Originally Posted by glennaa11

Maybe you just have too high of a tolerance or something. Lots of Thai food I end up with in Thailand is scorching spicy. Maybe it's the kind of thing you're eating? I am not familiar with the dishes you mentioned. I tend to stick mainly to curries which often end up at the highest point of my tolerance and simple things like fried chicken that aren't spicy to begin with.

Often you will get a selection of condiments with your dish so you can make it as hot as you want with things like hot peppers. Are you seeing those?

Ultimately I think your food tour will probably get you what you're looking for. I can never figure out how Thai people can eat such crazy hot food. But I might just have a low tolerance.