@@BeatTheBush you could make a heater pack with paper and quicklime , staple the sides into an envelope and put it in the bottom of the large container and put the 5 dollar instant hot pot mix in the small container what store, city and state did you buy this in?
@@robinsss yes, he mentioned the store and showed it in the aisle in the video. Bay Area and if in Sacramento or anywhere else, check your local oriental stores. 99 Ranch Market, Seafood City, Pacific Island, etc.
Well, the first time I drove to the north rim of Grand Canyon, I wanted to have hot pot there, and never ready figured out how to carry all the stuff I needed to do that, this could be one of those things, that would make that plan come true.
AH thank you for posting this! I have been trying to find this everywhere I bought this and ate it on my 16 hour train ride from Chengdu to Xinjian. In China it worked out to be only around $5 Canadian dollars, it was sooo amazing and I also thought this would be perfect for camping here in Canada.
I tried it today, I was a heathen and switched out the spice mix with a spice mix bag from an orange Samyang ramen packet, because I was pretty sure I can't take the spice level from this original pack. It was really good, husband really liked it as well. Fun way to cook a lunch, too!
FYI, it's a packet of very fine iron filings with a few other metals. The instant oxidization of the particles produces the heat. Always thought they were neat.
My understanding is that a hand warmer isn't sufficiently hot enough to cook. Although the principle is similar, you should be looking at MRE heater instead.
@@simpletongeek The reaction speed would be different when oxidized in air vs. salted water. MRE heaters also contain salt, magnesium (actually, it's probably mostly magnesium) and other elements. Seeing it torn opened at the end of the video, I'm thinking this is very different type of heater since it expanded and is light coloured, which is so different from heaters I've used.
I bought myself a chicken & mushroom self heating hot pot from my favorite Korean supermarket. I got home & there was zero English instrustions. Your video helped me a lot! I'm about to chow down. A massive thank you to you.
This was exactly what I was looking for. I misplaced the instructions for the hot pot, also appreciated the walkthrough as I wasn’t sure where was the water fill line in the black container because it wasn’t clearly marked, at least for English
im glad i found this channel, i bought two hot pot but im super nervous putting it all together. Im a little bit more confident now. THank you very much!
The heating element is like the military MRE’s, on those it specifically says not to have your food directly in contact with it cause it is radioactive. I wonder if it’s the same type of thing?
But the heating element in the MRE's is that we have to crushed it to activate the heat. This one reacts with water and cause a massive steam in heating the soup
how much water should we add? my package comes with water. but I think I need to use that all for the rice. Does the heating bag need to sink in water or just get wet?
Thank you so much! Your video was the best I found because you let us see exactly how much water to put!!!!!! I made mine and had it for dinner!!! XIE XIE !!!!!!!
Ive had this exact hot pot and i literally couldnt finish it cause of how spicy it was haha if your spice tolerance isnt high id recommend not putting in the full spice package
Damn this is a lot of plastic. I'm always very sceptical when it comes to plastic near my food. I'll always put instant meals in glass containers/regular plate before putting it into the microwave Still very interesting to see how far we've come, having fresh food that stays eatable for a long time ready to be eaten hot all in one container
@@poppyssad6545 I recently got a bpa free water bottle. Washed it several times for the past few weeks, everytime I open it up, it has a strong chemical smell coming out
The warmer appears to be similar in function to the heater provided with MREs. If so, keep it away from open flames. If memory serves it gives off hydrogen gas as a byproduct.
I always personally thought Yuzu tasted like a cross between lemon and grapefruit, personally. You could actually get a Yuzu tree where you live, they're actually one of the most cold hearty citrus fruits. I bought a tree for $40 or so, but it died I think because I used the wrong fertilizer. They have actually some of the craziest spikes on their branches, too. Actual Yuzu fruits are stupid expensive, though maybe on the West Coast they're cheaper, I think they're $4-5 each.
H Mart Vancouver BC had it on sale for 8.99 last weekend. Picked up 4 of these. Cant wait to try next weekend while social distance dinner-ing in our cars!
What I want to know about is the smell. It looks delicious and I want to try it, but I don’t want to evacuate the break room at work lmao. Should I just stick to eating this at home?
Thanks for the detailed review. I've been down an instant noodle rabbit hole this weekend and this was interesting. BTW the amount of sodium in this is epic. It's literally like 300-400% of the daily recommended amount. Novelty indeed! Hey there i also a vegetarian version of this.
Awesome video! I went to eat at Liuyishou Hot Pot after watching this video. The spiciest version is definitely SPICY (makes me cough too)! Awesome food!
I bought this but I will definitely use a different spice packet, like one of my maruchan ones because it looks like I won't be able to handle this spice.
I wonder if you could make a DIY heating element like that with either cement or plaster of Paris. The reaction seems slightly similar to that, actually. If you use a rapid set cement or plaster, you'll notice it gets really hot when it's setting. Even when I used rapid set tile mortar, it made the tiles warm/slightly hot to the touch. Baking soda or calcium chloride can be used to make Portland cement based things set off faster, but usually it's 2% of the actual mix or so. I wonder what would happen if you made something like 1/3 or 1/2 and half. It might actually turn out as weak and crumbly as that heating pad, but maybe release a lot of heat? I think for a plaster of Paris based thing, you'd use alum as a catalyst to make it set.
I'm no chemist but I'm hoping the heating chemicals are probably filtered with the bag. That's why they want you to check there are no holes so the powder doesn't leak out and into your food. The resulting steam was indeed clear at the end.
Spice was put on everything not just the noodles but the only time you cough is when you slurp the noodles. If you eat the noodles the same way you eat the rest of it, it will still be spicy but you won't cough.
Calcium carbide reacts to water and produces acetylene gas. We used to play bamboo cannon when we were kids, we put a little of this and when ignited it creates an explosion.
I want to definitely try it! Unfortunately when I go to the Amazon link you provide they are currently all out of the beef spicy flavor that you were eating... but maybe I'll just get the vegetable one. But it does look good and I love spicy!😁
You might have to try your local Ranch 99 or H-Mart if you live in the bay area? I think this spicy is too spicy and would rather have maybe the pork one.
Iv seen these in my local Asian Market. I want to get one but I'm put off 1st but the fact its £8.99 Also what if I don't like it. I do cook alot Of Korean food. I'm White English bit I like the Spice and Different things I cam use and do
The one we made today was the same as this but it was in chinese. This was cool but was wondering how poisonous the aluminum in the heating bag is. It's expensive but really neat.
I suppose the bag only gives off edible contents and has been deems safe for food usage like in MREs. You're not suppose to eat the bag but I bet some liquified aluminum particles could flow out with the steam in ppb quantities.
not a chemistry person but i'm guessing the stuff in the heating pack is something like calcium oxide, which reacts water and produce calcium hydroxide + heat
You sold me! I’m down to try it! It’s more similar to what Boiling Point serves. The only hot pot place I like is Kingswood. Not a fan of cooking my meat in herbs like Little Sheep. I feel like I’m eating Chinese herbal medicine.
BeatTheBush ha ha yeah you influenced me to. I don’t care about the heat and plastic. I can bring it to work or use it on my road trip or camping trip.
Yeah, I thought the same when opening it all up. But I'm hoping people wont try this after they see all this stuff inside and doesn't need to try it themselves.
there’s different versions of hot pot. there’s the one where u dip everything in and one where it comes w everything in it and the heat source stays on the whole time
Francis, I'm a foreigner in the bay, but the hair salon lady says all services are tipped here. Is that true? She told me to tip $10 today. oh, n because of your milk tea videos I bought red tea + soy milk at 99 Ranch instead of stopping for boba XD Also the lemon yuzu was v popular when i was walking around HK last yr. Almost every Watson had one at the front of the store. Now I have to go try it!
Yes, I usually tip if I go to a hair salon. Not $10 though... I think 15% is standard. Soy milk at a store contains all kinds of additives so try make your own almond milk if you have time with raw almonds.
Nice innovation. It produces far too much plastic waste. But it was worth a try. The process is interesting and the quality of the vegetables is very good. There is just one problem, it was spicy as hell 🥵
Does it have to be refrigerated if not this would be great meals for the homeless who don't have access to much they can just get water from a restaurant bathroom and have a meal
BTB, I could never try or eat this. The spicy hotness would kill me. I have a friend i will reccommend this video to. He will probably seek this out. Really cool device. The drink looks pretty darned tasty. Cheers.
There are all different types of plastics. The plastics used in these heating type hotpots is made specifically for food grade use. I'd be more worried about the preservatives used in the actual products you eat in the meal.
Same thing we use for Army MRE, the steam should not come into contact with your food directly. The food should have been covered prior to putting it in the black bowl. I would not eat that unless you plan on having cancer.
I just went to that Amazon link and the self heating hotpot is $23 bloody hell, here at my local Chinese grocery store in Australia this hotpot cost $16 and I thought that was expensive but $23 US on Amazon, that's ridiculous what you guys have to pay for it, although, I suppose it's pretty good when you consider that you can have a hot meal anywhere and at anytime as long as you have that hotpot and a bottle or 2 of water.
I just tried this and even as a person with a high tolerance for spice it's not my cup of soup. And tbh, it doesn't taste half as good to me as normal instant noodles.
Mix tea with little hot water first and then ice and add seltzer or else it won’t dissolve and all settle at the bottom.
I was thinking the same thing. Although the mixing melted 95% of it. Not mixing it will allow more fizz to stay in the drink.
@@BeatTheBush you could make a heater pack with paper and quicklime , staple the sides into an envelope and put it in the bottom of the large container and put the 5 dollar instant hot pot mix in the small container
what store, city and state did you buy this in?
@@robinsss he say bay area so Northern California
@@robinsss yes, he mentioned the store and showed it in the aisle in the video. Bay Area and if in Sacramento or anywhere else, check your local oriental stores. 99 Ranch Market, Seafood City, Pacific Island, etc.
Well, the first time I drove to the north rim of Grand Canyon, I wanted to have hot pot there, and never ready figured out how to carry all the stuff I needed to do that, this could be one of those things, that would make that plan come true.
AH thank you for posting this! I have been trying to find this everywhere I bought this and ate it on my 16 hour train ride from Chengdu to Xinjian. In China it worked out to be only around $5 Canadian dollars, it was sooo amazing and I also thought this would be perfect for camping here in Canada.
Also the meat should be broken apart imo before you start cooking
I tried it today, I was a heathen and switched out the spice mix with a spice mix bag from an orange Samyang ramen packet, because I was pretty sure I can't take the spice level from this original pack. It was really good, husband really liked it as well. Fun way to cook a lunch, too!
FYI, it's a packet of very fine iron filings with a few other metals. The instant oxidization of the particles produces the heat. Always thought they were neat.
So what's the reduction equation?
I thought the same. Probably the same stuff you put in boots during winter.
... so It's a hand warmer?
My understanding is that a hand warmer isn't sufficiently hot enough to cook. Although the principle is similar, you should be looking at MRE heater instead.
@@simpletongeek The reaction speed would be different when oxidized in air vs. salted water. MRE heaters also contain salt, magnesium (actually, it's probably mostly magnesium) and other elements. Seeing it torn opened at the end of the video, I'm thinking this is very different type of heater since it expanded and is light coloured, which is so different from heaters I've used.
The ‘heating element’ is also known as a flameless ration heater, since it has been invented for the army.
Takes waiting for your instant noodles to another level!
Not so instant any more amirite
@@IvanWongHongKong p
@@IvanWongHongKong true but you can still cook them on the go
I bought myself a chicken & mushroom self heating hot pot from my favorite Korean supermarket.
I got home & there was zero English instrustions.
Your video helped me a lot!
I'm about to chow down.
A massive thank you to you.
Liked & subcribed.
This was exactly what I was looking for. I misplaced the instructions for the hot pot, also appreciated the walkthrough as I wasn’t sure where was the water fill line in the black container because it wasn’t clearly marked, at least for English
Great product for camping.or.when skiing. When you are out doors and have cold, any thing that is high calories and hot tastes really good.
that self assembly chopstick is on another level !
like a toy in a chocolate egg
I’m instantly impressed by the chop sticks
I'm watching this while trying the tomato flavor with sweet sausage! The one I'm eating is so yummy!
We actually mix the tea in hot water and drink it in winter. Try, it's good in hot.
Yay we have hmart and 99 here in Houston! Excited!
im glad i found this channel, i bought two hot pot but im super nervous putting it all together. Im a little bit more confident now. THank you very much!
That was definitely novel. Don't think I will try it though as I am a bit concerned about all the plastic....
Same here.
The heating element is like the military MRE’s, on those it specifically says not to have your food directly in contact with it cause it is radioactive. I wonder if it’s the same type of thing?
Radioactive? You mean it's not edible. Radioactive will emit high energy particles.
@@BeatTheBush alpha + beta radiation = particles, gamma radiation = waves
But the heating element in the MRE's is that we have to crushed it to activate the heat. This one reacts with water and cause a massive steam in heating the soup
Never seen or herd that a FRH gives off radiation. I have cases of them no where does it say that?????. They are water activated as well.
You mean a chemical reaction? It is like saying them hot hands are radioactive.
how much water should we add? my package comes with water. but I think I need to use that all for the rice.
Does the heating bag need to sink in water or just get wet?
Add to the line. It sucks up all the water.
Good video. The heating packet looks like quicklime (calcium oxide). Military MRE heater is diff.
I heard about these like 20 years ago that they were coming out!
"sometimes i'm like, why am i?" LOL if that aint me! Guyyy you are an inspiration
That looked tasty...except for the mystery chemical reaction, but I’m glad you enjoyed it!
The packet is most likely some quicklime.
Thank you so much! Your video was the best I found because you let us see exactly how much water to put!!!!!! I made mine and had it for dinner!!!
XIE XIE !!!!!!!
Ive had this exact hot pot and i literally couldnt finish it cause of how spicy it was haha if your spice tolerance isnt high id recommend not putting in the full spice package
There's a tomato version of that brand which is pretty mild if you dom have the best spice tolerance
Thanks for the video! Was curious on how these hot pot meals work. Might try this myself!
I really like the sound of the packages moving
ASMR like?
Damn this is a lot of plastic. I'm always very sceptical when it comes to plastic near my food.
I'll always put instant meals in glass containers/regular plate before putting it into the microwave
Still very interesting to see how far we've come, having fresh food that stays eatable for a long time ready to be eaten hot all in one container
It's fine if its BPA free, even products with bpa can still be used causing little to no harm.
@@poppyssad6545 I recently got a bpa free water bottle. Washed it several times for the past few weeks, everytime I open it up, it has a strong chemical smell coming out
Bro, agree watch "cooking with Jack show lazy man omelet" it's so cringe
Relax the food we eat is already killing us. Thanks to the government
Plastic isn't good for heath. Especially when it's heated up with food in it & toxics coming from it
What happens if i overfilled the black bowl to the top basically and the two waters mixed
Beat the bush your content is awsome.👍 Never even knew a thing like that existed.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. =D
Tried your drink recipe, it tasted so good! Over here, it cost $12 USD for a drink like this in restaurants lol!
$12? That's like in Hawaii... I'm glad you liked it! Try strawberry preserves in it as well, tastes great! Get the one without preservatives nor HFCS
@@BeatTheBush Sadly I bought the one with HFCS awhile back.
It’s also sold on amazon it’s $15.00 there I’m tempted I might just buy it to give it a try
I was gonna do it totally wrong. Hopefully I would love my first indoor hotpot after high energy day
Thanks for sharing the tea and honey drink. I love watching all your money saving tip but this food review was fun to watch.
Thank you!
The warmer appears to be similar in function to the heater provided with MREs. If so, keep it away from open flames.
If memory serves it gives off hydrogen gas as a byproduct.
It's fun once. Maybe better if going camping?
Would you guys happen to know if where is expiry date written on the packaging of Hai Di Lao?
Hmmm, I think there is one but then I don't have one at hand to double check. It's pretty long since everything is preserved.
I always personally thought Yuzu tasted like a cross between lemon and grapefruit, personally. You could actually get a Yuzu tree where you live, they're actually one of the most cold hearty citrus fruits. I bought a tree for $40 or so, but it died I think because I used the wrong fertilizer. They have actually some of the craziest spikes on their branches, too. Actual Yuzu fruits are stupid expensive, though maybe on the West Coast they're cheaper, I think they're $4-5 each.
imagine swallowing the heating element... you get cooked... literally....
H Mart Vancouver BC had it on sale for 8.99 last weekend. Picked up 4 of these. Cant wait to try next weekend while social distance dinner-ing in our cars!
frugal man turns marmalade into a party drink while waiting for his self heating dinner to cook itself
Yep. That's what happened. =D
I can't stop laughing at this comment
I just love your videos, they are so informative. Hot Pot that cooks, that's pretty cool that it self heats. I need to try this one soon.
Well if you read the comments, plastic waste, preservatives, etc. Great for video though.
I've just got one and am waiting for some dumplings to defrost to go with it.
I love that Korean Citron stuff! They definitely mark that up in cafes even though it’s so affordable from supermarkets.
did u use hot or room temperature water to cook this?
I love all your videos and I taught it comes with shrimp I will try the package of noodles
Expensive but good to have on hand for hurricane season.
What I want to know about is the smell. It looks delicious and I want to try it, but I don’t want to evacuate the break room at work lmao. Should I just stick to eating this at home?
I wouldn't eat it indoors at work. It steams so the aroma is too much.
Good review
Thank you man! You were a big help 😅
"hand warmer things"
Ah yes, blisters goes brrrrrr
can anyone tell me if the heat pack is reusable?
Thanks for the detailed review. I've been down an instant noodle rabbit hole this weekend and this was interesting. BTW the amount of sodium in this is epic. It's literally like 300-400% of the daily recommended amount. Novelty indeed! Hey there i also a vegetarian version of this.
I would get this, but my mom is being very strict about plastic uses
Good idea. I might have cut 5 years off my life eating this.
Awesome video!
I went to eat at Liuyishou Hot Pot after watching this video.
The spiciest version is definitely SPICY (makes me cough too)!
Awesome food!
=D
I bought this but I will definitely use a different spice packet, like one of my maruchan ones because it looks like I won't be able to handle this spice.
You could skim off the oil to reduce the heat.
I wonder if you could make a DIY heating element like that with either cement or plaster of Paris. The reaction seems slightly similar to that, actually. If you use a rapid set cement or plaster, you'll notice it gets really hot when it's setting. Even when I used rapid set tile mortar, it made the tiles warm/slightly hot to the touch. Baking soda or calcium chloride can be used to make Portland cement based things set off faster, but usually it's 2% of the actual mix or so. I wonder what would happen if you made something like 1/3 or 1/2 and half. It might actually turn out as weak and crumbly as that heating pad, but maybe release a lot of heat? I think for a plaster of Paris based thing, you'd use alum as a catalyst to make it set.
I'm no chemist but I'm hoping the heating chemicals are probably filtered with the bag. That's why they want you to check there are no holes so the powder doesn't leak out and into your food. The resulting steam was indeed clear at the end.
This looks absolutely delicious!
I would not recommend it for taste. The meat are all preserved stuff so great if you're in the middle of no where.
Spice was put on everything not just the noodles but the only time you cough is when you slurp the noodles.
If you eat the noodles the same way you eat the rest of it, it will still be spicy but you won't cough.
Gonna try this !
=D
@@BeatTheBush I tried just now. Not bad.
My Hmart doesn’t! Every time I go, I check! I’m so disappointed 😭😭
Hey beat, where did you get this hotpot ?
I think H Mart in Bay Area. You can get them from Ranch 99 too sometimes.
The white vegetable is lotus root! 😻
For spicy level, I will only put half package of the chili powder
As im eating the exact noodles now but the mala amount that i put is a quarter of tablespoon, my mouth can is ok but my stomach 😣
Calcium carbide reacts to water and produces acetylene gas. We used to play bamboo cannon when we were kids, we put a little of this and when ignited it creates an explosion.
This appears to be 95% magnesium and 5% iron.
Reminds me of MREs when I do my army training
They use the heater in army food?
Honey ginger with hot water will help when u r sick
I want to definitely try it! Unfortunately when I go to the Amazon link you provide they are currently all out of the beef spicy flavor that you were eating... but maybe I'll just get the vegetable one. But it does look good and I love spicy!😁
You might have to try your local Ranch 99 or H-Mart if you live in the bay area? I think this spicy is too spicy and would rather have maybe the pork one.
Iv seen these in my local Asian Market. I want to get one but I'm put off 1st but the fact its £8.99
Also what if I don't like it. I do cook alot Of Korean food. I'm White English bit I like the Spice and Different things I cam use and do
It tastes pretty good but I don't think its worth it. It's novel to try one time. For the same price, I can get real beef hot pot and make it at home.
The one we made today was the same as this but it was in chinese.
This was cool but was wondering how poisonous the aluminum in the heating bag is. It's expensive but really neat.
I suppose the bag only gives off edible contents and has been deems safe for food usage like in MREs. You're not suppose to eat the bag but I bet some liquified aluminum particles could flow out with the steam in ppb quantities.
Now i want to try it
not a chemistry person but i'm guessing the stuff in the heating pack is something like calcium oxide, which reacts water and produce calcium hydroxide + heat
Love this. Thank you for sharing.
this actually had other brand with other flavor, but self heating food are really convenient on most way.
Interesting concept!!
=D
You sold me! I’m down to try it! It’s more similar to what Boiling Point serves. The only hot pot place I like is Kingswood. Not a fan of cooking my meat in herbs like Little Sheep. I feel like I’m eating Chinese herbal medicine.
I did? Many people do not like the heat and plastic mix.
BeatTheBush ha ha yeah you influenced me to. I don’t care about the heat and plastic. I can bring it to work or use it on my road trip or camping trip.
That looks good!
All that one time use plastics is really bad for the environment!
Yeah, I thought the same when opening it all up. But I'm hoping people wont try this after they see all this stuff inside and doesn't need to try it themselves.
The chopsticks were pretty cool
#firstworldproblems
Who cares
@@TechExploresNYC Yeah, that's something I noticed. Only privileged people seem to care about 'omg plastic bad' for some reason.
there’s different versions of hot pot. there’s the one where u dip everything in and one where it comes w everything in it and the heat source stays on the whole time
I was going to get this one but instead got another brand. The package was smaller and cheaper.
Noooo! Melt the Yuja in hot water first then add ice.
Ha....Really fun to watch. Thanks BTB.
:D
Francis, I'm a foreigner in the bay, but the hair salon lady says all services are tipped here. Is that true? She told me to tip $10 today.
oh, n because of your milk tea videos I bought red tea + soy milk at 99 Ranch instead of stopping for boba XD
Also the lemon yuzu was v popular when i was walking around HK last yr. Almost every Watson had one at the front of the store. Now I have to go try it!
Yes, I usually tip if I go to a hair salon. Not $10 though... I think 15% is standard. Soy milk at a store contains all kinds of additives so try make your own almond milk if you have time with raw almonds.
I was expecting a big price , bro we pay 11 for coffee lol ,ima be moving from Ireland soon hahah
you can get these easily in ireland?
This is very cool. I will get a few of these and keep it in my car for emergencies
Maybe MREs are better for emergencies? I suppose this is similar but it needs more water.
Nice innovation. It produces far too much plastic waste. But it was worth a try. The process is interesting and the quality of the vegetables is very good. There is just one problem, it was spicy as hell 🥵
Why don’t they have MRE’s like this?
I just saw this noodles today at 711 Taiwan, and search for it how does self heating hot pot works. 😅👍🏼
Is it safe to throw the chemical bag in the trash?
Does it have to be refrigerated if not this would be great meals for the homeless who don't have access to much they can just get water from a restaurant bathroom and have a meal
Find the manufacturer and we can use the technology in packets to instance heat up pools
Perhaps but the packs are too expensive to use.
BTB, I could never try or eat this. The spicy hotness would kill me. I have a friend i will reccommend this video to. He will probably seek this out. Really cool device. The drink looks pretty darned tasty.
Cheers.
Just gotta put less hot sauce seasoning.
Thanks for the video, am thinking to get one, so I search here. You seems to cough at each bite 😂.
The Citroen tea, I like it with hot water 😋
Toooooo spicy!!!!!
Kodos For Sharing. Would buy a bunch for the coming apocalypses.
Cool product but eating stuff that's been heated in plastic is probably not good for health. 😐
I hear you. I hate doing that as well so I wont jump to get this.
There are all different types of plastics. The plastics used in these heating type hotpots is made specifically for food grade use. I'd be more worried about the preservatives used in the actual products you eat in the meal.
Too much plastic waste too.
Same thing we use for Army MRE, the steam should not come into contact with your food directly. The food should have been covered prior to putting it in the black bowl. I would not eat that unless you plan on having cancer.
The bowl actually had vents allowing steam to go into the bowl. But maybe the makers didn't know better.
What kind of chemicals are in that white pouch I bet we could make a pouch like that at home.
I think it's magnesium 95% and iron 5% shavings.
I tried that flavor. I love spicy food but this was way too bitter
I just went to that Amazon link and the self heating hotpot is $23 bloody hell, here at my local Chinese grocery store in Australia this hotpot cost $16 and I thought that was expensive but $23 US on Amazon, that's ridiculous what you guys have to pay for it, although, I suppose it's pretty good when you consider that you can have a hot meal anywhere and at anytime as long as you have that hotpot and a bottle or 2 of water.
Its around 8 USD here locally. Don't buy from Amazon if you can get it cheaper locally.
I just tried this and even as a person with a high tolerance for spice it's not my cup of soup. And tbh, it doesn't taste half as good to me as normal instant noodles.
Its 8,99 at "go asia" here in germany