SINGAPORE — A viral Reddit post showed a ramen eatery in Japan tagging different spice levels according to nationality, with Singapore and Malaysia ranked in the middle of its index.
Gyumon Halal Ramen Asakusa in Tokyo introduced an index that tags spice levels according to country
Netizens largely agreed with this ranking, sharing their experiences of eating spicy food in Indonesia It recommends levels 3 to 5 for Singaporeans and Malaysians. Japan is ranked the lowest at level 1, while Korea is ranked above at levels 6 to 8 and Indonesia is up top at levels 9 to 10. A Redditor with Indonesian parents wrote in jest that they sometimes find it odd that they would find a meal bland when their friends and colleagues would say that it was spicy.
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