I have been traveling a lot lately and when I do, I try to have one or two of the regions spiciest dishes just because, well, I love it.
This was the recommended option from Thailand, Pad Gaprao is already a regional specialty so it didn't take much to convivence me to snag the famous 'spiciest' version of it offered at GAPOW TAPAE.
It was really tasty, but it wasn't that spicy, in fact after a few bites I added some Thai pepper/garlic mash offered at basically every restaurant.
Now I am not complaining because the Gaprao is delicious. However the more I travel the more I realized that when it comes to truly, really, super spicy food, the place to find it is really the US. I mean they are advertising using Carolina reaper, famously developed by Ed Curie in south Carolina. When you think about it it's really not that surprising, despite the common perception.
I will say the default spice level in Thailand is much higher than in the US, just about anything you eat has a kick to it, but if you want shockingly, death defying spicy, you need to head to the states.
by pgold05
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Going to Bangkok in December, any other spicy recs? I’ve been practicing my “phet mak”
Oh hell yeah, I love that dish. I’ve always wanted to visit Thailand and eat everything I can get my hands on.
Phat kaphrao
Yeah ‘super hot’ food is mainly an American thing with
I think it’s because the US has such a mild un-spicy baseline, that people who like spice end up going out of their way to find the spiciest stuff and end up pushing the limits really far. In countries where everything is baseline spicy already there’s probably a lot less motivation to pursue extreme spicy.
I didn’t find this dish ultra spicy, I had other spicier dishes around Thailand. But, this place is sooooo good overall, the best Krapao I’ve ever had.