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spicy food at a restaurant be like:
One consistent exception to this in my experience is Indian food. If you ask for your biryani to be "spicy" then say goodbye to your loved ones and make peace with your maker before the first bite.
You still have to find the right spot. There's an indian joint near me where getting the spiciest version still wasn't enough for a friend and me. We asked if they had anything to make it hotter and they finally brought out raw onions slathered in hot sauce. Dunked those suckers in and we had a little bit of a bite in the meal.
Then there's the thai place next door that actually does spice. Beautiful, sweet, 'I'll take a 4 out of 5 on the scale' and you need to take a second between each bite to cool off. I think it's because we have a lot more southeast asians in our area than indians, so you get the more authentic experience.
Yeah that one time the concerned waiter in the indian restaurant came back to reconfirm I wanted it 'spicy' should've been my clue to say 'you know what you're right I'll take it mild'. Mistakes were made that day.
It was more consistent back in the day, now they've lowered the max heat substantially. In the 90s if you were Desi and asked for proper spicy it was guaranteed attempted manslaughter and I miss the dopamine hit of that near death experience. Still can do it at home but there's something nice about experiencing it more formally.
Tell them "Indian Spicy" and enjoy!
I like to send it back and tell the chef he forgot the spicy.
I just tell them I don't want white people spicy.
I'm white, my wife is Desi. When we go to Indian restaurants, we have to order each other's food. She asks for mild and gets hot, I ask for hot and get mild-medium. So, when I ask for mild for her food, she actually gets mild.
She's someone who finds pepper spicy, and I often struggle to find the spice in a habanero.
Would your username be in any way related to your appreciation of spicy food?
Unrelated, but it does get me a little more power behind my name
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