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Esther Choi combines bacon, egg and cheese with the group's comfort-food staple, then lets the members choose how much heat they can handle.
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Hearts2Hearts (하츠투하츠) Eat the Spiciest Meal of Their Lives | Heat Eaters
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- 1:16Choi serves bodega bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches to introduce the New York half of the fusion.
- 3:06The tteokbokki starts with bacon fat, garlic, rice cakes, fish cakes, cabbage, broth and base sauce.
- 5:40Added heat ranges from "Baby Steps" to "The Iconic Heart," made with Pepper X mash.
- 9:15Scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese finish the pots before a low simmer.
- 9:43The pointing game names Ian the biggest foodie and prompts Choi to question whether making ramyeon counts as cooking.
- 11:08The group tastes the finished tteokbokki, with strawberry and banana milk available as the heat builds.
Before the hot sauce comes out, Esther Choi serves Hearts2Hearts a little New York orientation: bodega bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. The assignment is to bring that breakfast combination into a bubbling pot of Korean tteokbokki, with everyone cooking their own version.
The Heat Eaters episode on First We Feast is part cooking lesson, part group interview. Choi starts with rendered bacon fat, then builds the pots with garlic, rice cakes, fish cakes, cabbage, broth and sauce. Scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese go on toward the end, turning the sandwich's familiar ingredients into toppings rather than a filling.
The bigger decision is what to add along the way. Choi offers a heat ladder running from "Baby Steps" to "The Iconic Heart," the latter made with Pepper X mash. Ian goes straight for the top level. Juun volunteers to try it too, despite not usually handling spice well. Choi, meanwhile, adds every level to her own pot: "I mean, come on, I'm the host of the show."
While the food simmers, a pointing game supplies the table talk. Ian gets the biggest-foodie vote, and Choi challenges the group's cooking credentials with a practical question: "But is making ramyeon actually cooking?"
The taste test begins just after the eleven-minute mark, with strawberry and banana milk on hand as the heat builds. Hearts2Hearts then brings a music-show convention into the kitchen: individual "ending fairy" poses, this time after a spicy meal rather than a performance.
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Carmen and Ian can handle the spiciness well. They are the two strongest people at eating spicy food in Hearts2Hearts
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Which pepper supplies the highest heat level in this Heat Eaters episode?
Choi's top level, "The Iconic Heart," is made with Pepper X mash.