I should have your problems of asking for not spicy and getting super spicy. Maybe that's the trick of it -- asking for what you DON'T want! I wouldn't care so much if I really didn't like that restaurant when they do it right. Its such a crap shoot though.
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Do You Appreciate When Thai Restaurants "farangatize" Your Food?
Started by Jingthing, 2009-11-10 14:55
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Skint
Advanced Member Posted 2010-03-03 02:46:05
I'm not keen on the Thais making it less spicy for farangs i have the same problem in Holland with food i expect to be spicy and it isn't. That said i have met many Thais who do not like their food too spicy so who knows.
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monkfish
Super Member Posted 2010-03-03 03:12:50
Tom Yam without chillies
 cannot be??The only thing worse than no chillies is sugar! heaps and heaps of sugar! Why not just put a bowl of sugar on the blumin table let people decide how sweet they want it? Chilly is more difficult because its better if you cook it with the sauce but sugar dissolves very easy. I can't eat out any more because the food is just to sweat 
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monkfish
Super Member Posted 2010-03-03 03:16:55
Do you really want all your meat on the bone and without the gristle and integument removed, pepped up with a sprinkling of mixed offal? Integument ... nice word  For the record Thais are usually (happily) impressed by the megatonnage I can handle. But chillis have their own special TASTE. I like that taste as a part of the mixture of spices, especially the little green demons. It's not just about hot - if the food's not well done then obviously no amount of chilli can really save things. But I've never yet come across Thai meals I didn't like, even if I rarely do bugs. However I don't like more than a few mouthfuls of Lao som tam, the fish sauce is too much for me in larger quantities. I love the Thai version, can eat it till it comes out my ears. First thing I do on arrival is always som tam + ghaeng khia waeng on the corner of the soi.  Sigh ... roll on May Ahh you mean Som Tam with the fresh water crabs? Lovely Can't eat the fermented fish myself if they leave it out I don't mind 
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PeaceBlondie
Star Member Posted 2010-03-03 07:50:35
I order cow pat gai and chicken with cashews mai pet. Everything else I ignore.
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WinnieTheKhwai
Incredible Member Posted 2010-03-03 08:42:58
Sounds an exciting menu.
 Only thing missing is the Sweet & Sour.  As for ordering food 'mai phet', be advised that some dishes are just very hard to make not spicy when they're based on a pre-existing curry paste. If that paste is spicy, it's near impossible to do a curry that's not spicy but still flavorful; do accomplish that a restaurant would have to tune the curry paste itself, which is only going to happen at tourist places. |
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