Samyang hot chicken flavor ramen review

This pack includes five individually wrapped packets of Samyang instant ramen noodles. The serving size is one packet. And there are 530 calories per serving. There are 1,280 milligrams of sodium, which comes to 56% of your daily value. And it includes 12 grams of protein. This ramen is 100% Halal certified.

And in order to cook this, put the noodles into boiling water for five minutes. And you will throw away the water, except for eight spoonfuls of that water. And you'll put the liquid sauce and stir fry that back in with the noodles for 30 seconds. Then you'll add the vegetable flakes, stir and serve.

As indicated on the package, this ramen is chicken flavored. Though the spice does come out very strongly ... some might say it's overpowering, but that will be up to you to decide. I'd say you can really taste the chicken, seaweed, and sesame flavors. But this ramen is definitely spicy.

After seeing many "Korean Fire Noodle" challenges online, I have to admit that I was skeptical. Were the (admittedly pasty and Anglo-Saxon) people in the videos acting for the camera? How could a commercially available food product push grown men into such screeching palsies?

Now I know why. I made my first batch of these only moments after they arrived at my door. After preparing these as directed by the friendly pictograms on the back label (though I should have been warned away by the cartoon chicken holding what appeared to be some sort of warning sign), I sat down at my table to test my mettle against the sad and pathetic people in the videos. I should also note that my Korean wife was sitting next to me with a slightly amused expression (another warning ignored).

My first bite was uneventful. The noodles were firm, with a pleasant texture, and the sauce was flavorful and spicy. After my second and third bites, as my mouth's capsaicin receptors become more and more saturated, things started to change. What was once a nice tingling was now staring to build into something else. After the fifth and sixth bites, my mouth was now a searing pit. Beads of sweat formed on my face as my body's cooling mechanisms kicked in. As I finished the bowl (a feat I still can't believe I accomplished) my mouth was in full panic mode. My heart rate and respiration increased as I became more convinced that I somehow contrived to eat a big bowl of lava.

At this point I was in a sort of pain-fueled hallucinatory trace. I transcended my body, even as I became aware of my hands frenetically fanning my face, mouth agape in a pitiable attempt to dissipate the hellish, pulsating agony. My wife, I should note, was slapping her knees and weeping tears of joy.

Only after 15 minutes, as I lay in a sodden and boneless heap, did the endorphins start trickling into my system. Finally, the maw of flaming sulfur that had been my mouth started to extinguish.The pain began to fade, replaced by a pleasant tingling. After e few more moments, I breathed deeply, shuddered, and was still.

But this was not the end of my journey. A different type of pain began to emerge as the noodles worked their way through my gastrointestinal tract. As the day went on, my innards began to spasm, horrible and groping, as if they were trying desperately to push through my abdomen to freedom, no doubt looking for the nearest basin of water. By the next morning, my agony was inverted, and my normal morning ritual became a fresh excruciation. Fortunately it was a Saturday. Work would not have been an option.

On a side note, my wife also had a bowl and proclaimed them "spicy, but too sweet," and then went about her business. She is made of stronger stuff than I.

In short, the noodles have a nice texture, very spicy, but slightly too sweet. I recommend half of the lava packet. Also be prepared for a least a day of recovery time. Good luck.

Top critical review

3.0 out of 5 starsWas it the flavor packet?

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018

I’ve always steered away from spicy foods, generally because I like it, but it typically doesn’t like me...After deep thought for two weeks, I decided to give it a try, considering that it had peaked my interest and curiosity as if I was Ralphie from ‘A Christmas Story,’ yearning for an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle. I received the product, 38% of the noodles had already been ‘Hulk Smashed’ by a UPS employee. Cooking the noodles was EASY, but just opening the wrapper to gain access to the noodles had me sweating bullets. The mix-in flavor packet was dark and murky with the consistency of pig vile. The noodles were pleasing to my taste buds, with just enough heat to make me smile like a schoolboy. THIS IS WHERE I HAD THE URGENCY OF REGRET. 35 minutes later, as I watched reruns of Seinfeld, I felt a sensation in my lower abdominal that can only be compared to Mike Tyson repeatedly body punching Larry Holmes in the 80’s. My little sphincter had had IT! I gently rise my buttocks off of the couch, clinching with every muscle I had back there. The cold sweats have kicked in, and I shuffle my size 10’s down the hallway, inching towards the bathroom. It must’ve been a mile away from where I started. I sit on the toilet, and what releases from my bowels could’ve been Linda Blair from ‘The Exorcist.’ It truly sounded like a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant. I spent half of the night back and forth from the bathroom, intestines contracting like an accordion. Since then, I’ve recovered, but I think I’m done for awhile. Back to triscuit crackers and sprite. Needless to say, my tastebuds won but my bowels will never be the same...

How hot is the Samyang hot chicken flavor ramen?

Is Samyang Hot Chicken Ramen cheese spicy?

Which Samyang Ramen is less spicy?

Is buldak hot chicken flavor ramen spicy?