One time I went to an Indian restaurant with my boss (from south India) and a Mexican coworker. I ordered my food mild, my boss ordered his medium, and the Mexican guy ordered his hot. My boss tried to warn him but he insisted that he could handle spicy food.
The food came out, the Mexican guy had no problem eating his, and he started gloating. Then my boss told him that he was actually eating my boss’s medium food. After they switched plates, the Mexican guy turned red, started sweating, and had to ask my boss to switch back.
(My boss had no problem eating the hot food; he just preferred the taste of medium.)
My brother is half white half Mexican and I am pretty much full white.
He decided to order his as hot as mine even though we all warned him not to.
His food tasted pretty good at about 3:30 the next morning
Yeah too much spice kills the flavour. You should be using spices to enhance the flavour, not smother it.
I took a mate out to an Indian place I regularly eat at and we had a few pints before. When I ordered the “devil potatoes” they warned me as they always do about the spice, I drunkenly bantered with the waiter that I’ve had them before and can hack it, then jokingly added “in fact make them extra spicy”. Anyway, they did cook them extra hot, probably thinking he could embarrass the cocky British bloke. I wolfed them down no problem, my mate had one and I just watched his face go red and start coughing. Felt so bad.
Last time at the indian restaurant I specifically stated I want the (true) spicy variant.
Food was barely eatable.
Next time I’ll return it if they give me the bland version again.
As a white guy this is the hard part of ordering Thai or Indian. I want the spicy version, not the white guy spicy version. But, if I emphasize that, then they end up giving me beyond the spicy version to mess with me. So I just order the spicy version and sometimes it’s perfect while other times it’s too mild and disappointing.
Man that sucks. I hate when people assume that white people can’t handle spice. I’m brown, but I know some white friends that love spice.
I just ate at an Indian restaraunt about an hour ago and it was surprisingly manageable.
If you’re in a Western country, it’s possible, they make it several magnitudes less spicy than it is traditionally. Just because they’d have no customers otherwise…
Man. I absolutely cannot handle spicy food. But damn is it too good. Indian is certainly one of my favourites, and frankly, if it isn’t spicy, it’s not right. I will continue eating it regardless, cause it is top notch.
The sweating means I’m enjoying it. I don’t want a curry unless it makes my nose start running.
