Hey everyone, hope you're having a fantastic day.
It's Mark Wiens in Tokyo, Japan.
For lunch today I'm on my way to go eat one of the spiciest, most fiery bowls of ramen in all of Tokyo.
And it actually looks dangerously spicy.
It's so red.
I'm a little bit nervous, and I can't wait to taste it.
We just arrived at the restaurant.
This is the spot right here.
Okay, thank you.
Okay, buy your ticket first.
Okay, what's cool about this ramen shop is they have both chili pepper level and Sichuan pepper level.
So you get none less medium high and devil level.
You can get devil level of both the chili pepper and Sichuan pepper.
I gotta go devil level.
Come on in.
It's a vending machine access, so you get your ticket and then you give your ticket to them and then you get your bowl of ramen.
I'm gonna go for the deluxe ramen.
Yeah, deluxe ramen, and gotta go devil level on everything.
And this one double-level.
Double-double.
Double-double, take your money.
It's what?
Oh, okay, more.
Extra.
Okay.
Yes, double.
Okay.
So actually I had to pay 200 extra yen to get the double level of both Sichuan pepper and spice, and they're actually all full of seats right now, so we gotta wait a little while until there's some empty seats and then we're gonna try out this extraordinarily spicy ramen in Tokyo.
That was just a few minutes wait, and we are now in the restaurant.
This is kind of a dark, dungeon, cave-feeling restaurant.
It has a devil theme to it as well, so it's black and red, and then there are little devil statues all around.
It's kind of like a foreshadowing of spicy ramen doom.
And what's also cool is that they give you a bib for this ramen.
Oh yes, I have to.
I have to use it.
How do we tie this thing up?
Alright.
I'm ready to do this.
Double David Meyers.
Double Ed X. I got that.
I know.
I just got my bowl of ramen and if you order most of the other bowls of noodles and the different levels of spicy, they give you your ramen in a white bowl.
But if you order the devil level, they give it to you in a special black bowl.
And this is it not only looks dangerously spicy Beautiful, they just have just like giant chunks of chashu in there.
There's egg, there's corn, there's green onions, and the spice is literally like just caked up on top of it.
You can see that freshly ground Sichuan pepper there.
You can see the fresh chili powder.
Oh wow, it's just like thick with spice.
I gotta just taste that broth first.
Look at that, that just looks like solid lava.
Hi.
Oh wow, oh yeah.
That has some heat to it.
That's like taking a bite of open flame.
Oh, but not only is it spicy, but it's extremely flavorful.
And immediately, that Sichuan pepper hits me nicely.
It's so citrusy.
You can just smell that incredible aroma. of the Sichuan pepper.
That was quite a lot of Sichuan pepper on that first bite.
I think you need to stir that around.
And there are bean sprouts in here as well.
There's a whole egg.
And there's corn as well.
Oh, it's flaming hot.
On that first bite.
Actually the chili is not that strong, but the Sichuan pepper is incredibly strong.
That just tingles all the way down your throat.
And it's almost a little bit difficult to speak, actually.
Okay, now for that chunk of pork and it is huge.
Wow, it's so fatty and so tender and it has a little bit of a sweetness to it too.
Okay, I'm going in for that egg.
Oh yeah, oh.
For some reason, I was expecting it to be like a fully hard-boiled egg, but definitely not.
It has that runny oozy yolk.
That is amazing.
And the egg white is sort of It, sort of has that slight rubberiness to it.
So far, this bowl of ramen, the chili is completely fine, but the Sichuan pepper is what's really intense.
It actually, my entire mouth and throat and esophagus is just tingling and numb right now.
It is an amazing feeling, but that is a lot of Sichuan pepper that they put in here.
But the flavor is just outstanding.
Just look at that pork again, that pork.
I love how they just have like a slab of pork in here.
Look at that, all that just effortless chewing.
No, no, it's super Szechuan.
Like it's so Szechuan that I can barely like talk.
I can just try the broth.
No, the chili is not bad, but the Sichuan is what's really intense.
Wow, that Sichuan pepper.
It's so sensational, I love Sichuan pepper so much.
But this is like to the point where you almost can't control your mouth.
Wow, that is spicy.
You know, when you eat ramen, it's customary to slurp the noodles.
But I think it'd actually be dangerous to slurp these noodles.
Some of those chilies, some of that Sichuan pepper could just go down the wrong pipe, that's for sure.
Oh, oh wow.
That chashu is just insane though.
It's hard to control my mouth right now.
I'm getting some tears.
I'm getting down to the bottom of the noodles.
There's still a giant pork of, I can't even speak right.
There's still a giant chunk of pork and half an egg.
Oh man.
Got one big chunk.
Look at the size of that piece of meat.
And actually, this piece of meat, you would think that you need a steak knife to chop it up.
It's almost like daunting to look at it like this.
But then when you take a bite of it, it's just amazing how it just falls apart in your mouth.
Wow.
It just falls apart.
And even though I can't feel anything in my mouth, I can feel the tenderness of that pork.
You gotta keep up your endurance, it's pretty intense.
I'm starting to burp Sichuan chili pepper.
Okay, I've reached my final bite.
Wow.
I don't think I'm gonna lick out this bowl.
But I am at the bottom.
I can fully see the devils on the side of the bowl.
Mission accomplished.
A tissue stuck to my cup and I don't even mind.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, that was amazing.
Oh, forgot to take off my bib.
It's okay.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, thank you very much.
Arigato.
Oh, I can't feel my mouth.
I'm almost a little bit dizzy, partly because it's such a dark dungeon environment and just because of that Sichuan chili flavor that just feels like it's covering my body right now.
Oh man, that was intense.
For me, the chili level, the devil level chili was fine.
I didn't find it that spicy, but what really got me and what really almost did me in was that Sichuan pepper the devil level Sichuan pepper.
From your first bite, your throat just goes into a complete tingling sensation.
Imagine you're drinking the most fizzy soda that you've ever had like 10 times strength fizzy soda and it just tingles throughout your whole insides and that's what it's like, but the flavor was amazing.
Those chunks of chashu were incredible.
The actual ramen itself is incredible.
It's mind-blowing flavor.
So, even if you don't get the devil level, I don't know if I'd recommend the devil level, Sichuan pepper definitely.
Yeah, probably not, but if you go lower levels, the flavor of the ramen is still incredibly good, and also shout out to all the whole crew here.
They're all really nice and very friendly and welcoming.
Oh, and one more thing.
If you finish your devil level, they give you a little mint to eat after you're done and it has a little.
Is that a little devil face on it.
Oh, this is awesome, limited edition.
I can't taste it at all.
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