This week I decided to make a FUN meal idea… Korean Buldak Samyang Spicy Noodles 2x spice. These are Korean noodles that were introduced to me by my Korean exchange student Chan Hee Lee back in high school. They are a popular brand that has featured in many “Spice Challenges” and hilarious reactions to their overwhelming spice levels can be seen on youtube and many other media uploading services. I have an absurdly robust resistance to spice based pain in comparison to anyone, regardless of cultural background. Therefore when Monica was trying to trash talk I chose to prove to her that I am most definitely built different. I cooked one pack of the 2x spice noodles and split it for the 2 of us. In the end I ate 3/4 of the prepared noodles leaving her to have only 1/4 and the reaction she had was hilarious. I was in serious pain myself as the regular spice level is enough to drive 90% of Koreans to run for milk but I held off without water or milk even after eating the 2x packet. The same most definitely could not be said for Monica. She ended up needing a whole 1L jug of milk and standing in front of the sink for 20 minutes. Of course I thought this was funny as heck and stewed in my ego boosting comfort with the spice we were both experiencing. I was not surprised to see her in such discomfort and did feel slightly guilty… but couldn’t let her talk trash without at least trying to back up her words.

Apparently open source didn’t like the video file so all we get is the audio unfortunately.