I've become more of a spice guy recently. Over the past year my order from the local Thai spot went from mild to medium to hot spice level and I've been feeling myself I can't even lie. I think it's the Mexican blood running through this 5'10 174lb frame.
I bought this habanero sauce from Trader Joes 2 nights ago thinking nothing of it. "Pfffttt how hot could this be? I'm like that now..." It ended up going scorched earth on my food and made it completely inedible. I couldn't breath because it was so hot.
Fast Forward to last night, I found myself in the authentic Burmese hole in the wall restaurant that is Little Myanmar, the waitress asking me in her heavy accent if I want my Mala Xiang Guo normally spicy or extra spicy.
"Okay but how spicy is extra spicy? Like really spicy?" I inquired. She smiled, nodded, and said "very spicy!" I backed down and opted to go normal spicy and thank GOD I did.
When the Mala Xiang Guo came, I was in a fight for my life with this heat. I would randomly interrupt my big bro with a heavy cough and a quick reach for the water to battle the heat. I really should have asked for some milk lol. I still ate the whole thing because it was DELICIOUS in a masochistic way, but this was the absolute limit for my spice level. It was a dog fight. Think Timothee Chalamet vs Austin Butler in Dune 2.
For you dorks who don't know what Mala Xiang Guo is (this was my first time eating it), it's a spicy stir-fry hot pot: An amalgamation of noodles, meat, seafood, and assorted veggies in a spicy mala sauce. Damn, I can't stop working "amalgamation" into these reviews my fault.
All in all, my big bro got the chicken curry and that was the move. I had one bite and was like yup, that's what I should've got. Man in the Arena though.
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