Originally Posted by
MileageAddict
Fine, call me a wimp. Make mine level 1 spice. I like to savor the flavors of my Thai food and not have them overpowered by spice to the point where I can't taste anything.
Originally Posted by
stupidhead
Call me a wimp, I don't care. I'll have mine at level zero please (or negative if possible).
I hate when the seasonings become the main flavor-which is probably the reason I don't eat anything my sister cooks. I want to taste the freshness of the ingredients. Tons of seasonings tell me already that their ingredients are crap.
Which is to say I don't like spicy food. I have trouble with a chipotle burrito (extra sour cream, extra cheese, guacamole, extra rice, mild salsa-anything to kill the spiciness), which is probably the spiciest thing I would ever eat. And the spiciest thing I probably have ever eaten.
I hope the two of you are not suggesting that those of us who like spicy food like our food "overpowered by spice" or that we want "the seasonings [to] become the main flavor." As I am sure you can appreciate, different people have wildly different tolerances for spice. For those of us who love super spicy food, the spice does not overpower, but instead draws out or enhances flavor. There's no reason to spice things up if it overpowers your own individual taste buds, but please don't be judgemental about it.
Originally Posted by
violist
Inner Beauty. They still serve it on site, though it's seriously dumbed
down from back in those days. A friend and I went through a half
bottle of the stuff at ECG not too long ago.
What did you study at NEC? I had dinner with Gunther a couple months ago.
ECG no longer bottles Inner Beauty, but you can order a side of it at the restaurant. And I assure you that it is not dumbed down from the old days. That said, different batches can have very different spice levels, and I find it reacts very differently to different foods. So, for example, when I add it to their buffalo shrimp, or when it is served on frech fries as part of the hell fries served at their sister restaurant, All Star Sandwich Bar, I find that it barely makes a dent in the spice level, but when I add it to my burnt ends sandwich, it usually ramps up the heat fairly significantly (in an oh-so-good kinda way!).