What restaurant has the spiciest food in your city? Thai or Indian?
What restaurant has the spiciest food in your city? Thai or Indian?
by ExtraElevator7042
21 Comments
cltbuc30
Neither; it’s Sichuan.
Sarberos
Probably southern USA or Mexico where the hottest peppers are from well where all pepper come from really
ninmos
Thai
NachoTacoYo
There’s a Burmese/Thai place that is fantastic. You can get a side of three delicious pickled chili’s too
Ipuncholdpeople
Not sure anymore. Used to be Indian for sure, but both my favorite Indian and favorite Thai place have been less spicy lately
OozeNAahz
100% the Thai places. Indian places don’t even come close. But a couple of hot chicken places (Dave’s and Mother Cluckers) are right up there with the Thai places.
Verscotchy
Indian. There’s Vindaloo, and then there’s real Vindaloo. I met my maker at The Spice Room in Denver, CO.
Captn_Clutch
Thai is spicier than Indian, like it’s not even close. Order 5* Indian and I’ve had hotter black pepper. Neither seem truly spicy to me, that award goes to the local bar that makes the best damn fried chicken I’ve ever had and has ghost pepper sauce. I mix it with BBQ for that sweet spicy combo.
ExtremelyVW
Daves Hot Chicken for that goddamn Reaper slider lol
bengalboiler
Toss up between – Chinese/asian fusion place that goes 1-10 but starts habanero at 3 and ghost at 6 I’ve topped out at 7 so far… they use respirators when making 8+ – wing place that has a dust called kellz hell ( scorpion powder mixed with their regular dust) I ordered 5 wings had to take 2 to go… flavor was phenomenal though. For now I’ll stick with their next step down (Solar flare)
Haven’t found an Indian place that will come anywhere near what my average Thai joint will do even ordering Vindaloo, Indian extra spicy, yes please fuck me up I promise I won’t ask for my money back.
Sanpaku
Easily Thai. I can eat their ‘Thai hot’ (*phet mak mak*), but I think the dishes would be better a couple notches down.
I’ve been to the Indian restaurants, and even the ‘hotter’ dishes like vindaloo were comparatively tame.
There’s a Sichuan restaurant in town, and I plan to visit to get a baseline on what mapu tofu should taste like.
Many-Connection3309
All poverty driven ingredients, so heat substitutes for flavor.
ooOJuicyOoo
My kitchen.
Seriously. I live in nowheresville in the middle of bumfuck Midwest.
Spiciest food outside of my home you can find around here is buttered toast. 🙁
WorldsGreatestPoop
Nepalese, of course it’s similar to Indian but the specific goat curry is Nepalese.
TravellingBeard
Of the two, Indian roti shops here (Toronto) have insane heat. As we have a large South Asian community, they don’t temper it down much for the customers. Even the light/medium is too spicy for a lot of people.
Indian heat lights my body on fire, while Thai, even though it is spicy, only ignites my mouth.
merlperl204
What is that dish called? Looks amazing…
colonelcadaver
Got a place here that has North Thai Jungle Curry *If I remember correctly*, It’s basically a bowl of chilis. That shit fucked me up, I fell asleep from the intensity haha ain’t no indian place around here that has come close.
milksasquatch
In my area of Fort Lauderdale, I have had very few places meet my expectations when I say “Extra extra native spicy 5 star hot, please…. ” Several have provided me with extra spicy concoctions on the side, which have been great, but don’t count.
The hottest local item I’ve had was at Lemongrass Hot Pot. Recently, I told them that I wanted the Taiwanese spicy broth very very hurt me spicy.. 3rd time there, first 2 were just really hot. This time, I took one taste and choked. AMAZING! They called my bluff and made me the absolutely most spicy broth I’ve ever had. I was sweating immediately. I ate the entire pot and had a refill. My wife’s eyes were tearing up just from the spicy steam. It has at least a dozen spicy red peppers floating and it was almost the color of brown paint; usually it is clear. Of course, I made an extra spicy dipping sauce on the side. I cannot stress how amazing and spicy this was. 5 freaking stars, lifetime fan, been back 2x since.
MagnusAlbusPater
For my city the Indian places offer spicier food by a good margin. The local Thai restaurants all serve stuff that’s way too sweet and completely lacks any kind of heat even if you ask for it hot.
There is a Laotian place that can bring the heat though.
The food in actual Thailand was a revelation and far spicier than any Thai restaurant around here.
I haven’t been to India yet so I can’t comment on how that would compare to the local Indian food.
rednd
Wings places. There’s always one !@#$ you up level of wings available.
There are roughly 30 Indian and Thai places within a 5 mile radius of me. It doesn’t matter what you do, they will not make food spicy. You can check the “Thai-hot” or “extra hot” box. You can request whatever you want on the online ordering notes boxes. You can befriend the owners and ask. It doesn’t matter, food is never hotter than serrano-level.
But wings places are obnoxious and always seem to have one level of spiciness that’s just pain.
What I wouldn’t give to have that heat-level available on cuisines I really like instead…
21 Comments
Neither; it’s Sichuan.
Probably southern USA or Mexico where the hottest peppers are from well where all pepper come from really
Thai
There’s a Burmese/Thai place that is fantastic. You can get a side of three delicious pickled chili’s too
Not sure anymore. Used to be Indian for sure, but both my favorite Indian and favorite Thai place have been less spicy lately
100% the Thai places. Indian places don’t even come close. But a couple of hot chicken places (Dave’s and Mother Cluckers) are right up there with the Thai places.
Indian. There’s Vindaloo, and then there’s real Vindaloo. I met my maker at The Spice Room in Denver, CO.
Thai is spicier than Indian, like it’s not even close. Order 5* Indian and I’ve had hotter black pepper. Neither seem truly spicy to me, that award goes to the local bar that makes the best damn fried chicken I’ve ever had and has ghost pepper sauce. I mix it with BBQ for that sweet spicy combo.
Daves Hot Chicken for that goddamn Reaper slider lol
Toss up between
– Chinese/asian fusion place that goes 1-10 but starts habanero at 3 and ghost at 6 I’ve topped out at 7 so far… they use respirators when making 8+
– wing place that has a dust called kellz hell ( scorpion powder mixed with their regular dust) I ordered 5 wings had to take 2 to go… flavor was phenomenal though. For now I’ll stick with their next step down (Solar flare)
Haven’t found an Indian place that will come anywhere near what my average Thai joint will do even ordering Vindaloo, Indian extra spicy, yes please fuck me up I promise I won’t ask for my money back.
Easily Thai. I can eat their ‘Thai hot’ (*phet mak mak*), but I think the dishes would be better a couple notches down.
I’ve been to the Indian restaurants, and even the ‘hotter’ dishes like vindaloo were comparatively tame.
There’s a Sichuan restaurant in town, and I plan to visit to get a baseline on what mapu tofu should taste like.
All poverty driven ingredients, so heat substitutes for flavor.
My kitchen.
Seriously. I live in nowheresville in the middle of bumfuck Midwest.
Spiciest food outside of my home you can find around here is buttered toast. 🙁
Nepalese, of course it’s similar to Indian but the specific goat curry is Nepalese.
Of the two, Indian roti shops here (Toronto) have insane heat. As we have a large South Asian community, they don’t temper it down much for the customers. Even the light/medium is too spicy for a lot of people.
Indian heat lights my body on fire, while Thai, even though it is spicy, only ignites my mouth.
What is that dish called? Looks amazing…
Got a place here that has North Thai Jungle Curry *If I remember correctly*, It’s basically a bowl of chilis. That shit fucked me up, I fell asleep from the intensity haha ain’t no indian place around here that has come close.
In my area of Fort Lauderdale, I have had very few places meet my expectations when I say “Extra extra native spicy 5 star hot, please…. ” Several have provided me with extra spicy concoctions on the side, which have been great, but don’t count.
The hottest local item I’ve had was at Lemongrass Hot Pot. Recently, I told them that I wanted the Taiwanese spicy broth very very hurt me spicy.. 3rd time there, first 2 were just really hot. This time, I took one taste and choked. AMAZING! They called my bluff and made me the absolutely most spicy broth I’ve ever had. I was sweating immediately. I ate the entire pot and had a refill. My wife’s eyes were tearing up just from the spicy steam. It has at least a dozen spicy red peppers floating and it was almost the color of brown paint; usually it is clear. Of course, I made an extra spicy dipping sauce on the side. I cannot stress how amazing and spicy this was. 5 freaking stars, lifetime fan, been back 2x since.
For my city the Indian places offer spicier food by a good margin. The local Thai restaurants all serve stuff that’s way too sweet and completely lacks any kind of heat even if you ask for it hot.
There is a Laotian place that can bring the heat though.
The food in actual Thailand was a revelation and far spicier than any Thai restaurant around here.
I haven’t been to India yet so I can’t comment on how that would compare to the local Indian food.
Wings places. There’s always one !@#$ you up level of wings available.
There are roughly 30 Indian and Thai places within a 5 mile radius of me. It doesn’t matter what you do, they will not make food spicy. You can check the “Thai-hot” or “extra hot” box. You can request whatever you want on the online ordering notes boxes. You can befriend the owners and ask. It doesn’t matter, food is never hotter than serrano-level.
But wings places are obnoxious and always seem to have one level of spiciness that’s just pain.
What I wouldn’t give to have that heat-level available on cuisines I really like instead…
My kitchen. Ask my toilet.