spicy food apprecation

[blm14]

tell me what the top two dishes are (barley on the right?!) and the five on the bottom.

Is the big middle one the "fish filets in spicy water" dish?

[whitney]

^first is millet seeds (mixed with fruit and nuts) with tajine w/lamb topped off with coriander.

second is chicken tikka chilli garlic and bombay aloo

[Appleseed]

That Marie Sharp's stuff isn't the hottest around, but it does taste pretty damn good.

[blm14]

Ok, chinese-speaking friends in various parts of the world.

I am looking for a proxy for dried cháo tiān jiāo AKA facing heaven peppers:

They look like this:

Are shorter and fatter than normal dried cayennes and are less spicy than them but more flavorful.

I checked at 3 or 4 major supermarkets on main street flushing and have checked in manhattan's chinatown just about every time I am down there and have basically given up.

Someone wanna help me out?

[evisu 2000]

someone recco a good spicy spicy mexican hot sauce

some shit that'll burn nose hairs off if i give a whiff

or non mexican but easily attainable

[Ahlvahroe]

^which ones have you tried. cause im partial to valentina hot sauce (sometimes also known as tamazula) but make sure to get the black label one cause the yellow label isnt as spicy, but this is also a fairly well known sauce so you have probably tried it.

[ik999]

[i wear shooes]

spicy indian food > any other kind.

yes i am indian but the truth as well

[blm14]

^ You mean it's better or it's hotter? Maybe you should go to an authentic sichuan restaurant and order spicy water boiled beef...

[Guest naknakBeast]

sichuan hot pot with red chilis..

dude this thread makes me salivate.

[dismalfuture]

every race thinks their food is the hottest, and every other race will eat it and laugh. How is that possible? I don't know dudes.

[evisu 2000]

^which ones have you tried. cause im partial to valentina hot sauce (sometimes also known as tamazula) but make sure to get the black label one cause the yellow label isnt as spicy, but this is also a fairly well known sauce so you have probably tried it.

don't remember which ones i've had. haven't had black label valentina, but i'll peep it good looks. have had the yellow which isn't really spicy at all, but it's still good.

[cphamwong]

sichuan hot pot with red chilis..

dude this thread makes me salivate.

shit is fire

[jyoni]

I guess this stuff has been around forever but I only recently found/tried some.

It's not going to blow you away with heat. Basically it's like a Louisiana sauce but without all that nasty ass vinegar overpowering everything. Just sweet, natural chili flavor and heat. It's earned a spot in my cupboard alongside other lighter-heat sauces like Sambal Oelek.

[tu_madre51]

goddamn, where do you live?

[jyoni]

Twin Cities. It's a hit or miss town. We're flooded with La Preferida stuff.

[madstaxbro]

This stuff is more spicy than you'd expect. Never eat it raw, your tongue will drown you in your sleep.

[youkinorn2]

On the whole, it seems hard to find good spicy in New York other than at sichuan joints.

There was some guy selling salsas at brooklyn flea (already funny, I know) and he was having a conversation with some woman about how he has to warn people about the hottest one before they try it (as she fanned her mouth after trying it).

I took a big scoop on a chip. It was some pedestrian shit, that's for sure. Not only did it barely have any heat, it wasn't even tasty at all. It was basically the same heat level as the generic red salsa at mediocre tex-mex restaurants in texas.

I had a similar experience when I asked for "real" spicy at a thai place. The waitress asked if I was sure and warned me that thai people eat very spicy food. I got half-way through my meal before I remembered what I ordered was supposed to be spicy at all.

That being said, I want this right now (not my picture):

Nice and spicy jerk chicken, mango, jalapeno, crema, cillantro, and Torchy's diablo sauce (a great sauce, by the way). Doesn't sound that spicy, but when you get a good one and load it up with the sauce, it'll open your pores a bit.

Missing Texas, fools. Maybe I just need to eat a bag of flamin' hot cheetos or something.

[evisu 2000]

have no idea how many of those experiences i've had

mostly at indian restaurants

[youkinorn2]

have no idea how many of those experiences i've had

mostly at indian restaurants

yeah, it's not rare anywhere...just seems even more common here.

I feel like raw jalapenos would just blow peoples fucking minds.

[ben_253]

i know the red has been posted but the green version is where its at

yes! i almost eat this with every meal.

i know they have a few others too, is this the most spicy?

[andosj]

Smoke Eaters/Cluck-u's Hell Fire/9-1-1 Challenge.

[DaBestSpoona]

On the whole, it seems hard to find good spicy in New York other than at sichuan joints.

There was some guy selling salsas at brooklyn flea (already funny, I know) and he was having a conversation with some woman about how he has to warn people about the hottest one before they try it (as she fanned her mouth after trying it).

I took a big scoop on a chip. It was some pedestrian shit, that's for sure. Not only did it barely have any heat, it wasn't even tasty at all. It was basically the same heat level as the generic red salsa at mediocre tex-mex restaurants in texas.

I had a similar experience when I asked for "real" spicy at a thai place. The waitress asked if I was sure and warned me that thai people eat very spicy food. I got half-way through my meal before I remembered what I ordered was supposed to be spicy at all.

You're never going to really find spicy food in manhattan and Brooklyn cept for maybe Bricklane Curry's Phaal, the bakudan topping at Ippudo, or some random pakistani cab driver lunch spot. Go to a thai neighborhood in Queens like Elmhurst or Woodside, places like Boonchu, Zabb(manhattan one sucks) or Ayada and ask for "thai spicy." I find in manhattan unless you speak thai, they're gonna hold back.

[youkinorn2]

You're never going to really find spicy food in manhattan and Brooklyn cept for maybe Bricklane Curry's Phaal, the bakudan topping at Ippudo, or some random pakistani cab driver lunch spot. Go to a thai neighborhood in Queens like Elmhurst or Woodside, places like Boonchu, Zabb(manhattan one sucks) or Ayada and ask for "thai spicy." I find in manhattan unless you speak thai, they're gonna hold back.

good looking out. Been wanting to get out to queens to eat some, anyways, so it's good to have some suggestions.

[Pavlov's Bell]

Wife and I made the mistake of asking for our papaya salad extra spicy on our first night in Thailand. HOLY SHIT. Never fucked w/ heat that like before. They say you just can't get those kinds of chilis in the US b/c they spoil in transit.

For NYC folks, the nuclear wings (or whatever spiciest variety is) @ Atomic Wings have decent heat. You might sweat a little. Only thing is, the wings suck.

[Guest naknakBeast]

mmmm papya salad.

[robbie]

I usually don't have much trouble with spicy food but made the mistake of mixing habanero's into some pico de gallo i'd made. Didn't think to take the seeds out just chopped it up like you would a jalapeno and about died. I drank 2 glasses of milk and my mouth was still burning. The flavor was great, but after that second or third bit it just killed.

[gruntle]

Current rotation, Germans generally don't eat spicy foods but over the last few years I've become addicted to Asian/middle eastern food. My boss happens to be a chilli freak, he grows his own peppers and every year passes them out. My brother eats raw peppers mixed with vinegar like it's nothing. We have caribbean roots but our taste buds are world wide.

[blm14]

have no idea how many of those experiences i've had

mostly at indian restaurants

One of the good things at indian restaurants is that you can just ask fro green chillies. That way you can adjust the heat yourself as you eat and not worry about under-spicing.

[Dioxic]

Smoke Eaters/Cluck-u's Hell Fire/9-1-1 Challenge.

Did you finish it? I've been meaning to try it one of these days. Especially since they just opened one in cupertino awhile back right next to my house.