I forgot one thing. We were in germany and went to get some groceries from a little Thai Shop downthe road from post. They had a assortment of stuff from Thailand and the rest of asia. There also was thai ramen noodles.Since they were cheap and we like ramen noodles we bought some. THere were no instruction in english or german, so we prepared them like we would the regular soups. You know 2 cups water and throw the little spice packets in there and boil them for 2-3 minutes. We sat down for lunch took one bite .OMG the level of hot was incredible. We sat there sweating like crazy with open windows in the winter time. We were near tears but we managed to eat it all up. Next time around Anurok, the store owner, asked us how we liked the soup. She got a good chuckle out of two white people trying to eat full strength thai hot ramen.