Nissin Lámen Hot Calabresa

As harmless as the packaging may seem (or maybe not since it has a 3/3 spice rating), this instant ramen packs quite a taste punch. To your taste buds. For you to taste. With your mouth.
The flavoring packet will release a seriously powerful stench of pepper when opened, but, after preparing it, it gives the pasta a great color and scent, not to mention taste.
As far as spiciness goes, this starts out quite spicy, but after eating it for a while, or if you're used to spicy food, it turns out to be very delightful. And besides the spiciness, the ramen still has a nice meaty flavor to it, wrapping it up into a fine swirl of tastes.

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Final thoughts: While not the spiciest thing you'll ever eat, if you like spice but don't want to burn your mouth and you still want some taste with it, this is a great choice.

La Fabrica del Taco Sauces - Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tonight, as a sort of celebration for me getting a job we went to a local taco shop to get our mexichowder on. We usually make our own tacos, with special condiments and shit (spices are my strong suit)... but it was too special of a night to bother with cooking. My friend Miauro raved and raved about this joint for weeks, so we decided to give it a shot.
A lovely mexican themed place, luchador masks, mariachi music, actual mexicans tending tables, et al. The food was tasty, if not lacking; totally not worth their price. But that's not the point, no siree.

They had these little coke bottles filled with a weirdly colored substance on every table, each with a little label. There were three:
A) Mild spice: "For argentinians"
B) Regular spice: "For true mexicans"
C) Really fucking hot spice: "For those who dare"
As soon as I read the labels, my gut reaction was that of the Argentinian Macho "Peh, so we get a washed down, pussy sauce? As if we couldn't handle some REAL heat? Fucking mexican assholes, they want daring? I'll show them daring!". But then my gourmet instinct kicked in, so i decided to taste each sauce individually, from lightest to strongest. I grabbed some nachos, and soaked them in the concoctions.
My verdict?

A) ... the fuck? No spice, no taste, nothing! If I wanted something hotter, I could've drank water! How hummiliating. -
B) True Mexicans do know their sauces! Balanced spice:taste ratio, a delicious bouquet of peppers, with ocoto ajíes, cayena pepper, and some tomato for good measure. Maybe some mustard? Not -really- spicy, but tasty as all get out. - , 5/5 tongues for taste.
C) Hot? Indubitably, this was the hottest sauce alright. But here's the deal: the heat covered the taste. I was basically chewing on a piece of crunchy cardboard. Fuck if I know what pepper it was based on... It seems like "those who dare" already killed their tastebuds with better stuff, so they didn't bother making it good. -

Final thoughts: Lame tacos, 2 subpar sauces... but the only good one made me wanna put on a zarape and kidnap the cook.

-L33T AsbestosPalate