The spice levels at my local Thai restaurant

    by TheCarrot_v2

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    1. Fun story, I used to travel for work. I was in Syracuse and found this Indian joint. I ordered and when asked said I wanted it hot.
      “Are you sure?”
      Yes. Hot.
      I got there and they’re going over the order, he pulls Ras Malai and I point out I didn’t order that. He says “you’ll need it.”
      That curry made me see Jesus and the Ras Malai was an amazing addition and I will always go back when I’m there lol

    2. Used to go to this tiny Thai place in Portland Oregon.

      I love spicy food and used to tell them “please, please make it as spicy as possible.”

      After like 4-5 visits I finally said “listen, I want you to hurt me.”

      The lady looked at me and said “ohhhh, Family style.”

      That was the hottest food I’ve ever had in my life.

    3. As a white guy that likes spicy food I have only run into 2 dishes that I could not eat and one was at a Thai restaurant. I only ordered a 4 out of 5 and in the waiter’s defense he warned me lol.

      Thai food is next level spicy.

    4. Most Indian places have similar levels. At my favorite joint they once asked if I’d like my food “Indian Hot”. I asked what the difference was to my regular “Very spicy” order. Waiter chuckled conspiratorially and said he’d bring me a small plate. Holy. Shit. I did get some respect for eating the whole thing, but my asshole wasn’t very pleased with me the next morning.

    5. My brother and I were at a Thai restaurant. He asked the waiter if a dish he wanted was spicy. He said it came hot, very hot and super hot. My brother said he wanted the super hot. The waiter replied, Oh good I get to see you cry. Aannnd he did.

    6. SuspiciousPatate on

      My preferred level of spicy is “like you’re mad at me but you still want to be friends”

    7. I am from the land of the hottest peppers and have a high tolerance. Once I ordered tai hot in Hawaii; it was liquid napalm, and brought tears.

    8. One time I had “Thai Medium”, the hottest thing I’ve ever eaten, literally had a curry hangover the next day.

    9. This could be a food spice level or an adult website spice level. Welp, that’s more than enough reddit for one day. I’ll show myself out.

    10. notatechnicianyo on

      Thai food is the only food that I’ll check my pride at the door for. They make that shit spicy AF. I love spicy, but I learned many years ago that I do, in fact, have a limit. That limit is only realized after it’s too late, and churning has already begun.

    11. jokesonyouguys on

      I picked medium at a local Indian spot the other day and it was so hot I couldn’t finish it. I was big sad. I used to be able to handle medium, but maybe I’m just a mild guy now 🙁

    12. theturdthatwontflush on

      Where is the option that basically says they are going to have to bury your butthole in concrete to protect the rest of us?

    13. More_Cherry_7630 on

      I’m from hawaii, and my dad’s ex-wife was thai, so I grew up on real thai food. Keep in mind that I can handle my spice.

      Now I’m in the military, stationed in redneck territory, and there’s only one thai restaurant within 6 hours of me. For the longest time they only had spice levels up to “thai hot”, which equates to a mild in any thai restaurant back home.

      They recently changed their spice level names, and I assumed they were still white person spicy, not thai spicy, so got the maximum spice level like normal. But holy shit, they’re not playing around now. This is the first time a spicy dish has ever made me cry, and I’ve eaten a straight ghost pepper before.

      10/10, would eat again

    14. RealGallitoGallo on

      I was at a place in TN once and asked if they had anything hotter.  I said, “not the stuff you give wussies and Texans, but the stuff you mess with each other with!”  Dude walked away, looked over his shoulder with a nod of acknowledgment as if saying, “oh I got you brah.”  What he returned with can only be described as molten rock, pure lava, made me wonder if they didn’t have some house grown, genetically modified death pepper.  Pretty sure in the hallucinations that ensued I saw God.  I’ve been all over this country and never expected the something hotter than the hinges on the gates of hell to be in TN.  Respect.

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