Do you have anything hotter than this?

[alphafemale]

The premise:

Things advertised as spicy in restaurants rarely are.

So...

Years ago when my husband and I had just met and on one of our first dates we were at a Chinese restaurant. He was sort of showing off with the hot mustard..."They call this hot? This is nothing."

He called over the young waiter. "Do you have anything hotter than this?"

"Yes."

"Bring it."

So the waiter brings back a little dish. I knew what it was. (Chili paste) My future husband obviously didn't as he dolloped a good bit on his food then munched down.

As his face was red as a beet and he was gasping for breath the waiter came back and asked in an ever so pleasant voice...

"Hot enough for you, sir?"

:rofl:

[Greyskye]

1. Restaurant spicy

My wife-at-the-time and I were visiting a friend in Eureka California a number of years ago. We went to a little Thai place, and as my buddy and I both love spicy, we told the waiter/chef (he was the only worker, we were the only customers) to "make it like your mom makes it".

We got our food, and while tasty, didn't have the heat we were craving. So when he came out to ask us how our food was, my friend expressed his disappointment in the lack of spice. The guy smiles, and comes back out in a couple minutes with a tiny little dish that had about a half dozen miniature green peppers. We each proceeded to nibble at these.

Sheesh, these aren't that bad. (30 seconds later) Uh oh. :evilfrown: A small volcano had just started erupting in my mouth. I proceeded to calmly excuse myself to use the bathroom. Now, I knew, as an experienced hot food eater, that water doesn't do a damn thing other then spread the hot oils around in your mouth in order to distribute the pain more evenly. I really, truly knew that. Didn't make a difference. My head was in the sink attempting to hose out my mouth from the spout. I was grabbing paper towels to stem the sweat pouring off my face. I think I even attempted to wipe my tongue off with said paper towels.

After some unknown period in hell, I attempted to dry myself off, and saunter casually back to the table. I evidently succeeded in my dissembling, as years later in a conversation with this same friend, this particular meal came up. He had been in awe of my apparent ability to withstand mega-spiciness. The wimp. :evilgrin:

[alphafemale]

2. Have you had that Thai chicken soup with the coconut milk in it?

That is out of this world.

I've done some Thai food at home, but it is pretty complicated.

[Greyskye]

4. I love the coconut based stocks

Quite a few Thai dishes do that. Don't forget the Thai Iced tea to wash it down with! :hi:

[laconicsax]

3. There's a really good Indian restaurant near here that lets you choose the spiciness of your dish

on a scale from 1-10. My first time there, the waitress said that most people get a 3 and very few people go as high as 5. Looking around and seeing a bunch of yuppie types and old people, I figured that they were just wimps. My SO and I ordered our dishes at a 5.

It wasn't the kind of hot that burns right away, it takes a couple seconds and then suddenly your whole mouth is on fire. Hottest damn thing I've ever eaten. SO and I tried drinking some milk when we got home to abate the agony, but the heat only came back after the milk was gone.

At home, I usually make a curry dish with chopped habanero peppers and some cayenne chili powder and that is mild compared to what I ordered.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. I am praying that this is in LA (Because I am)

:7

[laconicsax]

6. No, Southern Oregon

I do know of a really good Indian restaurant in Long Beach though.