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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pro tip: don't ever tell a Thai cook their food isn't spicy enough. They take their spice seriously, they take pride in it, and they like to dig it in a little if you ask for it spicier.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I seem to recall that Thai places have a special spiciness scale, it goes...

Mild

Medium

Spicy

Extra spicy

Thai mild

Thai medium

Thai spicy

Thai extra spicy

Whether it's true or not, I don't know, and I plan to never personally find out.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Based on my experience you can ask for Thai spicy. It also works in Indian restaurants if you ask for Indian spicy. So far I have gotten what I asked for.

My latest experience in my local Indian restaurant resulted in the waiter to double check if we understood what we asked for. Once we got our food he was eyeing us the whole time to see if we would survive haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My favorite way to order from indian places is "not spicy for child" because otherwise mild is too spicy for me. 🙃