They were all conquered - except for one...
There have been some very challenging meals put in front of me at times - the Royal Festive Thai fish meal in Singapore in 2003 - even the waiter said he wouldn't eat it! My friend with me had one small taste and recoiled in disgust. It became hotter with each bite, and I sweated more and more, but I managed to finish it - just.
Then there was the Paneer Tikka Masala in Jalagon, India in 2004 - my goodness this was a real burner. They were served in a kebab type style, and there were six of them - but in order to finish the final three, I must have drunk about 2 litres of water - my nose was running terribly and I sweated profusely, but it still did not beat me.
But there has only been one meal I couldn't finish - a Doro Wat in Lalibela, Ethiopia in 2008. This was frightful, each bite increased its heat exponentially, and it was so hot that I was only half way through when I flew the white flag. Everything was burning - throat, tongue, lips, I sweated, dribbled and the nose ran like a tap - how painful! My Ethiopian friend with me then proceeded to finish it, but it had its revenge on her during the night. That actually made me feel validated as it confirmed that this Doro Wat was a scorcher.
So, what is the spiciest meal you have ever eaten?
Reply to this The spiciest I ever had was at an Indian restaurant in Toronto, Canada. It was possible to choose the meals in spiciness on a scale of 1 to 4 with 4 being the spiciest. I made the mistake of choosing 4. It tasted of nothing else except spiciness. I like food with a touch of spice but not fiery.
I have chilli and cherry flavoured chocolates for tomorrow(Easter Sunday). I had those ones before and they are surprisingly good tasting. Sweet cherry with just a touch of heat. I tried another chilli flavoured chocolate before and that was of the fiery variety which was not so good.
Reply to this This was frightful, each bite increased its heat exponentially, and it was so hot that I was only half way through when I flew the white flag.
HaHa. This reminds me of something I heard in an Indian village in the mountains in Guatamala. There was and Indian woman who was invited to the Spanish school where I was taking Spanish lessons to tell us about what life in the village is like for the women there. She said, if a man wants to marry a women, her family test him by giving him a bowl of very hot chillis. If he is good enough for their daughter he would be able to eat the entire bowl of chillis. One would have to wonder what about chilli eating is the connection with being a good husband.
Reply to this It wasn't so spicey, but my friends Thai girlfriend ordered me a portion of 100-year old eggs - they are soaked in horse urine and fermented under ground for about a month.
Amazingly, the taste is intensified and eggy, yet rich and warm.
Goes through you pretty quick too.....
Reply to this The spiciest meal I've managed to eat is in a Japanese restaurant, they had a food festival and we decided to have some japanese stuff- wasabi.
Being Indian, eating spicy food is normal and when we were told its spicy, it dint bother us. I think by the end of it, we had fire coming out of our eyes, nose, ears and mouth! No wasabi for me, ever again.
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