hot in the U.S. In fact, I'm so accustomed to eating very spicy Indian food
that I order things extra hot when I'm in India as well. Thai chilli
peppers can be extremely hot - I love hot Thai food and make a point of
getting it whenever I'm in the East. Mexican food can be VERY HOT if you
find a place that uses Habenero peppers... but Mexican dishes tend to lose
their taste when made SO hot. This is probably the cook's fault - any food
made very spicy will lose it's real flavor if not prepared by ssomebody
who's very skilled. That's what I like about Indian dishes - they've
mastered the art of keeping things well spiced while making them spicy
(there's a huge difference between "spiced" and "spicy" - spiced food has
real flavor where as food that is only spicy all tastes the same and is
pretty boring).
~Simon
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-----Original Message-----
From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 January 2004 16:14
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: I'm going to England!
Around here in houston, an equivalent of "5 level" spiciness isn't even
that spicy, cos it's adjusted for westerners.
----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC)
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: I'm going to England!
Mmm, Thai food. An ex of mine went to high school at ISB(international
school of Bangkok), so I go a good lesson in what authentic Thai tastes
like. We tried all 3 of the restaurants available here, and found one run
by a wonderful family. The thom kai gai(sp?) is the best, as well as the
pad thai. And they had 5 levels of spicy. Thai hot(#5) was no joke; I can
handle pretty spicy, and 3 was a struggle. I had a friend that would get #5
hot and it was fun to watch the sweat pour out and his eyes bulge when he
ate that stuff.
I haven't been there for more than a year, and I just found out that
they went out of business. :-( For one I'll miss the food, but even more
so I feel bad that they couldn't make the cut; they were wonderful people.
The young couple, the old thai grandmother that did the cooking, and they
had just had a gorgeous little girl. Ah well....
Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:10 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re:I'm going to England!
Eri*K*a,
Hope you feel better.
I found a good cure last night - Thai food
:-)
We discovered a restaurant 5 miles from house named Hot Basil - the menu
is half Indian food, half Thai, both good.
-Benny
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