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I can't be the only one who learned this the hard way (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 73 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The Thai and Korean "spicy" levels are NOT standardized in any way whatsoever.

And you must learn this on your own.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    At the restaurants, just make sure they laugh at you a little when you order. Then you know it's the good shit.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    The best Thai noodles I've ever gotten was in some hole-in-the-wall place called Thai Kitchen 2 or something. Got my usual 4/10 spice level (at least, what I usually get at my local place)on some Pad See Ew and I was in physical pain the whole time, but it was goddamn delicious.

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    • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Any idea how Korea ended up with spicier food than Japan or 80% of China?

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  • [–] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I can believe that Korean food has gotten spicier in the last 30 years, but I think it's worth noting that Korean food was already plenty spicy before any of those financial crises, much more so than Japanese food, and all but a few specific Chinese regions.

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    • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Shit's closer to entertainment than food

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    • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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...

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    • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Maybe I just havent had the right ones. I've had spicy ramyeon, but not the kind that makes me regret my life or just cause pain on my tongue. I HAVE had that pain in the form of max level (5) Indian food and jollof rice, however. Well, I can eat level 5 Indian food without dying, but at that point I'm not enjoying/tasting the flavor as much as I'm just tasting tingles, so I just get level 4 as a haply middle ground.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Yeah, I don't find their noodles that particularly hot. I had some chettinad cuisine (mean valuvar) that was for real. I will say though that I'm some kind of big outlier for spice tolerance.

    If you visit Tokyo definitely go to Coco ichibanya and take their spice levels somewhat seriously. They go from 1 to 10, (and special 20 edition) and even with my habanero and ghost pepper loving self an eight can make me tear up.

    A couple swedish dudes came and sat next to me and ordered like a three or a four and had to order several glasses of milk. I have to assume most people from their country have experienced almost no spice at all.

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    [–] 15 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    I'm convinced Buldak x2 spicy ramyun is a psyop.

    Shit is spicy but only moderately.

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    • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Neoguri ramyun is good. Spicy, but not crazy spicy like a lot of the stuff from Buldak. My wife prefers it with a half bag of spice mix, I dump in the whole bag for myself. Top with some spring onions, spam or leftover roast chicken, shredded cheese and maybe some mushrooms, crack an egg in the middle. Nice as a treat, but we try not to make it a habit. It's a lot of salt and additives.

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    • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Buldak tries too hard imo. Pretty much inedible, hard to appreciate the flavor if it's covered in concentrated capsaicin. Shin Black and Neoguri are good spice levels and have good flavor though.

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