An Indian friend who likes his food hot told me he can’t handle Thai food more than medium spiciness.
I ordered my food “Thai hot” at a Thai restaurant and the waitress’ eyes got big and and said “Thai hot!?!”
It was a poor decision by me.
I was working on a project with two friends, one whose family was from Bangladesh, the other from Egypt.
We all like spicy food, and a wing place opened near the office which advertised "Insanity Wings" made with Dave's Insanity Sauce, about the same Scoville Units as Ghost Peppers.
We ordered an 8-pack. I was only able to eat half of one. My Bangladeshi friend managed to eat just one. My Egyptian friend? She scarfed down the rest, and said "That was pretty good!"
Oddly, the heat goes down the next day. If something is too hot, I just stick it in the refrigerator and eat it the next day
I had Thai food for lunch yesterday with the hottest available, but I like the heat.
Yes, exactly this.
Story #1 - I was in a Thai restaurant with some friends, and one of them likes things VERY VERY hot. He ordered his drunken noodles, and the woman asked “How spicy you like?” he responds “I want native. I want you to make like it was for you”, and she responds “IF I MAKE NATIVE YOU DIEEEE!”
Story #2 - My dad loved very hot stuff. I would send him packets of habanero seeds for his birthday, and he would plant them, and eat the peppers. One year I sent him some “little round Thai peppers”, and he planted them, and they produced, and he ate *1* of them. Told me “Don’t send me any more of THOSE things.”