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When I clicked on this thread, I would've never guessed I would actually know the place. I recently moved back to Arizona after twenty years in San Jose and I've frequented most of the Thai places in the South Bay. Fantazia is owned by Mon (anglicized as Monica) and her husband. I had known her for years when she was a waitress at Thai Pepper (now Thai Jasmine) in Santa Clara. The good thing about Fantazia is that it's small enough that the cooks are Thai (I believe her husband is the cook). Some of the bigger places hire Mexican cooks and the taste just isn't the same.

Blue Mango off of Coleman is one of the best Thai places. Thai Jasmine next to Santa Clara University is also good. Just ask for them to make the food "Thai Hot". When I would ask for it that way, I would usually still need the bowls of extra chile to spice it up the way I like it.

Adelita's Taqueria on Curtner and Leigh. They make awesome hot salsa and their carne asada torta (sandwich) is to die for.

I'm a bonafide chile head. Part of it is that I have roots going back four hundred years in New Mexico so I have a natural affinity for chiles and you can build up a tolerance over time. I used to struggle with habaneros but I've eaten three today. I also buy the ghost chiles at Sprouts here in Arizona and I can take it but only eat one per sitting so far. There is an even hotter chile called the Carolina Reaper but they're hard to find. I haven't had the flu since 1986 and I think my chile diet has something to do with it.The main thing I miss about the Bay Area are the restaurants. If you like spicy real Chinese food, I recommend Chile Palace (Hunan style) and South Legend (Szechuan style)--both are next to San Jose in Milpitas.