The Great Takis Challenge
If you missed the Takis train, here's all you need to know:
1.) It is a snack food so great that songs have been written about it.
2.) Takis will stain your fingers red, so don't try to eat them in the hallway between classes. Your teacher will know.
3.) They are hot!
Can snack foods in Seoul even compare to the wondrous Takis? My students were curious, so I set out to find the answer.
After a two month investigation, in which I ate many snack foods purely in the name of research, it has been decided that the winner is...
1.) It is a snack food so great that songs have been written about it.
2.) Takis will stain your fingers red, so don't try to eat them in the hallway between classes. Your teacher will know.
3.) They are hot!
Can snack foods in Seoul even compare to the wondrous Takis? My students were curious, so I set out to find the answer.
After a two month investigation, in which I ate many snack foods purely in the name of research, it has been decided that the winner is...
While this particular snack is kind of sweet, doesn't make your fingers turn red, and has never had a song written about it (that I know of) it wins on account of being super spicy. Like, the Professor is breathing fire and the blackboard is going up in flames kind of spicy.
The runners up include:
The runners up include:
Mostly because they were delicious, but not because they are hot. The first tastes like peanuts (I should have known). The second tastes like sweet potatoes (too healthy). The third tasted like nothing, but I liked the picture of the bug catching food with his tongue.