I saw some buldak cheese version on sale so I got some and after 5 bites I’ve sweat the equivalent to half an olympic sized pool and starting to see aliens. Is there something genetically different with people who enjoy this?
My strategy is I take 1 package of the black Buldak ramen and cook it with 2 packages of Maruchan ramen and then I use 1 of the Maruchan packets with the Buldak seasoning packets to season the whole thing, and if I want it to be a bit more substantial I’ll drop an egg in there while it’s boiling until the yolk is the right amount of runny
I’m not sure about buffalo wings because I haven’t had any recently but I do know that I do have a noticeable spice tolerance. For some hot sauces, like sriracha, I do need a good amount per bite before I can actually notice it.
We get 3x and 5x variety here, can eat em, they just taste like like shit. Having said that I live spicy foods not for the burn but the amazing flavours you get from the more exotic chilies, chocolate bhuts are amazing! And some of the hotter habs are some great fruity quality to them! As for basic you sauces? I like the taste not no real sense of spice at all.
The trick is to not use the whole spice packet. I typically only put half into my noodles.
Buldak is really great, if you supplement it with 2 slices of toast cheese and a boiled egg
Let it boil in the water until it gets about half done, spill 1/4 of the water into a frying pan with it, put the egg, half the spice and the spice packet in, and boil the water while stirring until its evaporated
The spice will not be a disgusting sauce since it will mix itself with the cheese, the spice will be better, and the boiled egg (+ maybe some chives) will give it a better texture
I am Mexican and I eat a lot of spicy food, but I just can’t finish a buldak. I don’t like them, I think they’re just regular noodles that make up for their lack of flavour by bombarding your mouth with hot spice.
I actually did enjoy the chicken flavour but I could have done with 1 quarter of the spice
I got the Buldak 2X Spicy Ramen and sat down and watched a hot ramen eating challenge and watched all of those people tap out on the challenge and cry and beg for milk and everything.
It made me really jealous and want to try whatever ramen they were eating because the ramen I was eating was spicy enough just to hurt a little bit, but not so bad that I was tapping out begging for milk.
At the end of the video they revealed that the ramen that they were tapping out on was the Buldak 2X Spicy Ramen that I was eating while I watched them.
I love the 2X. Good flavor and it’s hot enough to get me sweating. Bonus points for sliced jalapeno for some added freshness.
One time I found a packet of Buldak half-X spice. They were the sweet spot for me, allowed me to use all of the delicious sauce, with half the spice level. They were the most delicious version of Buldak I’ve had. The next best one is the black bean flavour, because it is at least adding something interesting and delicious, unlike the awful cheese flavour and carbonara flavour buldaks.
I do actually not find buffalo flavoured things (I don’t eat buffalo wings but I do buffalo cauliflower & tofu) spicy. And yeah I like to add hot sauce to foods that are not already spicy, but if they are already spicy I don’t add hot sauce.
I don’t think my spice tolerance is crazy tbh. I’ve definitely eaten things that were too spicy for me. I tried the Buldak 2× spicy and found it nice but once I got to the end of it I was struggling. Still managed to finish it though.
Hot sauces are very variable in spice levels imo. Most of them I don’t find spicy at all, but some of them are so spicy that even adding a little bit to my food has ruined it before.
Is there something genetically different with people who enjoy this?
Probably. My parents are from a place known for their love of spice, though I mostly grew up in places that were very conservative on spice.
Like anything you build up tolerance. Buldak barely registers.
I don’t usually get concerned about the heat unless I’m at a Thai place and I’ve asked for Thai hot.
But I’m not a masochist. I prefer my heat to have flavor.
I dunno’, good food has good flavor, even if it will make you fear God. Some of the best tasting curry I’ve ever had was also the spiciest thing I’ve ever eaten to date.
Don’t disagree, but I was referring to the boutique hot sauce stuff that can run into the millions of scovilles.
Pure pain with no upside.
I dipped a toothpick into Da Bomb hot sauce once and it was pure pain, no flavour came through at all
Hmmm, I wonder. I’ve had ghost pepper cheese, and carolina reaper cheese, ghost pepper salsa, hotsauce, and plenty of hot sauces in the millions.
Many of them had unique flavors that stemmed from the source pepper. Ghost peppers and reapers are pretty fruity and ‘light’ in flavor. It takes a pretty careful selection of additions to make salsa or pico with them taste ‘normal’ and not like they have fruity-sweet overtone. Plenty of the multi-million hot sauces also had flavor, but a disappointing many had a poor distillate taste. Like you were getting a fraction of a real flavor plus a slap in the face with the heat. Useless unless the point is adding a dab of pain.
Even alcohol distilled too far becomes a mess of a product that’s nigh impossible to dress up without diluting back down to some degree.
I enjoy eating it with a bit more than half the pack of sauce. The full pack is more of an “experience” requiring smaller bites instead of chugging it down but I didn’t really enjoy it.
Either my Buldak has a different recipe then those around or people here are lying when they claim to chug the x2’s
Yeah, half pack is the way to go. Most of the liquid boiled down. Carbo, cheese, or regular.
Yeah you definitely can build a tolerance. I used to think Buldak was pretty spicy (as in so spicy it’s affecting my enjoyment) the first time having it. Now it’s whatever.
The first time I tried them I got the 2x because they were priced cheaper. I treated them more like an amusement park ride than a meal.
It’s like people who drink. Your body develops a tolerance to spice and the capsaicin response gradually eases over time. Most people who enjoy spicy food are selective about the types of food they prefer to be spicy. It’s still about the flavour in the end and the heat just enhances that.
The sweating and initial pain was nothing compared to the burning asshole I’ve had for the last 12 hours
Next time it’ll only be 8hrs, just gotta stick with it.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
I love spicy food but I’m not the biggest fan of Buldak. The taste isn’t there. Though I have some of their black hot sauce around.
Hot sauces are a very diverse bag. I have a huge range of them. My favorites are all locals and moderately spicy, around habanero level. The ultra spicy sauces are useful for when you want to add spice without changing the flavor profile of a meal. My spice tolerance is high but nothing crazy.
Yeah I also love spicy food, from “moderate spicy” to “crazy spicy”. My husband surprised me with the Buldak Ramen that went viral for a second for being banned in Finland or Denmark or whatever. I ate all four of the packs after a time, but never repurchased.
But I like your comment because you highlight how hot sauces are a mixed bag. My all time favorite hot sauces are usually habanero based, despite that not being the world’s hottest pepper. They’re just like…the perfect general kick of spice.
I also tend to prefer certain hot sauces for certain things. Nando’s Extra Hot is fucking GOAT for all fried chicken things. Fast food nuggets/tenders, fried chicken breasts/wings, homemade fried chicken, there just isn’t a better sauce. I go through the large bottles easy. It just has that spicy tang that elevates chicken specifically, which makes sense because that’s what Nando’s is known for.
But then my favorite for topping pizza, or quesadillas, or mac and cheese or anything “cheesy” is Mad Dog 57. I find it hot to the point of discomfort unless the dairy is there to mitigate some of the heat. Its fire with anything cheese though.
But a good habanero spread on a sandwich, or a habanero based sauce drizzled over fries or breakfast tacos or eggs or like…pretty much anything? Chef’s Kiss Fucking perfection.
