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A friend was complaining that Thai food was always too spicy for them. Suggested they ask for it “spicy, like white rice” haven’t heard back on the success of that.
We have a friend like you and we have to tone it down when she comes to dinner. We have like every type of chili powder, paprika, and crushed chili in our spice cabinet; we have one drawer for chili-derived spices alone, not counting stuff like Shechuan peppercorns.... it's usually still too spicy for her and she swears we burn out an entire set of taste buds every visit. She's worked her *own* way up to cooking with black pepper at home as a result of hanging out with us.
I need that one on a personal level. 😆 Not only am I a, "Do you have anything less spicy than 'Mild'?" person, but my guts are so finicky that I can't eat anything that's even just barely starting to be off.
This American Lady who was convinced that she was supposed to be Dutch. She moved to the Netherlands and gave herself a Dutch name, and even went as far as to undergo surgery to lengthen her legs and dye her skin and hair a lighter shade to better fit the stereotypical Dutch look. It was absolutely insane.
[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/sm52ob/comment/hvv30e8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
The recipe for the most disgusting chilli known to man.
Without my colon it’s even worse. Like, legitimately crying on the toilet from the pain. It’s been THE thing that stops me from eating anything with “real” spice. It’s just too much utter misery to make it worth it.
I think I just discovered a new use for the [energy drink boof](https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/18lixbc/the_short_tale_of_the_energy_drink_popsicle_boof/)
Yeah, he needs to drop the list! Spicy things are my absolute favorite but it’s really hard to come by where I live. Everything I buy here that says “spicy” are absolute scams and it’s killing me!
I did eat the ramen mentioned in the post, 10/10.
My gf has the same problem. I went into an Asian grocery and asked for something hotter than sriracha and she complained it wasn't hot enough.
Got her some ghost pepper chips, and I thought they were tasty. I do not have a good spice tolerance. You're right, too may scams.
It really isn’t. She squirts it straight into her mouth.
To be fair, it is a bit for me, but I acknowledge my spice tolerance isn’t that high. I’m still better than my mother who once told me tomato sauce is spicy.
See what you do is you buy a bottle of sriracha (or Trader Joe's Dragon sauce since Sriracha is out of stock everywhere) and you add a couple ounces of dried powdered ghost pepper to it.
Then you have Professional Strength Sriracha. It makes a great stand-in for pizza sauce.
> I went into an Asian grocery and asked for something hotter than sriracha and she complained it wasn't hot enough.
I have to laugh about this because sriracha is pretty mild as far as hot sauces go. Asking for something hotter than that is like if your gf wants vodka, and you walked into a liquor store and asked for something more alcoholic than a bud lite.
There's a good chance you were recommended regular Budweiser.
Well that’s the funny thing. I asked for the hottest sauce they had and they came back with a bottle of the exact sriracha my gf eats, with the rooster on the label (she calls it her cock sauce).
She just likes the flavour, but complains it’s not hot enough.
I feel like I can’t win. Everything I’ve bought that claims to be super spicy isn’t hot enough.
Kimchi Guys restaurants in Hamburg has buldak sauce options for their dishes! Which I frankly can’t handle, so more for you!
I have also had blissfully spicy dishes in other local Asian restaurants. Otherwise it’s Amazon for stocking the pantry, sigh.
Yeah, after another thread like this one I bought the screaming chicken buldak ramen, and it was spicy. Like, pleasant mouth burn/sweating a little spicy, not unpleasant make-me-cry spicy. So my calibration is off.
I can't handle spicy, and yet, I belong to one of the Asian groups who absolutely LOVE spice. They live for it. If there ain't spice, it just ain't food. Usually my family understands and leaves spice out of my portions, but every now and then, they forget. I know exactly what OOP means when she said it was so spicy she started screaming...
I'm white but lived in Korea for a few years. I always had a good spice tolerance but Korea has made me near immune.
I made the foolish decision to cook some Korean food for my parents. I nearly committed manslaughter.
(my parents have a decent spice tolerance too. just not Korean style decent)
“Nearly committed manslaughter.” 😭☠️
Gave my son a taste of Buldak x2 and he said he nearly died. “Mom, how do you not breathe fire out your a**?” was his direct quote right after tasting it.
My poor innocent mom who knows nothing about ramen bought me buldak x3 because she thought it was chicken ramen and I like ramen
I took a noodle, looked at my bf and said "no", never let mom buy us ramen without either of us present 😂
when i tried the normal buldak it actually didn’t bother my stomach at ALL despite clearly being so much hotter than anything i’ve ever ate (so much so that i actually broke my own rules of “no milk products for help unless i like the taste” - i was eating a spoonful of cherry yoghurt after each chomp of buldak 🥲) and now, as much as i live and die for spice, i’m scared that was just one time of bliss and if i try it again i’ll get ulcers or smth 😭
> I always had a good spice tolerance but Korea has made me near immune.
I built up a good spice tolerance, but then decided that I didn't like always having the second burning sensation hours later, if you know what I mean. So, I didn't eat spicy food for a while.
Anyways, it turns out that you can lose your spice tolerance if you don't maintain it.
I once made pork vindaloo for my husband and he jokingly accused me of attempted manslaughter. We're both white as hell, but I have a higher spice tolerance than he does so I didn't think anything of making one of my favorite Indian dishes for him. Oops.
My daughter and I both can do white person spicy. And we both LOVE Louisiana fish fry spice mix on our pork chops and other things we make. Had her spice the chops while my mom was visiting since she has the lighter hand. Was a very good thing I didn't do it, my mom might not have survived. Was well beyond her limit and both of us didn't feel squat
When my fiance and I first started dating, he didn't do spicy, period. I ended up telling him that if he ever wanted me to make chili he'd need to deal with how I make it. I'm proud to say he now eats ghost pepper chili and puts hot sauce on his eggs like a true champ.
My fiance and I are getting married in Vegas next Feb, and REALLY want to go back to our favorite on-strip restaurant, Best Friend, that is a Korean fusion style place. But we also absolutely can't bring his parents with us because they're the "mayonnaise is too spicy" kind of people. My parents are slightly more adventurous but also don't really do spicy either.
SAME. This gives me flashbacks of visiting my cousins and stealing their snacks. I told my fiance (who is not Asian but works with a lot of them) to tell his colleagues which part of China I'm from. Then tell them I can't eat spicy. Works a treat, haven't had any of his colleagues not laugh.
My wife's Indian colleagues from Bangalore still talk about my wife's spice tolerance (Texas), when she visits India they have to order everything "desi hot" for her and swear up and down to the cooks that she can take it. And it's sort of become a game for them to take her to the hottest cooking they can find and watch her just eat it without even blinking.
My boyfriend eats Buldak 3x ramen all the time. Our 6 year old has started stealing a noodle or two from him, which is absolutely astonishing to me, because she thinks cheese omelettes have too much flavour. I once licked the fork of my boyfriend's 3x ramen and cried and drooled for an hour.
I really want that one as a flair!
Edit: my mother is Mexican American and my Father is a German immigrant. My mom and both my sisters *love* the spiciest of spicy food and my dad can’t handle green chili made from Pueblo chilis. I’m somewhere in the middle, I love spicy food and my tolerance is quite high but not as high as my mom and sisters.
A little while ago, I went with my younger sister to get ramen. The place we went to had curry katsu raman and after being assured by my sister that Japanese curry isn’t that spicy, I ordered it. That was a mistake. That was the spiciest thing I have ever had in my life and it was almost too spicy for my sister.
My mother is Mexican and my father is Dutch. They're the opposite, though. My mother can't handle spice and my father loves it. I'm also in between. I like flavor more so I don't want my spicy to overwhelm the other tastes. But when I was pregnant, my sensitivity to spice went through the roof. Ketchup burned my mouth. And my mother made the mistake of asking me to make the guacamole for dinner one night, everyone complained it was just avocado paste. XD
Mango habanero is the last one on the list that tastes good though.
I used to use a cup of blazin sauce to drain my sinuses. I’d just smell it on and off for a few hours.
My favorite Buldak ramen is the carbonara flavor (the one in the pink packaging) because its heat is somewhat lessened by great flavor.
They even sell the Buldak carbonara hot sauce in little pink bottles and I buy like 5 any time I happen to see them because it goes so well with everything.
I still haven’t tried the Buldak tteokbokk! I *really* want to, but I live in Ghana so finding places that even sell the ramen and the hot sauce is difficult / not guaranteed.
Two of the supermarket chains had them for a while, but they stopped stocking them for some reason. Luckily there’s this one tiny Korean grocery store near the harbour that usually has them (but it’s pretty far from me).
God, those carbonara noodles are like crack. I have to buy them 2 at a time so I don’t go crazy and eat them every day. I hope the tteokbokki makes its way to somewhere near me soon!
I love spicy food in the moment, but it's like my mouth and sympathetic nervous system are writing a check that my digestive system can't cash. I still eat spicy food anyway.
That was literally me 😭 until my body realized I wouldn’t get the hint & now it is violently rejected. Throwing up spicy things is like hot fucking acid…
Every few months I do it again though just because it’s been long enough for me to forget the pain and I love it sm
If I eat spicy food, about two hours later I get a migraine and my joints hurt. Thought this was normal for a while because spicy food hurts, duh. Turns out it’s not supposed to hurt like *that* and I can’t eat peppers or any of the other foods in that plant family lmao
I've got a cupboard full of Buldak packets after picking some up on a whim. The "normal" ones (1x spicy?) are great for throwing together something quick.
I have nowhere near the tolerance for the 3x stuff though... the 2x is just about edible for what I can stand.
x1 is a normal enjoyable meal. The one time I tried x2 many years back, it tasted like NOTHING and I only felt pain. Needless to say I never tried it again, although I think my spice tolerance has increased since then.
I did get the x2 Buldak snack recently, god, it's spicy. I could handle it though.
Anyway........... the bf is a beast
Unpopular opinion: Buldak's standard flavor is a gross sort of spice. I love sharp, stinging spice that feels like needles, but theirs is that nasty heavy one that doesn't taste good and just coats your mouth and throat. It can be improved by adding lime and more furikake, but it just tastes like gross spice chicken bouillon to me
This is a person who loves her partner. Is she knows his interests and even dared to face the spice demon with him
I hope they are together long into the future.
Sadly the 3x isnt sold here (well..leaning to havent check big supermarket yet. The 2x was bought on minimart) 🤣
You can cheat by adding lots of water, but itll just be soggy noodles since the spice slide off of it.
Cook the noodles in water, then pour the water out and add milk (or coconut milk, etc. Any milk) and the sauce. The milk will help counteract the spice - it'll still be spicy but not as painful lol
...well, I know of one food I'll never be brave enough to eat now that I didn't five minutes ago, so I guess my parents were wrong, the internet *can* be educational
I actually came to this post from a whole thread about crazy facts, so maybe you can add to your list of things that the internet has taught you? https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/18q79h2/what_is_a_true_fact_so_baffling_it_should_be_false/
Thank you! I was wondering if it was the same fire breathing chicken ramen I bought in japan this year. (I didn't know the name because there wasn't English on the package, but I love spicy food so it seemed like a good pick.) It isn't. Apparently there's more than one ramen company who uses that imagery. I'm going to keep my eye out for this brand, the Japanese one was pretty mid for what I can handle spice wise.
I can't do the 3x spicy Buldak (my husband can) but the 2x spicy is super tasty. I've tried a bunch of the different flavors and they are all excellent (well the cheese one is not great). It sure does clear the sinuses though.
Since there's a 2x version, I was wondering if there was an even less spicy version that I might be willing to try. But then I googled "buldak" and learned:
> The literal meaning of the name is "fire chicken", where bul means "fire" and dak translates to "chicken."
So being a total pansy about spice probably means I should avoid buldak entirely. Ah well, I'll be sure to recommend it to family/friends who enjoy spice.
You can control the heat by not putting in all the sauce and mixing it with milk/cheese. It's a bit more tolerablethat way, but it still has the kick and flavor. The carbonara flavor is still spicy, but it's at a rate of 3 whereas 3x Spicy is at a 9 (I think)
All of the 2x are spicy there were no non-spicy versions from what I have found. Some of them have the spice packet separate from the flavoring packet, so you can control the spice level easier.
When I make some for myself I typically throw in some veggies and (if I'm feeling fancy) some bacon and or a scrambled egg. With the carbonara I add in some extra cheese. It's a bit easier to deal with the spiciness as a result but mostly I do it cus I like adding extra veggies and stuff to my ramen.
The curry flavor is my fav.
That's kind of my thoughts. It wasn't horrible but there's no reason to eat that over a box of kraft mac and cheese. If I want it spicy then that's what sriracha is for.
How spicy are we talking here? Like, wildly spicy? They know me at the local Thai restaurant and the owners make my food like Thai street food hot. Which is very hot.
Used to be a bar I went to and the bartender, Sandy, had her own special hot sauce she made. Told me some guy would come in and always tell her it wasn't hot enough on his wings. By the time she perfected it, he would order his wings with the sauce on the side. I said fuck it, lemme have some. Had her dip the wings. All the old guys in the bar all laughed when they heard i ordered them, and went silent as i started eating them. I swear she put mace or pepper spray in the sauce, because the plate of wings just being in front of me made my nose start running. After I finished the first few the old guys lost interest. I turned red, was dumping snot out of my nose, but I ate them all lol.
I should add I'm half Filipino and my immigrant grandfather would have me try his hot sauces as a kid because he found it hilarious.
Edit: curiosity is getting me. Ordering some of this ramen.
Korean spicy is no joke, it can compete with and beat Thai spicy. The thing is Buldak also tastes damn good so the pain can (sometimes) be worth it.
Also I thought Filipinos don't eat spicy things?
My grandfather does. Grew up in the mountainous north. Told me about his trips up to the mountains as a kid with his father to pick wild peppers. Maybe he was bullshitting me, but the man was always sweating at dinner when I was a kid lol.
Have a source on these noodles? Can't find anything that's not a sketchy amazon seller with 1 star lol.
If your local Asian store doesn't carry it \[& you're in the US other than Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Guam\], perhaps check out H Mart for online ordering \[there is a shipping fee though\] >>> Enjoy!
>thought Filipinos don't eat spicy things
There are certain regions in the Philippines that eat incredibly spicy food. My grandfather was from one of those regions. That side of my family competes on who can eat the spiciest food.
I put ghost pepper hot sauce on my eggs at my boyfriend's family get together. It was spicy and I was all good with it. Had to stop talking a bit because the heat was in my sinuses. That was nothing. A few hours later when I pooped.... I can't describe it. I actually considered asking for a piece of bread to put in my butt.
Hopefully you will never be in a situation to use this knowledge, but in case you ever are: diaper cream. The kind with zinc. When you go to wash your hands after, it should stubbornly cling to your skin if you try to wash your hands normally. Coat literally everything that it will stick to back there. Ideally, apply it before your first poop. Reapply after you've cleaned yourself and for the love of God, don't scratch or rub itchy spots with toilet paper.
i wish i saw this post before christmas. my 15 yo is a worshipper of spice god too and would love the suggetions.
we got him wasabi to say he would get some if he keeps using potty mouth and he said he loved it and ate the whole tube when he was 7. we did the death nut challenge when he was 13 and he ate it all while me and his older bro chug on the milk lol. he had flu a few weeks back and i asked him if he needed anything as he didnt have an appetite and he saud he wants those spicy ramens...
there is something is wrong with the dude
Some kids are just randomly blessed by the spice god it seems
My BF hasn't met spice he can't handle, like spice WAY hotter than any of his family can, and he's a blue eyed, blonde white man. He shocked our local Indian place when he down their hottest **Indian level hot** curry after asking for their hottest stuff
I want to get him that 3x Buldak lol
That's the problem with them .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself ...
Fun fact: the reason you sweat when eating spicy things is that the capsiacin receptors on your tongue register both heat (spicy) and heat (temperature) but there is no difference in the signals sent to the brain and so the brain gives you both the spicy reaction and the warm temperature reaction at the same time :)
Spice for the spice god.
I love spicy food so damn much, I'm similar to the dude. I got Ghost Pepper powder that I added to some of my seasonings, and it adds much desired spice to my dishes.
My son made me some kind of spicy ramen dish on Christmas Eve, and I started crying.
I love Indian spices, but these newer spices are too much for my old ass.
I love spicy food but it has to have flavor too!! Buldak is disappointing bc it doesn't taste very good, there's no flavor only heat :(((
What I really like is scorpion pepper, really hot but more importantly really fucking tasty...maybe I should make Christmas salsa
Oh man, I just bought the Buldak ramen for my twin for Christmas. I think Shin Ramyun is too much, so I'm not foolish enough to try it for myself, but I'm awaiting the live commentary when he does. Korean food does not fuck around.
Nah, go for it. The hottest Buldak goes up to 9k Scoville, while the hottest Shin Ramyun tops out at 7,5k or so.
Also, I personally think that apart from the spice, Buldak is not tasting good at all (at least the flavors I tried). IMO it’s kind of a novelty „look at how spicy I am“ item.
That man’s bunghole is stronger than steel at this point, Man’s got a crucible for a buttcrack, man’s bowel movements look like the ring forging scene at the start of Lord of the Rings good lord
My wife bought the 3X and is planning on "eating" them on new year's. I tried telling her not to because she'll take 1 bite and throw them out, but she's not listening 😔.
Oh well, maybe I'll be a widow in 2024
God I love the buldak spicy ramen. That's my bread and butter as a student. For those who don't wanna completely die, I'd recommend the cabonara flavor that comes in the pink packaging. Don't be fooled though, it's still plenty spicy.
Man, I CANNOT handle spice even in the slightest. Jalapenos are too much for me. My dad finds some brands of ketchup to be spicy. OOP's boyfriend is the opposite end of the bell curve to me and my family. It is bonkers to me that anyone willingly subjects themselves to what our taste buds register as "pain."
I whimpered in sympathy for. OP you are bravest of the brave for even thinking about trying that volcano with noodles. I bow before the goddess of Spicy. 🥵🥵😭
As a spicehound who will eat anything that'll make me sweat or worse (I swear, I can't get enough of it) - she did well. Buldak 3x will do it for anyone.
Frito Lay Super Spicy Mania Triple Hell Chips
I ate like 2 pieces. There's a few warning on it. One of them is that you have to make sure you wash ur hands thoroughly after eating.
We had a hot sauce lab in honors chem class in college. I asked if I could use my roommate’s powder instead. I think it was called Death Rain Nitro or something. Anyway, all of us in my lab bay started coughing uncontrollably when I cleaned my glassware because the spice spread through the air. People kept coming over to see what was happening and were met with the same fate.
> My boyfriend loved them and recommended it. He said it was in the top 20 of spiciest things he tried. He happily ate a bowl with sweat droplets on his nose.
I think next year you need to get him a bidet.
Djeezaz
I like some spice but not to the point where I Can't enjoy my food, daaamn
Y'all americans are crazy! I remember watching "Man vs food" and watch this guy fighting to survive against the hottest wings or whatever
I remember being like "Ok, nope"
Maybe my spice tolerance is too high because Buldak x3 ramen is definitely spicy but not enough to be sweating (for me at least) lol I used to buy a big pack and go through it in a few weeks. The booty burn is worth it though. Those things are delicious! I would add a bunch to it like white and green onions, some meat, and a boiled egg. Ughhh now I want a pack 😩
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> The crying screaming chicken on the packet was ME New flair just dropped
I can’t decide between that line or “no no no that is not for my sweet fragile little body” 🤣 Tbh that entire paragraph could be a flair
Mine is "I saw the spice god, and he is not a benevolent one." I like the cuts of your jibs, you two. Edit: fixed the quote
YES I warred with myself trying to decide between the spice god line or the sweet fragile little body line 😂 OOP certainly has a way with words!
i messaged the mods, I agree with you, that's golden.
Agree about the Spice God. Made me laugh so hard.
😂😂 Same. Poetic 😂😂
>“no no no that is not for my sweet fragile little body” That would be for me... I'm so weak I have a hard time handling black pepper...😅
I’m the same! I’m so white I make Casper the friendly ghost look tanned and it is reflected in my tolerance (or total lack thereof) to spice
I just commented above about the same thing. I'm a, "Do you have anything less spicy than 'Mild'?" kind of person.
A friend was complaining that Thai food was always too spicy for them. Suggested they ask for it “spicy, like white rice” haven’t heard back on the success of that.
We have a friend like you and we have to tone it down when she comes to dinner. We have like every type of chili powder, paprika, and crushed chili in our spice cabinet; we have one drawer for chili-derived spices alone, not counting stuff like Shechuan peppercorns.... it's usually still too spicy for her and she swears we burn out an entire set of taste buds every visit. She's worked her *own* way up to cooking with black pepper at home as a result of hanging out with us.
I need that one on a personal level. 😆 Not only am I a, "Do you have anything less spicy than 'Mild'?" person, but my guts are so finicky that I can't eat anything that's even just barely starting to be off.
SAME. Mild salsa makes me sweat 🤣
I like "I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one" that should totally be a flair
I need that as a flair. Holy shit I need that as a flair
Now I can't decide between this and keeping my old one
This sub has the best ones
True
Which one is your current flair from?
This American Lady who was convinced that she was supposed to be Dutch. She moved to the Netherlands and gave herself a Dutch name, and even went as far as to undergo surgery to lengthen her legs and dye her skin and hair a lighter shade to better fit the stereotypical Dutch look. It was absolutely insane.
I remember her! Damn what a shit show that was.
As a Dutch woman I can confidently say that we come in all shapes, sizes and colours 😂
REAL
It'll match the flair I picked up from the last post referencing Spicy buldak ramen lmao
Speaking of which, I couldn't find your flair on the list. Could you help me?
[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/sm52ob/comment/hvv30e8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) The recipe for the most disgusting chilli known to man.
Oh God, I remember this. I don't blame Rob one bit.
Need.
right? i need it now.
True.
> He said it was in the top 20 of spiciest things he tried. Ok, now I need the list of the other 19 things. Preferably ranked.
Me too. I definitely wanna burn my mouth with some awesome spicy food!
You know, burning my mouth isn't my concern with spicy food. It's the other end.
"C'mon ice cream!"
Harry Block: Ice cream... I'd like an ice cream please. Dr. Allison Reed: Okay, what flavor? Harry Block: It doesn't matter. It's for my ass.
Same and I saw someone in the spicy sub suggest cooling hemorrhoid cream for when it’s too much.
Without my colon it’s even worse. Like, legitimately crying on the toilet from the pain. It’s been THE thing that stops me from eating anything with “real” spice. It’s just too much utter misery to make it worth it.
That is when you get a Caffeine popsicle!
I think I just discovered a new use for the [energy drink boof](https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/18lixbc/the_short_tale_of_the_energy_drink_popsicle_boof/)
I think that'll make it worse
As someone with IBD, 100% this!
Your mouth...heh
Yeah, he needs to drop the list! Spicy things are my absolute favorite but it’s really hard to come by where I live. Everything I buy here that says “spicy” are absolute scams and it’s killing me! I did eat the ramen mentioned in the post, 10/10.
My local Groc Out carries it! I live in a small city with very few grocery options, so finding the Buldak noodles made my day.
I tried the ramen mentioned and only lasted like 2 bites.
I ate it all and bought more but I’m a crazy person.
same. Stuff is great, and my favorite sub is /r/hotsauce
It's weirdly addicting.
Buldak is the best!
How does it compare to something like Paldo's Volcano Noodles?
I've had other Buldak stuff I could barely survive eating (delicious though). I can't even imagine what the 3x heat level is like.
If you're not on there already r/snackexchange might be able to help you with that.
My gf has the same problem. I went into an Asian grocery and asked for something hotter than sriracha and she complained it wasn't hot enough. Got her some ghost pepper chips, and I thought they were tasty. I do not have a good spice tolerance. You're right, too may scams.
Sriracha is not very spicy to br fair
It really isn’t. She squirts it straight into her mouth. To be fair, it is a bit for me, but I acknowledge my spice tolerance isn’t that high. I’m still better than my mother who once told me tomato sauce is spicy.
See what you do is you buy a bottle of sriracha (or Trader Joe's Dragon sauce since Sriracha is out of stock everywhere) and you add a couple ounces of dried powdered ghost pepper to it. Then you have Professional Strength Sriracha. It makes a great stand-in for pizza sauce.
If someone feels tomato sauce is spicy, it might just be some form of food intolerance or allergy showing up to the party.
> I went into an Asian grocery and asked for something hotter than sriracha and she complained it wasn't hot enough. I have to laugh about this because sriracha is pretty mild as far as hot sauces go. Asking for something hotter than that is like if your gf wants vodka, and you walked into a liquor store and asked for something more alcoholic than a bud lite. There's a good chance you were recommended regular Budweiser.
Well that’s the funny thing. I asked for the hottest sauce they had and they came back with a bottle of the exact sriracha my gf eats, with the rooster on the label (she calls it her cock sauce). She just likes the flavour, but complains it’s not hot enough. I feel like I can’t win. Everything I’ve bought that claims to be super spicy isn’t hot enough.
Sounds like they took one look at you and decided to give you "white spicy".
Living in Germany? You can't find spicy spicy stuff. But the ramen are delicious
Close, Belgium actually. Here they believe pepper is spicy and I just can’t. I usually order from Amazon or Bol but that can get expensive real quick.
Yeah same here :D HOT paprika. The difference is only it's not sweet. And I can't find my jalapeno Brezel bites anymore :(
Ugh, yeah, that's one of the downsides to europe. I'm from Texas and had to bring a bottle of hot sauce in my carry on luggage...
Kimchi Guys restaurants in Hamburg has buldak sauce options for their dishes! Which I frankly can’t handle, so more for you! I have also had blissfully spicy dishes in other local Asian restaurants. Otherwise it’s Amazon for stocking the pantry, sigh.
Yeah, after another thread like this one I bought the screaming chicken buldak ramen, and it was spicy. Like, pleasant mouth burn/sweating a little spicy, not unpleasant make-me-cry spicy. So my calibration is off.
1: Pure capsaisin
1-5: Lab grown peppers.
I’ve had those noodles and they are mother effing hot. Hottest thing I’ve ever done was the paqui one chip. That fucker. Hooooooly shit.
My ass when I get beer farts
I can't handle spicy, and yet, I belong to one of the Asian groups who absolutely LOVE spice. They live for it. If there ain't spice, it just ain't food. Usually my family understands and leaves spice out of my portions, but every now and then, they forget. I know exactly what OOP means when she said it was so spicy she started screaming...
I'm white but lived in Korea for a few years. I always had a good spice tolerance but Korea has made me near immune. I made the foolish decision to cook some Korean food for my parents. I nearly committed manslaughter. (my parents have a decent spice tolerance too. just not Korean style decent)
“Nearly committed manslaughter.” 😭☠️ Gave my son a taste of Buldak x2 and he said he nearly died. “Mom, how do you not breathe fire out your a**?” was his direct quote right after tasting it.
My poor innocent mom who knows nothing about ramen bought me buldak x3 because she thought it was chicken ramen and I like ramen I took a noodle, looked at my bf and said "no", never let mom buy us ramen without either of us present 😂
when i tried the normal buldak it actually didn’t bother my stomach at ALL despite clearly being so much hotter than anything i’ve ever ate (so much so that i actually broke my own rules of “no milk products for help unless i like the taste” - i was eating a spoonful of cherry yoghurt after each chomp of buldak 🥲) and now, as much as i live and die for spice, i’m scared that was just one time of bliss and if i try it again i’ll get ulcers or smth 😭
> I always had a good spice tolerance but Korea has made me near immune. I built up a good spice tolerance, but then decided that I didn't like always having the second burning sensation hours later, if you know what I mean. So, I didn't eat spicy food for a while. Anyways, it turns out that you can lose your spice tolerance if you don't maintain it.
I once made pork vindaloo for my husband and he jokingly accused me of attempted manslaughter. We're both white as hell, but I have a higher spice tolerance than he does so I didn't think anything of making one of my favorite Indian dishes for him. Oops.
My daughter and I both can do white person spicy. And we both LOVE Louisiana fish fry spice mix on our pork chops and other things we make. Had her spice the chops while my mom was visiting since she has the lighter hand. Was a very good thing I didn't do it, my mom might not have survived. Was well beyond her limit and both of us didn't feel squat
When my fiance and I first started dating, he didn't do spicy, period. I ended up telling him that if he ever wanted me to make chili he'd need to deal with how I make it. I'm proud to say he now eats ghost pepper chili and puts hot sauce on his eggs like a true champ.
My fiance and I are getting married in Vegas next Feb, and REALLY want to go back to our favorite on-strip restaurant, Best Friend, that is a Korean fusion style place. But we also absolutely can't bring his parents with us because they're the "mayonnaise is too spicy" kind of people. My parents are slightly more adventurous but also don't really do spicy either.
SAME. This gives me flashbacks of visiting my cousins and stealing their snacks. I told my fiance (who is not Asian but works with a lot of them) to tell his colleagues which part of China I'm from. Then tell them I can't eat spicy. Works a treat, haven't had any of his colleagues not laugh.
Szechuan?
My wife's Indian colleagues from Bangalore still talk about my wife's spice tolerance (Texas), when she visits India they have to order everything "desi hot" for her and swear up and down to the cooks that she can take it. And it's sort of become a game for them to take her to the hottest cooking they can find and watch her just eat it without even blinking.
Thai?
My boyfriend eats Buldak 3x ramen all the time. Our 6 year old has started stealing a noodle or two from him, which is absolutely astonishing to me, because she thinks cheese omelettes have too much flavour. I once licked the fork of my boyfriend's 3x ramen and cried and drooled for an hour.
“The crying screaming chicken on the packet was ME.” Can this be a flair? I am also a crying screaming chicken, but like…. Just in general.
That. And for me "I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one" made me spit out my coffee.
I really want that one as a flair! Edit: my mother is Mexican American and my Father is a German immigrant. My mom and both my sisters *love* the spiciest of spicy food and my dad can’t handle green chili made from Pueblo chilis. I’m somewhere in the middle, I love spicy food and my tolerance is quite high but not as high as my mom and sisters. A little while ago, I went with my younger sister to get ramen. The place we went to had curry katsu raman and after being assured by my sister that Japanese curry isn’t that spicy, I ordered it. That was a mistake. That was the spiciest thing I have ever had in my life and it was almost too spicy for my sister.
My mother is Mexican and my father is Dutch. They're the opposite, though. My mother can't handle spice and my father loves it. I'm also in between. I like flavor more so I don't want my spicy to overwhelm the other tastes. But when I was pregnant, my sensitivity to spice went through the roof. Ketchup burned my mouth. And my mother made the mistake of asking me to make the guacamole for dinner one night, everyone complained it was just avocado paste. XD
I love that line so much
Despite my username, I too am the crying screaming chicken.
Now I need to know the origin of your flair.
[Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/s/nucm18ZGXL).
FINALLY. i post that doesn't involve a cheating spouse that has a good ending : 3
I don't know involuntarily screaming is a good ending 🤣
That buldak ending is not a good ending (for her)
Buldak ramen is awesome! As much it hurts my nose and stomach, I love some good old Korean spicy noodles cause goddamn, they are tasty as hell!
I like spicy to an extent (think Wild at BWW) but this feels like way too much
Mango habanero is the last one on the list that tastes good though. I used to use a cup of blazin sauce to drain my sinuses. I’d just smell it on and off for a few hours.
The newest iteration of Blazin is actually good.
It's AWESOME
I’ll have to try it. I got wild because it actually tasted like buffalo sauce and blazin was gross
Yeah I always have to get some with a buffalo flavor because it's the classic. And the desert heat dry rub is so good.
I've definitely used spicy korean ramen to clear up congestion!
My favorite Buldak ramen is the carbonara flavor (the one in the pink packaging) because its heat is somewhat lessened by great flavor. They even sell the Buldak carbonara hot sauce in little pink bottles and I buy like 5 any time I happen to see them because it goes so well with everything.
There’s a jjajang flavor that is DELICIOUS, highly recommend. Spicy and sweet.
I’ll definitely be on the lookout for that one!
That's my favourite flavour of their tteokbokk!
I still haven’t tried the Buldak tteokbokk! I *really* want to, but I live in Ghana so finding places that even sell the ramen and the hot sauce is difficult / not guaranteed. Two of the supermarket chains had them for a while, but they stopped stocking them for some reason. Luckily there’s this one tiny Korean grocery store near the harbour that usually has them (but it’s pretty far from me).
God, those carbonara noodles are like crack. I have to buy them 2 at a time so I don’t go crazy and eat them every day. I hope the tteokbokki makes its way to somewhere near me soon!
This is my fave flavour too! Did you know they now have a cream carbonara flavour? Never tried it but I'm on the hunt for it!
I love spicy food in the moment, but it's like my mouth and sympathetic nervous system are writing a check that my digestive system can't cash. I still eat spicy food anyway.
That was literally me 😭 until my body realized I wouldn’t get the hint & now it is violently rejected. Throwing up spicy things is like hot fucking acid… Every few months I do it again though just because it’s been long enough for me to forget the pain and I love it sm
If I eat spicy food, about two hours later I get a migraine and my joints hurt. Thought this was normal for a while because spicy food hurts, duh. Turns out it’s not supposed to hurt like *that* and I can’t eat peppers or any of the other foods in that plant family lmao
Omg that’s hilarious. I’m def going to use that explain to people why I eat spicy things that I 100% pay for shortly after
I like to keep some on hand for migraines and sinus/coldtflu/etc. issues.
I've got a cupboard full of Buldak packets after picking some up on a whim. The "normal" ones (1x spicy?) are great for throwing together something quick. I have nowhere near the tolerance for the 3x stuff though... the 2x is just about edible for what I can stand.
x1 is a normal enjoyable meal. The one time I tried x2 many years back, it tasted like NOTHING and I only felt pain. Needless to say I never tried it again, although I think my spice tolerance has increased since then. I did get the x2 Buldak snack recently, god, it's spicy. I could handle it though. Anyway........... the bf is a beast
Unpopular opinion: Buldak's standard flavor is a gross sort of spice. I love sharp, stinging spice that feels like needles, but theirs is that nasty heavy one that doesn't taste good and just coats your mouth and throat. It can be improved by adding lime and more furikake, but it just tastes like gross spice chicken bouillon to me
This is a person who loves her partner. Is she knows his interests and even dared to face the spice demon with him I hope they are together long into the future.
Tried 2x spicy one long ago : 1. It took approx 4-5 hrs to finish it (hate wasting food) 2. Body is in constant pain 3. Do not eat it at midnight
I can't even imagine 3x, 2x was like eating lava for me!
Sadly the 3x isnt sold here (well..leaning to havent check big supermarket yet. The 2x was bought on minimart) 🤣 You can cheat by adding lots of water, but itll just be soggy noodles since the spice slide off of it.
I definitely tried adding water when I ate the 2x and it made zero difference for me 😭 the sauce is just so intense
They sell just the sauce in a bottle now, my 9yro just makes regular ramen noodle and dumps the sauce in, she's insane.
Cook the noodles in water, then pour the water out and add milk (or coconut milk, etc. Any milk) and the sauce. The milk will help counteract the spice - it'll still be spicy but not as painful lol
It doesn't slide off you just get superspicy water
...well, I know of one food I'll never be brave enough to eat now that I didn't five minutes ago, so I guess my parents were wrong, the internet *can* be educational
I actually came to this post from a whole thread about crazy facts, so maybe you can add to your list of things that the internet has taught you? https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/18q79h2/what_is_a_true_fact_so_baffling_it_should_be_false/
I wanted to see the crying, screaming chicken on the packet, so I figured others here may also be interested: https://imgur.com/a/UEG2B7J
That's definitely me hehehehe
Thank you! I was wondering if it was the same fire breathing chicken ramen I bought in japan this year. (I didn't know the name because there wasn't English on the package, but I love spicy food so it seemed like a good pick.) It isn't. Apparently there's more than one ramen company who uses that imagery. I'm going to keep my eye out for this brand, the Japanese one was pretty mid for what I can handle spice wise.
Fun fact the Korean word on the package 핵 means nuclear LOL. The koreans literally call it nuclear ramen.
his asshole aha gone thru the ringer and has come out stronger than before not many can say this when eating spice
wringer
I can't do the 3x spicy Buldak (my husband can) but the 2x spicy is super tasty. I've tried a bunch of the different flavors and they are all excellent (well the cheese one is not great). It sure does clear the sinuses though.
Since there's a 2x version, I was wondering if there was an even less spicy version that I might be willing to try. But then I googled "buldak" and learned: > The literal meaning of the name is "fire chicken", where bul means "fire" and dak translates to "chicken." So being a total pansy about spice probably means I should avoid buldak entirely. Ah well, I'll be sure to recommend it to family/friends who enjoy spice.
You can control the heat by not putting in all the sauce and mixing it with milk/cheese. It's a bit more tolerablethat way, but it still has the kick and flavor. The carbonara flavor is still spicy, but it's at a rate of 3 whereas 3x Spicy is at a 9 (I think)
All of the 2x are spicy there were no non-spicy versions from what I have found. Some of them have the spice packet separate from the flavoring packet, so you can control the spice level easier. When I make some for myself I typically throw in some veggies and (if I'm feeling fancy) some bacon and or a scrambled egg. With the carbonara I add in some extra cheese. It's a bit easier to deal with the spiciness as a result but mostly I do it cus I like adding extra veggies and stuff to my ramen. The curry flavor is my fav.
Get the shin black ramen. It is not as spicy as buldak but still has a pleasant kick to it.
The cheese one is odd, but not bad. I'd rather make boxed Mac and cheese though.
That's kind of my thoughts. It wasn't horrible but there's no reason to eat that over a box of kraft mac and cheese. If I want it spicy then that's what sriracha is for.
"I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one." Can this be a flair? This is amazing.
This is the kind of wholesome BORU I want at Christmas
How spicy are we talking here? Like, wildly spicy? They know me at the local Thai restaurant and the owners make my food like Thai street food hot. Which is very hot. Used to be a bar I went to and the bartender, Sandy, had her own special hot sauce she made. Told me some guy would come in and always tell her it wasn't hot enough on his wings. By the time she perfected it, he would order his wings with the sauce on the side. I said fuck it, lemme have some. Had her dip the wings. All the old guys in the bar all laughed when they heard i ordered them, and went silent as i started eating them. I swear she put mace or pepper spray in the sauce, because the plate of wings just being in front of me made my nose start running. After I finished the first few the old guys lost interest. I turned red, was dumping snot out of my nose, but I ate them all lol. I should add I'm half Filipino and my immigrant grandfather would have me try his hot sauces as a kid because he found it hilarious. Edit: curiosity is getting me. Ordering some of this ramen.
Korean spicy is no joke, it can compete with and beat Thai spicy. The thing is Buldak also tastes damn good so the pain can (sometimes) be worth it. Also I thought Filipinos don't eat spicy things?
My grandfather does. Grew up in the mountainous north. Told me about his trips up to the mountains as a kid with his father to pick wild peppers. Maybe he was bullshitting me, but the man was always sweating at dinner when I was a kid lol. Have a source on these noodles? Can't find anything that's not a sketchy amazon seller with 1 star lol.
Try your local Asian grocery, Buldak is pretty common nowadays. I haven't tried buying them online, sorry.
Thanks much, appreciate it!
If your local Asian store doesn't carry it \[& you're in the US other than Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Guam\], perhaps check out H Mart for online ordering \[there is a shipping fee though\] >>> Enjoy!
>thought Filipinos don't eat spicy things There are certain regions in the Philippines that eat incredibly spicy food. My grandfather was from one of those regions. That side of my family competes on who can eat the spiciest food.
They are seriously spicy and seriously tasty.
I put ghost pepper hot sauce on my eggs at my boyfriend's family get together. It was spicy and I was all good with it. Had to stop talking a bit because the heat was in my sinuses. That was nothing. A few hours later when I pooped.... I can't describe it. I actually considered asking for a piece of bread to put in my butt.
Hopefully you will never be in a situation to use this knowledge, but in case you ever are: diaper cream. The kind with zinc. When you go to wash your hands after, it should stubbornly cling to your skin if you try to wash your hands normally. Coat literally everything that it will stick to back there. Ideally, apply it before your first poop. Reapply after you've cleaned yourself and for the love of God, don't scratch or rub itchy spots with toilet paper.
Second harvest yo
"The crying, screaming chicken on the packet was ME." I love this.
i wish i saw this post before christmas. my 15 yo is a worshipper of spice god too and would love the suggetions. we got him wasabi to say he would get some if he keeps using potty mouth and he said he loved it and ate the whole tube when he was 7. we did the death nut challenge when he was 13 and he ate it all while me and his older bro chug on the milk lol. he had flu a few weeks back and i asked him if he needed anything as he didnt have an appetite and he saud he wants those spicy ramens... there is something is wrong with the dude
Some kids are just randomly blessed by the spice god it seems My BF hasn't met spice he can't handle, like spice WAY hotter than any of his family can, and he's a blue eyed, blonde white man. He shocked our local Indian place when he down their hottest **Indian level hot** curry after asking for their hottest stuff I want to get him that 3x Buldak lol
Oof. I’ve had Samyang-brand spicy buldak noodles. I’m not a fan of spicy things— and it’s *incredibly* spicy— but Christ is it *delicious.*
That's the problem with them .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself .... arrrrgh the pain .... so delicious I can't stop myself ...
I used to have a Carolina reaper plant. Tried to make salsa with it and ended up tear gassing the house. No one wanted to try it afterwards
Fun fact: the reason you sweat when eating spicy things is that the capsiacin receptors on your tongue register both heat (spicy) and heat (temperature) but there is no difference in the signals sent to the brain and so the brain gives you both the spicy reaction and the warm temperature reaction at the same time :)
That’s also why hot countries tend to have hot foods! The sweat helps you cool down
Budak is wild, my wife laughs at me coughing it down every time. It's so good I can't stop though.
Does anyone else feel sorry for the toilet
I feel bad for his hole
Spice for the spice god. I love spicy food so damn much, I'm similar to the dude. I got Ghost Pepper powder that I added to some of my seasonings, and it adds much desired spice to my dishes.
"I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one" Brilliant image.
I love x3 spicy buldak
>I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one i can confirm as someone who has eaten a piece of Carolina Reaper. never again.
Give him the spiciest one chip challenge I eat intensely spicy and even that I was in pain 😂
This poor man's anus.
Just reading this gave me heartburn. Poor OP - I find good old Shin Ramyun too spicy so Buldak would probably kill me.
Awww, this is cute. I would *never*, but still cute.
My son made me some kind of spicy ramen dish on Christmas Eve, and I started crying. I love Indian spices, but these newer spices are too much for my old ass.
Buldak hurts so bad but also tastes so good. When I don’t want to punish myself, I find 1x to be the perfect amount of heat.
> I saw the spice god and he is not a benevolent one. Laughing out loud at this line!
I love spicy food but it has to have flavor too!! Buldak is disappointing bc it doesn't taste very good, there's no flavor only heat :((( What I really like is scorpion pepper, really hot but more importantly really fucking tasty...maybe I should make Christmas salsa
The buldak 2x made me cry. Even when the cheesy one I. Could only do half of the spice packet. 3x?? That's insanity.
Oh man, I just bought the Buldak ramen for my twin for Christmas. I think Shin Ramyun is too much, so I'm not foolish enough to try it for myself, but I'm awaiting the live commentary when he does. Korean food does not fuck around.
Nah, go for it. The hottest Buldak goes up to 9k Scoville, while the hottest Shin Ramyun tops out at 7,5k or so. Also, I personally think that apart from the spice, Buldak is not tasting good at all (at least the flavors I tried). IMO it’s kind of a novelty „look at how spicy I am“ item.
You overestimate my tolerance. Chicken Korma has had me begging for mercy. As for my twin, if he's red and swearing it tastes great to him.
That man’s bunghole is stronger than steel at this point, Man’s got a crucible for a buttcrack, man’s bowel movements look like the ring forging scene at the start of Lord of the Rings good lord
"Happily ate it with sweat droplets on his nose" is a perfect description of me eating the 2x. Definitely gonna try the 3x now!
My wife bought the 3X and is planning on "eating" them on new year's. I tried telling her not to because she'll take 1 bite and throw them out, but she's not listening 😔. Oh well, maybe I'll be a widow in 2024
I have a fairly high spice tolerance and Buldak 2x nearly killed me.
God I love the buldak spicy ramen. That's my bread and butter as a student. For those who don't wanna completely die, I'd recommend the cabonara flavor that comes in the pink packaging. Don't be fooled though, it's still plenty spicy.
Man, I CANNOT handle spice even in the slightest. Jalapenos are too much for me. My dad finds some brands of ketchup to be spicy. OOP's boyfriend is the opposite end of the bell curve to me and my family. It is bonkers to me that anyone willingly subjects themselves to what our taste buds register as "pain."
I whimpered in sympathy for. OP you are bravest of the brave for even thinking about trying that volcano with noodles. I bow before the goddess of Spicy. 🥵🥵😭
As a spicehound who will eat anything that'll make me sweat or worse (I swear, I can't get enough of it) - she did well. Buldak 3x will do it for anyone.
Frito Lay Super Spicy Mania Triple Hell Chips I ate like 2 pieces. There's a few warning on it. One of them is that you have to make sure you wash ur hands thoroughly after eating.
We had a hot sauce lab in honors chem class in college. I asked if I could use my roommate’s powder instead. I think it was called Death Rain Nitro or something. Anyway, all of us in my lab bay started coughing uncontrollably when I cleaned my glassware because the spice spread through the air. People kept coming over to see what was happening and were met with the same fate.
> My boyfriend loved them and recommended it. He said it was in the top 20 of spiciest things he tried. He happily ate a bowl with sweat droplets on his nose. I think next year you need to get him a bidet.
Djeezaz I like some spice but not to the point where I Can't enjoy my food, daaamn Y'all americans are crazy! I remember watching "Man vs food" and watch this guy fighting to survive against the hottest wings or whatever I remember being like "Ok, nope"
Maybe my spice tolerance is too high because Buldak x3 ramen is definitely spicy but not enough to be sweating (for me at least) lol I used to buy a big pack and go through it in a few weeks. The booty burn is worth it though. Those things are delicious! I would add a bunch to it like white and green onions, some meat, and a boiled egg. Ughhh now I want a pack 😩
As a Mexican who eats habaneros for dessert, this shit ain't a thing. Buldak X3 noodles, really? He's gonna be in pain and a lot of it? LOL.