I have a fun story about this.
I once purchased buldak at my local supermarket, not knowing what it was. I thought they were regular instant noodles.
They were actually painful. I had to drink an entire glass of water between every mouthful. I eventually gave up.
A few days after, I randomly stumbled upon a news article about the exact same product that I bought being recalled in Denmark (I live in France) because it caused abdominal pains and vomiting.
When I read that, I actually went out to find those noodles since I’ve never really tasted food so spicy I can’t handle it, and I occasionally buy something extremely spicy. Never found them, but did find the noodles OP talked about and they were fine.
There actually are noodles in Korea so spicy that these buldak stuff is apparently completely pedestrian.
The Korean ramen spice is so weird its so chemically and gross. Its very hot the first few times but the heat dies off if you eat it regularly.
Talking about the one with the chicken breathing fire.
Buldak
The Thai and Korean “spicy” levels are NOT standardized in any way whatsoever.
And you must learn this on your own.
Any idea how Korea ended up with spicier food than Japan or 80% of China?
Buldak is pain, Lee curry is anguish. The latter is from Glico (Japanese). I shared a portion with my wife 15 years ago, and still remember. The horror… The horror…
I wonder if the Buldak mascot is meant to be a bait and switch, or their way of saying, “sorry about your butthole, here’s a cute li’l guy.”
Probably a bit of both
I’m convinced Buldak x2 spicy ramyun is a psyop.
Shit is spicy but only moderately.
Do you have bowels of steel?
