Something I really enjoy is Asian food.
Japanese sushi;
Chinese stir-fries;
Vietnamese Pho (noodle soup);
Philippine chicken;
Indian lentils.
But best of all is Thai Cuisine because it is the spiciest...



I really enjoy spicy food, so why is it that so many restaurants refuse to serve it?
There is/was an Indian restaurant in Ludwigsburg that offered three choices of meal:
Mild, Hot or Normal.
Mild is, well, mild.
Hot is spicy – German spicy.
Normal is spicy – Indian style!
Why can't they all do it like that?

I went for a Thai meal the other day.
You could choose meals with zero, one, two or three chilli peppers from the menu.
I ordered a meal with three.

When my meal arrived, I was certain they had brought the wrong plate to our table. I'm quite sure even the most coddled Swiss person would'nt have found it spicy.
I called the waitress and complained. "Oh, but that is the spicy one", she assured me.
"In that case, I need chilli", I said.
"We no have Chilli,“ she said "only fish sauce"
"Then I need the fish sauce", I replied.
(Fish sauce is fish extract with raw chilli peppers)
She called something into the kitchen and I recognised the word 'Farang' which means 'Long-Nose' denoting a European/American.
The fish sauce arrived but there was hardly any chilli in it. By the time a portion of the food was anywhere near 'hot', it was too salty to eat.
I gave up and ate my meal as it was.

This happens to me all the time – even if I visit a restaurant with Thai friends who will tell the waiter/waitress "He can eat as 'hot' as we can!"
The waiter invariably scoffs and I get a watered-down version of what I ordered.

Good to have Thai friends – I get invited to dinner every now and then and am served the normal version.
Yummy!