"Can you make it less spicy?"

[SunWuKong]

i love my favourite Indian restaurant even more now.

last time we were there, this lady asked the waiter, "can you make the vindaloo less spicy?"

to which the waiter replied, "no."

"you can't make it less spicy?"

"no, we can't."


that's exactly what i'm going to be like if i ever open a restaurant.

"no, we can't make that less spicy."
"no, you can't have soy sauce with that."
"no, we can't take out the MSG."

[yoMAMA]

LOL!

that vindaloo sure is spicy though.




:p

[Irezumi Kiss]

As a person with an iron stomach...much as I have sympathy for those with tender tongues...if it wasn't spicy, there's no point in eating it!

If you can't take the heat, don't get in the kitchen! What's not spicy about Indian food, eh? Just munch on some naan or something!

[SunWuKong]

What's not spicy about Indian food, eh?

well, biryani, for one. i like it, but it's pretty much like fried rice. also, the popular tendoori chicken is not really spicy. just tastes like BBQ. and samosa is not really spicy (or is it supposed to be?). i think there are probably plenty of Indian dishes that are not spicy. it's just that it's what people like at an Indian restaurant. i used to have an Indian roommate and she would cook home-made Indian dishes. it's not as thick as what they serve at the restaurants and just generally taste a little different.

but yeah, hahha, i got a kick out of that lady that asked for less spicy. and Irezumi Kiss, you'll be dissappointed to know that it was a "sista" that asked for it. :biggrin:

[thaite]

Heh heh.

There this great Mexican restuarant here that's pretty much the same way. I love it.

Can you imagine going into an Italian restaurant: "Can you make my spaghetti less noodley?"

Or a soul food restaurant: "Can I get my chicken and waffles with less soul?"

[SunWuKong]

LOL!

that vindaloo sure is spicy though.




:p

yoMAMA was visiting DC and was with us when this happened. he actually had the vindaloo in all its spicy goodness. how many glasses of water did you drink? five? :tongue:

[Irezumi Kiss]

but yeah, hahha, i got a kick out of that lady that asked for less spicy. and Irezumi Kiss, you'll be dissappointed to know that it was a "sista" that asked for it. :biggrin:
Now THAT'S a low down, dirty shame! I wonder if she ever put hot sauce on her chitlins? :tongue:

Forgot about biryani! I think since I like spicy foods, I somehow tend to gloss over anything that doesn't get the three-alarm fire treatment. What's funny is that when I get the canned Indian food sometimes at the local organic supermarket, it already is medium spiced straight out of the can.

[deez nuts]

the restaurant should always accomodate their customers.

[SunWuKong]

the restaurant should always accomodate their customers.

yes, but mark up the prices, the decor, and the dress code, and being unaccomodating on how the food is cooked can translate to being a high class restaurant.

[deez nuts]

yes, but mark up the prices, the decor, and the dress code, and being unaccomodating on how the food is cooked can translate to being a high class restaurant.

high end restaurants i've been to with the exception of luger and masa are accomodating to a certain extent. even mesa grill was accomodating to adjusting the spiciness of their dish when a friend who can't tolerate any spiciness at all asked them to tone it down.

sounds like they have crappy customer service which is on par with most indian restaurants i've encountered.

[SunWuKong]

sounds like they have crappy customer service which is on par with most indian restaurants i've encountered.

can't be worse than most Chinese restaurants. hahhah!

but anyway, the lady has no business being in an Indian restaurant if she wants less spicy. :biggrin:

[yoMAMA]

yoMAMA was visiting DC and was with us when this happened. he actually had the vindaloo in all its spicy goodness. how many glasses of water did you drink? five? :tongue:

more like 8 to 10.

:wink:

[lethal]

Is this the same place we went to?

[SunWuKong]

Is this the same place we went to?

i don't remember what place we went to. but this was in Clarendon, directly across the street from the Clarendon metro stop.

[Irezumi Kiss]

but anyway, the lady has no business being in an Indian restaurant if she wants less spicy. :biggrin:
This is what I was thinking, too...I mean, most of it is mild at best and even that seems to be too much for certain sensitive people. I'd assume that one knows it's spicy going in from jump.

It's like someone ordering sushi and then complaining that it's too "fishy."

And don't they batch-make the base sauce in vindaloo? It's not like they make it from scratch every time someone orders it, right?

[Chad]

^that's what I was going to say. most of the stuff is made/prepped in large batches.
it's like when i was cooking for a viet restaurant and this one lady would ask for the pho without some of the herbs like anise or whatever, said she was allergic. well the broth takes hours to make so it's kind of impossible to do that. i would imagine the same for vindaloo. so i ended up giving her chicken broth instead... and then it wasn't even pho anymore, it was just chicken noodle soup.
And then a lot of people would ask for "no MSG" and I would cuss every time I saw it written on one of the tickets because the meats are already marinated with MSG beforehand so if they didn't want any MSG then they should have ordered vegetarian.

also, it sucks cooking a place where they serve steaks because people have very wide interpretations of what rare, medium rare, well done etc. mean. maybe they come from different parts of the country where they cook steaks differently. there's always some asshole who will order his steak "medium well" and then send it back twice or three times because it's not burned to a crisp. then there's the guys who will send it back because they basically want a raw steak that is warmed up. just go to the damn grocery store, buy a steak and put it in the microwave for 20 seconds!

[thaite]

Hah! I am in the latter group, there.

[tapestrybabe]

i never really thought of this issue
in such a way...
i've taken my mom to
korean restaurants with me...
and she is not into spicy dishes at all...

anyways, instead of requesting
to have her meal made less spicy...
she would always ask me what dish
she should order thats isnt
spicy to begin with... .

[Arex]

I'm always reluctant to make special requests at restaurants for fear that such requests will be interpreted as "more sperm/spit/boogers, please."

[TB4000]

^You forgot unknown discharge.

[Irezumi Kiss]

Buck up, y'all. That what does not kill you makes you stronger!

[eos]

I'm always reluctant to make special requests at restaurants for fear that such requests will be interpreted as "more sperm/spit/boogers, please."

and i'm always reluctant about sending something back because of this issue. some cook was saying that if that happens, you're basically slapping the cook in the face and saying they suck at cooking.

[Arex]

Anyone remember that scene from Road Trip where the scrawny dude sends his french toast back so he can get it without powdered sugar? It's only a movie, but I bet that shit happens all the time.

[eos]

^ no, and DON'T tell me what happened, ok?????

[TB4000]

You haven't seen Waiting then. That movie, man....:(

[Arex]

That's on my blockbuster on-line queue. Looks funny.

[jimbo]

Anyone remember that scene from Road Trip where the scrawny dude sends his french toast back so he can get it without powdered sugar? It's only a movie, but I bet that shit happens all the time.

I would not be suprised at all!

[Variable]

Love Indian food...love spicy.

Am always getting 'the look' from restaurant staff as I devour crushed chilies, jalapeños or wasabi.

I'll be very sad the day I ulcer.