Paldo Teumsae Ramyun has been rated as one of the Top 10 Spiciest Ramens for two years by The Ramen Rater. I’ve certainly eaten a lot of ramen in my life and I disagree with Hans. I’ll not even try to compare myself with the venerable Ramen Rater but I think several of his spiciest ramens are not worthy of the top ten list. Once I’ve eaten the ones I think should go there I’ll make a list like his but for now, I’ll just let you know about this fine piece of ramen cuisine.
The noodle brick is large like many Korean noodle bricks and the noodles look like they’re going to be thick and chewy.
The contents included dehydrated veggies and a powdered seasoning packet.
The veggie pack looks like it might have some kimchi in it.
The powdered seasoning has a strong smell I’ve come to associate with good Korean noodles. It’s nice and red so I would expect a kimchi flavor and spiciness.
I dumped everything in a bowl and steeped this one as it is a wet noodle to be eaten as a soup. Most of the spiciest noodles are dry so this was a surprise.
The smell wasn’t as pungent as some kimchi flavored bowls of goodness but it has a decent smell. The dehydrated veggies didn’t seem to show up much in the soup once cooked so it mostly just looks like noodles and red soup. I needed to find out just how spicy these were so I took the first sip of the soup and wasn’t impressed. Sometimes the spiciness is different so I waited a bit and indeed there is a spiciness to it. I could feel it in my throat and I perspired a very small amount but my mouth was actually pretty good. I wouldn’t agree with a top ten rating for these but they are spicy in their own way.
The flavoring for these is a little disappointing though. Flavor-wise they’re not very good. The noodles are indeed chewy and it is spicy but the flavor is just not delivered.