Now That's Hot

Oita is not a well-spring of ethnic foods. You've got Japanese food, Japanese food, and Japanese food that kind of resembles American food. So it was with great surprise and excitement that I entered the Indian restaurant I found randomly in the downtown area.

I ordered a curry and without thinking told them the level of spiciness I wanted: super hot. I'm no spice masochist, but I do like it spicy. In America, no matter how much you tell the wait staff at Indian restaurants that you like it hot, it's still never hot enough. I figured Japan to be the same. This is a country that just doesn't do spicy. The Chinese students and Korean students say Japanese food is too sweet.

My curry arrived. I took one bite and realized it was, truly, super hot. It was so hot I started hiccuping. I kept eating, hiccuping all the while, while my friend laughed at me.

"Don't *hic* laugh! It's not *hic* funny!"

The cooks from the back—who I presume to be Indian or Pakistani—came out a few times to make sure it wasn't too spicy, and to bring us fresh water, which we were drinking at a terrifying rate.

After the meal I was taken by the warm glow of endorphins and wandered around downtown in a happy haze. Today, however, my bowels hate me.

Comments

[アリッサ]

That's pretty funny. Good thing I can't stand any spice so that'll never happen to me. I can't even imagine how spicy that truly was! I can barely eat regular salsa! I am pretty sure that would have killed me. >.< lol

[Yasuyuki Maeda]

Hello nice to meet you.
KO-N-NI-CHI-WA (^_^)v
I am Japanese.
I saw your wonderful site.
Please link to this site !
【Website】http://food-of-japan.blogspot.com/

[NICK MCHOLLYWOOD]

Hey, If I eat spicy food too fast I get hiccups too! It happens to me all the time.
I thought I was the only one! Lets start a support group and give the disorder a name.
Spicitis? Maybe that sounds like an aversion to the spice girls.

[rupan777]

Wimps. >_>

For future reference, milk is better than water to extinguish the fires.

[Adam]

Lactose intolerant.

[rupan777]

Ah, you too? >_> 本当に弱いよな。。。