Most Chinese markets should have the real one anyway, which is fantastic and worth looking for: it’s “mala huoguo tangdi”, or in english “spicynumb hotpot base”, in Chinese “麻辣 火锅 汤”

If you show those pictures to a Chinese person, they’ll know exactly what you’re showing them.

laziji means “chili chicken” so don’t say that, show them the picture of the block in its packaging and “麻辣 火锅 汤”, they’ll know what it is.

Yea, it’s crazy good, you’ll dig it; I have made it with larb and pretty much every form of meat and veg stir-fry and it’s always nuts good. I almost exclusively use that spice block when I cook nowadays because it’s very straightforward, portionable, delicious and quick.

Good luck with your gig!