So here I was, sitting around, trying to work on my history paper and trying to figure out what to eat. I decided that since I already had some specific noodles, I wasn’t going to have those. I would have liked some superior instant noodles, but I didn’t feel like having that specific taste. And then I got a brilliant idea.

The first thing is to say GTFO to the soup packet and sesame oil. I was quite honestly sick of that flavour for a while. But, I remembered being adventurous over coop, when my housemate stole my bowls and I was unable to eat any noodles with soup for a while. What I did was instead of using the default instant noodle flavour, I just put a pile of satay sauce and mixed it in with my beef balls and vegetables. That worked quite well, but I didn’t have a jar of satay here with me this term.

My alternatives were soy sauce, sriracha sauce, or Lee Kum Kee’s chili garlic sauce. I’d tried soy sauce before, and it was quite tasty, but it was also quite blood pressure inducing, as I’m sure with the amount I use, I take in about a family’s worth of daily sodium. I’d also figured that sriracha would be nice, but I wasn’t feeling in the perpetual burning mouth sensation. And I figured that, since I’m eating dumplings with my noodles anyway, I’d give the chili garlic a shot.

The nice thing about the chili garlic sauce is that it isn’t on fire like sriracha sauce. It’s also a lot sweeter and has a different texture to it because of the chili flakes in it. All in all, it was quite enjoyable, and works quite well.