• GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I seem to recall that Thai places have a special spiciness scale, it goes…

    Mild

    Medium

    Spicy

    Extra spicy

    Thai mild

    Thai medium

    Thai spicy

    Thai extra spicy

    Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know, and I plan to never personally find out.

    • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Based on my experience you can ask for Thai spicy. It also works in Indian restaurants if you ask for Indian spicy. So far I have gotten what I asked for.

      My latest experience in my local Indian restaurant resulted in the waiter to double check if we understood what we asked for. Once we got our food he was eyeing us the whole time to see if we would survive haha

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        1 year ago

        My favorite way to order from indian places is “not spicy for child” because otherwise mild is too spicy for me. 🙃