Red Hot Chili Day
yay, the weekend is upon us again... no... i'm just kidding.. i have another 1 hour of work time before 'MY' weekend is here.
yesterday was red hot chili day for me... had sotong with lotsa chili for lunch (no choice i wanted the sotong) and had nandos mild peri peri chicken (i wanted nandos for some time and baby and i have to compromise - she wants hot peri-peri, i want lemon & herbs). yes... i know... i'm such a woos... can't even handle mild peri peri chicken. what kinda malaysian am i?
i admit even back at my uni days, my friends from new zealand (those matsallehs) and hong kong can eat hot food better than me and i get the constant weird look when i have a bite of something hot (more like mild to most ppl). my eyes will water, nose running, the face, the eyes & the throat/ neck will be bright red.
whenever we go for thai / indian food there, i'll choose the one star / no star category. sometimes they use chili symbols instead of star. one / none is the mildest and 5 is the hottest. i can't take rogan josh or green curry chicken here in malaysia.. they don't give you the liberty to order it mild. ie. There in NZ/OZ, you can have rogan josh no star while your friends can order the same dish with 5 stars. The cook will adjust and add the chili / chili paste according to the star and usually the 5 stars comes with an extra side dish of those 'thai' dried pounded chili for that extra oomph.
sigh... is it bad parenting/ gene or just me. hmm... can't be the gene since my mom's family has some baba & nyonya relatives... my dad LOVES his hot food and will always order curry fish head / curry chicken/ hot & sour vege soup / etc. Guess it's just woossy me who can't take hot food. imagine my 2 1/2 yr old cousin can eat more chili than me.
oh well, my excuse or reasoning, without the chili, you get to taste the food's original flavours. Baby is eating less chili these days because of me. i do have to say her face complexion is much better these days too. any colleration?
yesterday was red hot chili day for me... had sotong with lotsa chili for lunch (no choice i wanted the sotong) and had nandos mild peri peri chicken (i wanted nandos for some time and baby and i have to compromise - she wants hot peri-peri, i want lemon & herbs). yes... i know... i'm such a woos... can't even handle mild peri peri chicken. what kinda malaysian am i?
i admit even back at my uni days, my friends from new zealand (those matsallehs) and hong kong can eat hot food better than me and i get the constant weird look when i have a bite of something hot (more like mild to most ppl). my eyes will water, nose running, the face, the eyes & the throat/ neck will be bright red.
whenever we go for thai / indian food there, i'll choose the one star / no star category. sometimes they use chili symbols instead of star. one / none is the mildest and 5 is the hottest. i can't take rogan josh or green curry chicken here in malaysia.. they don't give you the liberty to order it mild. ie. There in NZ/OZ, you can have rogan josh no star while your friends can order the same dish with 5 stars. The cook will adjust and add the chili / chili paste according to the star and usually the 5 stars comes with an extra side dish of those 'thai' dried pounded chili for that extra oomph.
sigh... is it bad parenting/ gene or just me. hmm... can't be the gene since my mom's family has some baba & nyonya relatives... my dad LOVES his hot food and will always order curry fish head / curry chicken/ hot & sour vege soup / etc. Guess it's just woossy me who can't take hot food. imagine my 2 1/2 yr old cousin can eat more chili than me.
oh well, my excuse or reasoning, without the chili, you get to taste the food's original flavours. Baby is eating less chili these days because of me. i do have to say her face complexion is much better these days too. any colleration?
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