Noodler: The Noodle Soup Oracle app good for
I havent been able to stop tapping refresh to get new bowls of noodles since I got this last night. Endless combinations, beeeeautifully drawn, and EVERY BOWL comes with a recipe! Coconut curry broth, here I come!
Beautifully presented, very "zen"ish. Excellent detailed cooking directions and descriptions of ingredients.
(Looks great on iPad too - no landscape mode tho.)
Wish there was a way to "go back" to last recipe when using the Oracle in case you mistakenly hit the cycle button.
Majority of recipes are not strictly vegetarian so youll be making some substitutions if thats an issue for you.
Would also be nice to perhaps be able to select an ingredient and access recipes which contain it. As it is, youre stuck with whatever the Oracle pops up for you.
Ingredient descriptions contain hyperlinks as well for easy "just tap" access to more info on ingredients or names you dont know.
This app is wonderfully put together and well thought out at every turn.
I love soup. Instantly gratifying in a way that few meals can replicate. Almost always a healthful option and a universal one. Wherever you travel, there’s a steaming bowl waiting be slurped or spooned or sipped.
But in my kitchen taking stock of the right ingredients and recipe can stir up indecision and inaction. What to make?
Someone smarter than I faced this exact problem and created “Noodler.” The app randomly selects from more than 100 ingredients and always creates a perfect combination. (It won’t ever put together clams, butternut squash and chili oil, for example). If you don’t like the outcome, you simply try again until you find a result that you want to see in a pot on your stove.
I like the suggestions “Noodler” has offered so far and hope in future updates I can insert supplies I have on hand and ask the app’s advice. Sometimes I don’t always have the pantry to match the program’s imagination.
Some bad moments
As beautiful as it is useful, Noodler suggests an almost endless combination of broths, noodles, and toppings — and then gives you recipes for all the components.
Not sure whether I find the elegant illustrations the main draw or the info-packed instructions. In truth they are both part and parcel in making this app a delight to peruse and use.
This app is magnificent. Unbelievably thorough and detailed, while at the same time lovely to look at. As someone who is gluten-intolerant, I especially love the meticulous care the designers took to provide information. Every cook should have this app in their arsenal.
That sums it up! This app is really attractive and operates so smoothly. The layout makes it look like its simply something nice to look at, but one more click takes you to clear and detailed descriptions and recipes. I love that its set up that way—I can really just enjoy the illustrations if Im not cooking at the moment, rather than being inundated by text with every image.
I have not yet cooked from the recipes, but I peruse cookbooks for fun (!) and can tell that these recipes will be easy to follow and will result in successful noodliciousness.
I really like that the author encourages experimentation in the intro, and the recipes seem modular/flexible.
All that aside, its kind of an unheard-of deal ($0.99 for what amounts to an entire cookbook), so you really cant lose.
There are very few apps which combine thoughtful cooking instructions with intuitive, mobile first design. This app does both. Brilliant and rare.
I love noodles, love soup. This app deals with both in an awesome way. So clean, and neat! Thanks!
I cant recommend this app enough. Beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, tons of detail, easy-to-follow instructions, and more soup recipes than youll be able to make in a lifetime. Love it.
