one, right?