Now I haven’t had any super spicy Indian food yet, and I hear it’s the spiciest, but holy fuck this Korean buffalo chicken has me feeling like I have some sort of disease. I literally had to run to the bathroom and I’m still fucking sweating bc I feel like I’m in a fucking sauna.

The reality of Indian dishes is that the locals want their food here to be spicy since most of us grew up eating that way. It's like a taste preference.

But if I were to make an dish for you, I bet I could turn the spices down a notch and still make it delicious.

@Sid2006 that sounds delicious - homemade Indian food is so good man

Some friends convinced me to go to a Thai restaurant and I ordered the Pad Thai. It had 3 levels of heat, and loving spicy foods, I ordered the hottest one. The server was like:

S: "Are you sure?"

Me: "Yea, I think I can take it"

S: "Its very spicy. Are you sure?"

Me: "Now I know I want it. Yes!"

S: "OoooKaaaay"

Friends were like "Dude, this place serves crazy hot Pad Thai, you should have started with level 1"

Food comes, I start...mmm...they were not kidding about the heat, but my goodness it was good.

Server comes over to me specifically

S: "Sir, you doing OK? Can I bring you some bread or crackers?"

Me: "No, this is fantastic. It's really spicy hot, but doesn't overtake the flavor of everything else. I love it"

S: <smiling> "Thank you sir, I'll let our chef know"

<later>

Friends: "I think they must have had a bet back there. Not too many first time white guys order the level 3"