Posted and ran yesterday about Aldi UK’s “Extreme Heat” instant noodles and everyone was like “AND?!” 😂 I had no idea these are supposed to be a knockoff of Buldak! Made them today, didn’t tamper with them too much, just added some dumplings and chopped up bird’s eye chillies in case it wasn’t spicy enough for me, with Buldak sauce on standby 😂
The noodles themselves are super similar to Buldak, almost indistinguishable! The sauce has a bit of a kick to it but nowhere near even Buldak 1x Spicy, I’d agree with commenters when they say it’s like Buldak 0.5 😆 It doesn’t taste like Buldak at all though. It had a subtle sweetness to it, and a tomato twang – a bit like a crappy UK stir fry sauce, or if you added ketchup 😅 I checked the sauce ingredients and sure enough, there’s tomato passata in it?! 🤯 So yeah, the noodles and sauce aren’t bad, especially for 55p but are definitely catering to a British palate. If you really wanted, you could stock up on the noodles and douse them in Buldak sauce for a cheaper imitation 😆
Noodle texture: 9/10
Flavour: 5/10
Spice: 3/10
by TheHeianPrincess
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Putting review as a comment as well, as my body text was being a bit glitchy on my phone:
Posted and ran yesterday about Aldi UK’s “Extreme Heat” instant noodles and everyone was like “AND?!” 😂 I had no idea these are supposed to be a knockoff of Buldak! Made them today, didn’t tamper with them too much, just added some dumplings and chopped up bird’s eye chillies in case it wasn’t spicy enough for me, with Buldak sauce on standby 😂
The noodles themselves are super similar to Buldak, almost indistinguishable! The sauce has a bit of a kick to it but nowhere near even Buldak 1x Spicy, I’d agree with commenters when they say it’s like Buldak 0.5 😆 It doesn’t taste like Buldak at all though. It had a subtle sweetness to it, and a tomato twang – a bit like a crappy UK stir fry sauce, or if you added ketchup 😅 I checked the sauce ingredients and sure enough, there’s tomato passata in it?! 🤯 So yeah, the noodles and sauce aren’t bad, especially for 55p but are definitely catering to a British palate. If you really wanted, you could stock up on the noodles and douse them in Buldak sauce for a cheaper imitation 😆
Noodle texture: 9/10
Flavour: 5/10
Spice: 3/10