5 step Thai food spicy index

Submitted by oilinki on Wed, 2015-08-19 14:39

Thai food can be spicy, sometimes very spicy. Generally Thai restaurants wish to protect their foreigh customers from excessive spiciness. It normally takes few visits to a restaurant to be able to get the food with similar spiciness what the Thais are offered. 

Here is the simple 5 step Thai food spicy index based what the food does to our anatomy.

  1. Not spicy   No anatomical effects
  2. Light         Sweating on the forehead and temples
  3. Medium     Running nose and eyes
  4. Very          Sweating scalp
  5. Extreme    Water running from ears

Bonus image: The only way to take a food photo to be shared on Facebook. When the food is good enough, there is no time to take 'before' photos. 

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