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Hello everybuddy,

I'm hoping that one of you can direct me to a store that sells Miracle Noodles!
(website - tinyurl.com/cj2gcez)

Also, I've been looking for Amy's vegan pizza with daiya cheese but had no luck. Anyone know where I can get that too?

Many thanks

Shag Me I scrolled to the bottom of the website and under "Ordering info" I found a store locator link. When you click on "Canada" they ask for your postal code. I typed in mine for fun and three stores popped up:

Centre d'amaigrissement Énergie
94, Hôtel de ville
Gatineau, Quebec, J8X 2E6, Canada
Telephone: (819)-771-0603, (819)-923-0121

Gagne En Sante
224 Bellehumeur
Gatimeau, Quebec, J8T 8N6, Canada
Telephone: 819-561-6727

Gourmet Ritz
1261 Stittsville Main Street, Unit 8
Stittsville, Ontario (Western Ottawa), K2S 2E4, Canada
Telephone: 613-435-7489 (RITZ)

I couldn't find a list of ingredients for this product - do you know what they are made of? I'm just wondering because there might be other low carb noodles available in Ottawa that are more readily accessible (like soba noodles or rice noodles).

In response to your request for Amy's vegan pizza the Amy's store locator doesn't seem to work too well. I tried clicking on the Canadian flag and was sent to California. But they have a downloadable pdf of products available in Canada and the note at the bottom mentions that Loblaws stores and health food stores throughout Canada carry their products. Maybe you could try the three places above or Market Organics or Rainbow Foods. Here is their pdf: www.amys.com I noticed they have pizza on the list but don't know any of the ones listed are vegan or made with Daiya cheese.

Good luck with your search!

There are equivalent products to Miracle Noodles at most health food stores and T and T (in the dairy case with the other noodles-in-liquid). Never having eaten any of them, I'm not familiar with the individual brands, but all the ones I have looked at share the almost no calorie, kind of like glass noodles thing.

Pasta lover - they are made of the starch of a yam (Konnyaku)that grows in Japan.

If you're willing to drive to Ogdensberg, you can get Amy's vegan pizza at Price Chopper, just across the border, along with all kinds of other awesome vegan eats that you can't get here (Sunshine burgers, waffles, tofu dogs, etc)

Good luck!!

further to Tina's reply, they're available for plenty cheaper than Miracle Noodle's "box" sets - i've bought them (aka known as Shirataki) for $1.29 per package @ loblaws (baseline, look on the shelves in "Asian" section) and splurged $1.49 at the hi-end, in this case in the fridge @ Win Tai or T&T.

I'd lean toward the more "expensive" versions - the Loblaws ones were a bit skunky smelling due to the inner container bag having split. Didn't notice that until i got them home. Just rinsed (longer) and cooked 'em anyway, but that extra $0.20 might be well spent.

thank you all, this has been a great help. i know of soba and rice noodles but all i read was "miracle" and "zero-calorie noodles" and i jumped out of my chair lol. Sorry i didn't even think to search for a store on their website....

the stores that pasta lover listed are closest to me so i will check them for the noodles first and if no luck, then i will check t&t. :)

When I was shopping in Chinatown I noticed Wakiu Foods sells yam noodles - probably the same product Tina was referring to. They come in 198g bags and cost $1.59 each. They are in the refrigerated section on the lefthand side of the store.

Herb and Spice on Bank Street now sells Miracle Noodles.

Zero calorie!>!! Terrible flavour/texture? Or able to carry a flavour, or be acceptable?

I've read that you need to rinse thoroughly...but I can't imagine them tasting "good".

Not sure - they look a little too slimy for me to be brave enough to try-;) I actually popped in on the way home from Parma Ravioli and had some of their noodles instead-;)

They aren't slimy at all - no more so than regular pasta. Once WELL rinsed, I find they have very little flavour of their own and have used them for both Asian noodle dishes and sacriledge, I know, with various pasta sauces. Over the last year when we were collectively losing weight (120 poinds) they were a great substitution for regular pasta as it allowed us to indulge in some of our favourite dishes yet staying well within our allowed calorie limits. They certainly do not replace home made or artisinal pasta but if it comes down to you can either have some of these dishes sometimes, or you can't, they make a great alternative.

Pretty sure they sell them at Rainbow Foods. I like their black bean noodles too. Actual pasta made from black beans.

Almost any asian grocery.

The go by different names. They are zero calorie and last forever. I think they are always packed in water.

See this thread:

www.ottawafoodies.com

They don't have much taste, but will take on the taste of whatever you add to them.

They are packed in water and the water had a vaguely fishy scent which you may not like, and want to rinse them. On the other hand you may like it.

They keep forever. Bacteria don't seem to eat them, or they are heated when they are packed in water and there aren't any molds or bacteria in the package. Not sure which. But I've never seen a package go bad.

Anyone know if UNI food mart in the Vanier area beside the Emerald Buffet carry these noodles? Thanks.

Can't located a website.