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?
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.
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 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.
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.
One time I found a packet of Buldak half-spice flavour. They were the sweet spot for me, allowed me to use all of the flavour sauce packet, 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 good, unlike the awful cheese flavour and fake carbonara flavour Buldaks.
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.
I really don’t think original buldak noodles are very spicy at all. Like, I can feel it, but it isn’t what I would consider to be very spicy. They also don’t taste good, though. Like 3/10 spiciness.
Typical buffalo sauce or name brands like tabasco, cholula, etc. are not noticeably spicy to me.like 0/10 spiciness.
I have a decent spice tolerance, but I also don’t enjoy eating super spicy things “just because”. I want my food to actually taste good. Being able to eat spicy food lets me taste more flavor in hot peppers, but there’s zero point in eating really spicy stuff just to prove you can, imo.
I’m just not very sensitive to spice, and I like the spicy feeling. Buffalo sauce truly is not spicy for me. It’s just sour. I think something is wrong with my mouth, so I would say it’s something genetically different. I have never found something too spicy for me. I grow hot peppers and ferment my own hot sauce, and my favourite is the Trinidad scorpion pepper.
And you’ve always been like that? Without having to build a tolerance?
Yes, as far as I remember. My family doesn’t eat spicy food so I didn’t have it growing up.
I was trying to think of some kind of real world advantage it would give you. Not that I think you should try it but I wonder if it means you would be less affected by pepper spray.
I’m a big fan of spicy food, but I rarely use hot sauce and am not a fan of buffalo wings. For me I like foods that have chiles where the spice is part of the flavour that makes the dish taste good.
Hot cheetos tastes like cardboard to me. I’ve started preferring regular cheetos over hot cheetos because at least it has flavor. That should probably answer your question.
I don’t dump hot sauce on everything, that’s like asking if someone with a sweet tooth dumps sugar onto everything. Also, there are different types of hot sauce that have different levels of spice. You don’t need to drown food in hot sauce, you just need to buy a spicier hot sauce and continue adding the same amount of hot sauce.
Interesting thing to note, your sense of taste and your physiological response to spice are two different things. There are (many) times where I eat something “spicy,” and I’ll sweat. But I don’t taste the spice.
Depending on the food, sure, hot sauce and/or spicy seasonings. For instance I use Slap Ya Mama Cajun, chipotle chili powder, and a Penzey’s spicy blend on my bacon and eggs on weekend mornings as a treat. I always opt for extra hot salsa and the hottest most delicious salsa I found unfortunately doesn’t seem to be sold anywhere around me anymore (Jardines Ghost Pepper Salsa for the curious). Buldak spicy noodles do pack a respectable punch, but it doesn’t hold a top spot in regards to hottest thing I’ve eaten.
That’d be those Paqui hot chips that get released every year. I can eat like, quarter sized pieces at a time but it’s not so much the spice on your tongue as much as it is that you can feel those fuckers pass through your entire body. Like you know exactly where it is in your digestive system the entire time because it’s a dull ache that moves very slowly.
I don’t eat buffalo wings because there’s not enough meat on them bones.
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.
The trick is to not use the whole spice packet. I typically only put half into my noodles.
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 love spicy food and I eat the buldak 2x maybe monthly… but my body doesnt. Buffalo wings don’t affect me at all but i can sweat from a jalapeño on the spicy side. Its not painful tho. I do drown my food in hot sauce. Tabasco isn’t spicy to me but anything with eggs gets it liberally. I will look like Ben stiller in along came Polly and be Happy as a clam
