Finally Visited Coco Ichiban – Level 10 Death Spicy
Finally Visited Coco Ichiban – Level 10 Death Spicy
by DarDarPotato
9 Comments
DarDarPotato
Coco Ichiban has been in Taiwan a while now, but I always preferred to just make my own curry. Well, a friend wanted to eat there tonight so I thought why not.
I ordered the spiciest on their menu, though I know I can go off menu and get it cranked up even more. I err on the side of caution though and wait before I challenge a new restaurant. So, I ordered the level 10 thinking that should be a good first attempt.
In Chinese, they call it “unlimited spicy” or 無限辣. In English, it just says Death Hot lol. There is a note next to it that says 人體無法承受之辣度極限, which translates to something like “The human body is not able to accept this level of spicy”. Correct me if I am wrong.
Well, I don’t know if it was because it’s in Taiwan, or a crappy branch, or something else, but it was not spicy at all… I was very disappointed. My friend tried it as well and said that she might consider it to be medium to hot.
It would be most appropriate to reply with a Review Brah meme, unfortunately.
Edit: I did ask the waitress if they forgot the spice or something, and she said they made it based on the ticket. She offered to give me chili powder or something, but I declined.
Edit 2: It was about 7 dollars for the curry and hamburger patty, an extra dollar or so for the omelette, and a dollar to make it ultra spicy. Roughly 9 dollars for the meal.
Sailornate420
You mentioned plenty about how it was not spicy, but my question is wtf is that. Did you get some mashed potatoes and a lamb patty?
dydtaylor
I’ve been to a Coco Ichiban in California and that was my experience with level 10 spicy as well. My guess is that they just have a fairly standard chilli powder that they put in the curry and they just try to put a lot of it in there at level 10, but since it’s still diluted by the curry and not that spicy at the base it doesn’t make a huge difference.
Excellent curry, but just not worth spending the extra money to make it extra spicy.
CrowSucker
That looks like shit.
box_fan_man
I looked up the US locations and its all California and Texas. I hate living in the north east. Guess I’ll get some more chicken parm…
doljikgu
Holy shit. I salute you 🫡 In Korea I could never get past a 4 without seriously feeling it so I was wondering how people manage a 10! I wonder if spice level is different from country to country
kemushi_warui
I live in Japan and can confirm that Level 10 here is extremely hot by any standard. Actually, the menu goes up to 20 now, which is definitely blow-your-socks off level.
I’ve had the 20 a couple of times, but to be honest, going above 10 you start to trade off flavor for sheer heat, which isn’t great. I’ve settled on the 10 as my go-to.
_Just_Kevin_
Different experience in Japan, thought i could handle a cranked up spice there. Nope! Had to bring it down, I think 7 was the norm when I would go and it was delicious everytime.
Muted-Shirt-1421
I miss Okinawa and cocos. My go to was stewed chicken double meat cheese in sauce level 10 with 2 naan bread
9 Comments
Coco Ichiban has been in Taiwan a while now, but I always preferred to just make my own curry. Well, a friend wanted to eat there tonight so I thought why not.
I ordered the spiciest on their menu, though I know I can go off menu and get it cranked up even more. I err on the side of caution though and wait before I challenge a new restaurant. So, I ordered the level 10 thinking that should be a good first attempt.
In Chinese, they call it “unlimited spicy” or 無限辣. In English, it just says Death Hot lol. There is a note next to it that says 人體無法承受之辣度極限, which translates to something like “The human body is not able to accept this level of spicy”. Correct me if I am wrong.
Well, I don’t know if it was because it’s in Taiwan, or a crappy branch, or something else, but it was not spicy at all… I was very disappointed. My friend tried it as well and said that she might consider it to be medium to hot.
It would be most appropriate to reply with a Review Brah meme, unfortunately.
Edit: I did ask the waitress if they forgot the spice or something, and she said they made it based on the ticket. She offered to give me chili powder or something, but I declined.
Edit 2: It was about 7 dollars for the curry and hamburger patty, an extra dollar or so for the omelette, and a dollar to make it ultra spicy. Roughly 9 dollars for the meal.
You mentioned plenty about how it was not spicy, but my question is wtf is that. Did you get some mashed potatoes and a lamb patty?
I’ve been to a Coco Ichiban in California and that was my experience with level 10 spicy as well. My guess is that they just have a fairly standard chilli powder that they put in the curry and they just try to put a lot of it in there at level 10, but since it’s still diluted by the curry and not that spicy at the base it doesn’t make a huge difference.
Excellent curry, but just not worth spending the extra money to make it extra spicy.
That looks like shit.
I looked up the US locations and its all California and Texas. I hate living in the north east. Guess I’ll get some more chicken parm…
Holy shit. I salute you 🫡 In Korea I could never get past a 4 without seriously feeling it so I was wondering how people manage a 10! I wonder if spice level is different from country to country
I live in Japan and can confirm that Level 10 here is extremely hot by any standard. Actually, the menu goes up to 20 now, which is definitely blow-your-socks off level.
I’ve had the 20 a couple of times, but to be honest, going above 10 you start to trade off flavor for sheer heat, which isn’t great. I’ve settled on the 10 as my go-to.
Different experience in Japan, thought i could handle a cranked up spice there. Nope! Had to bring it down, I think 7 was the norm when I would go and it was delicious everytime.
I miss Okinawa and cocos. My go to was stewed chicken double meat cheese in sauce level 10 with 2 naan bread