Okay fireeaters or chiliheads, what's the spiciest food in town?
Why don't you just go on down to India Palace and ask for the Vindaloo HOT! I think that will put an end to this discussion.
Quote from: jne on July 24, 2010, 04:15:47 PM
Why don't you just go on down to India Palace and ask for the Vindaloo HOT! I think that will put an end to this discussion.
I'll have to give that shot. I am on the hunt to find the spiciest food in the area. As I just wrote in another thread, just had Thai Village's "hot". Very impressed with the food. The heat? Not so much.
I spoke with the Thai Village owner when we went there the first time. Their highest level of 'hot' on the menu isn't the highest. He mentioned the cooks and his family typically ask for 'Thai-hot', which I guess is the spiciest they offer.
EDIT: Just saw your post on Thai Village here (http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15214.0). Good luck with the Thai hot next visit, you are braver than I am!
Quote from: Patrick on July 25, 2010, 01:14:23 PM
I spoke with the Thai Village owner when we went there the first time. Their highest level of 'hot' on the menu isn't the highest. He mentioned the cooks and his family typically ask for 'Thai-hot', which I guess is the spiciest they offer.
EDIT: Just saw your post on Thai Village here (http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15214.0). Good luck with the Thai hot next visit, you are braver than I am!
I just love heat. Here is where I buy my hot sauce:
http://www.extremefood.com/shop/home.php
What's the hottest BBQ in Tulsa? I nominate Big Daddy's in Jenks and the late Knotty Pine on Charles Page Blvd.
Joe Momma's Incinerator deserves some mention.
Quote from: sgrizzle on July 25, 2010, 05:40:14 PM
Joe Momma's Incinerator deserves some mention.
I went to the web page to look at this item. It deserves mention.
Quote from: Patrick on July 25, 2010, 01:14:23 PM
I spoke with the Thai Village owner when we went there the first time. Their highest level of 'hot' on the menu isn't the highest. He mentioned the cooks and his family typically ask for 'Thai-hot', which I guess is the spiciest they offer.
EDIT: Just saw your post on Thai Village here (http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15214.0). Good luck with the Thai hot next visit, you are braver than I am!
This is the hottest thing in the world. We got a dish at the Thai-hot level a few weeks ago when we went with a friend who is Thai. The steam coming from the dish when it is served is like getting sprayed with mace. I started crying before ever taking a bite. I only tasted one bite of his dish and paid for it for the rest of the evening. . . then I paid a little more in the morning.
I love hot stuff, but these guys are nuts!
I once ate a hot pepper that burned the hair off my yet-to-be-born kids.
You guys are crazy.
My GF and I like southwestern and Mexican style cooking quite a bit- the spicier the better, especially anything with chipotle, or green and red chili sauces. To give you an idea of how much I like spicy food my favorite work-out breakfast is whole oatmeal (the stuff that takes 15 minutes to cook- instant is gross) with two poached eggs and Tabasco sauce and/or hot salsa. Weird combo, I know, but until you've tried it, don't knock it.
One thing I've found is that hot to Mexican and southwestern cuisine is considerably mild to Indian and Thai. Like Gaspar, I've had some hot Thai that ruined the rest of the night. I don't like something that blisters then you can't taste the rest of your food.
Quote from: Conan71 on July 26, 2010, 09:53:52 AM
My GF and I like southwestern and Mexican style cooking quite a bit- the spicier the better, especially anything with chipotle, or green and red chili sauces. To give you an idea of how much I like spicy food my favorite work-out breakfast is whole oatmeal (the stuff that takes 15 minutes to cook- instant is gross) with two poached eggs and Tabasco sauce and/or hot salsa. Weird combo, I know, but until you've tried it, don't knock it.
One thing I've found is that hot to Mexican and southwestern cuisine is considerably mild to Indian and Thai. Like Gaspar, I've had some hot Thai that ruined the rest of the night. I don't like something that blisters then you can't taste the rest of your food.
Not weird at all...I LOVE my eggs with any kind of hot sauce. HOT Pace Picante sauce (which I do like, and IMO anyone who eats picante at other than hot is not eating real picante sauce), or any Tabasco. I quit using the Louisiana Hot Sauce because it tastes a bit too salty for me. I've been on this kick for the last two or three years of trying to avoid foods that are way too salty, and I NEVER add table salt to anything.
If you're not just thinking restaurants you might try some of the Asian markets in East Tulsa.
There are some Kimchis that I've had to put down and I can handle heat.
I've learned that many places in Oklahoma have had to tone down the heat in order to sell to a wider audience.
I think of that any time I see some Wendy's commercial talking about how hot their spicy chicken sandwich is.
If you like fast Asian, there's a place on the NE corner of Memorial and 51st. Sorry, I can't remember the name, but it's right there on the edge of Fontana. Ask for 5 star. They'll verify that you really mean "5 star". (disclaimer: it's been over 5 years since I've been there so if it's changed, I apologize.)
This is a great time for me to plug my favorite SE Asian restaurant in town, Hmong Cafe (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630669/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Hmong-Cafe-Tulsa), on 31st and Garnett.
It's a small place, but very clean and the food is outstanding. My vote for the best Asian in town, hands down.
They make a spicy duck lahb that's really out of this world. Also, pho to die for. I can't say enough about them, really.
Quote from: we vs us on July 26, 2010, 10:49:13 AM
This is a great time for me to plug my favorite SE Asian restaurant in town, Hmong Cafe (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630669/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Hmong-Cafe-Tulsa), on 31st and Garnett.
It's a small place, but very clean and the food is outstanding. My vote for the best Asian in town, hands down.
They make a spicy duck lahb that's really out of this world. Also, pho to die for. I can't say enough about them, really.
Thanks for the head's up.
Quote from: we vs us on July 26, 2010, 10:49:13 AM
They make a spicy duck lahb that's really out of this world. Also, pho to die for. I can't say enough about them, really.
Isn't lahb served at room temperature? My hindbrain thinks meat should either be hot or cold, never lukewarm.
Quote from: nathanm on July 26, 2010, 10:54:48 AM
Isn't lahb served at room temperature? My hindbrain thinks meat should either be hot or cold, never lukewarm.
You're focusing on the "warm" part of lukewarm. It's been cooked but just isn't delivered that way. I always think of it as Thai Beef Salad, and that gets me through.
Quote from: Townsend on July 26, 2010, 10:51:26 AM
Thanks for the head's up.
My wife works with the American Institute for Teaching East Asia at OU. She says that all of the exchange teachers they work with from China order from Hmong Cafe, on 31st because it is the "most authentic." Apparently they also have an unpublished Chinese menu just for the Chinese community.