• @[email protected]
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      57 months ago

      The thing about a phall is that it’s not, like, a real dish. It’s the item they put on the menu for pricks who just want to be a hard man and “order the hottest thing on the menu”. It’s just an invitation for the chef to make you something inedible as a punishment for your hubris, but that also means it’s not usually a very nice actual curry.

      If you want a very hot curry that is still an actual tasty curry, vindaloo is generally your man.

      Vindaloo is based loosely on a Goan dish of the same name, but like all of them the British version bares only a passing resemblance to its authentic relative (which really has more in common with the Bangladeshi style of cooking).

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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        37 months ago

        It’s just an invitation for the chef to make you something inedible as a punishment for your hubris, but that also means it’s not usually a very nice actual curry.

        That’s it - it’s a stunt or challenge item. You also don’t have to order it directly, you can be an insufferable prick to the waiters or feed the fish bits of your starter.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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      27 months ago

      You maniac! Make sure you have a spare toilet on standby.

      Have you had a vindaloo? That’s not for the unwary. I remember a night out in Brum where we went to a curry house. The Indian guys ordered vindaloos and some of the more inebriated in the party got over-enthusiastic and also ordered it. I’ve never seen so much suffering in a restaurant - I thought the waiters might have to bring out buckets to catch all the sweat. Never seen anyone try a phall (can’t recall going anywhere that offered it in decades as it is more of a challenge curry) but I am reliably-informed that it looks like the final scenes in Indiana Jones. Probably.

      • @NegativeLookBehind
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        27 months ago

        I have. The problem I encounter in curry restaurants is that they hardly ever make it as spicy as I want. It’s very rare to find a place where I can get curry that makes me sweat.

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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          27 months ago

          You’re clearly built different to the rest if us - these days I value flavour over heat.

          Good luck with having a phall - do report back.