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coffeesp00ns · 4010 days ago · link · · parent · post: How I Learned to Stop Ordering 'Thai Spicy' | Serious Eats : New York
The idea that, by ordering things as hot as I could get it, I would get the most authentic experience was always a circumspect argument to me. That being said, I still fell for that line of thinking on occasion, especially when I went out with one of my mexican or asian friends who would tell me I didn't know what spicy was. It kind of becomes a dick measuring contest, and sometimes our inner competitive nature gets the best of us.