Hotter Than Hell ...

... guaranteed to result in a Ring of Fire the next day, Southern Thai food kicks up the spice to a level even higher than the already spicy Northern food. This spicy noodle salad with seafood and pork was killer, with tender squid to go along with some warm chewy noodles, and a nice selection of fresh veggies - cabbage, carrots, chives, lettuce, scallions, and tomato. The Southern-style black pepper curry with pork ribs and young banana was also tasty, and even spicier than the scorching seafood salad. While lunch was delicious, the spice level was off the charts and actually became rather painful towards the end of the meal, leaving me contemplating suicide by plunging my head into the Arctic Ocean, which unfortunately, was too far away for me to try. The waitress later told us that these were mild versions of the dishes prepared for tourists, and I needed to order an iced passion fruit tea in the hopes that it would quell the fires - it did not!