today i've challenged this guy to a spice off. as a thai we don't
usually eat this spicy. this is like level 20. we're going to be eating the spiciest
foods on the menu here in southern thailand where they know how to do. spice this is not normal
today we're at nong view restaurant which is in the baan thai area of Koh Phangan Southern
thailand and we are gonna be ordering three classic thai style dishes that are very
very spicy. as they come they're gonna get spicier and spicier and we're gonna see which one the
guys can deal with and which one they cannot. let me introduce today's challengers this is Dylan
his strengths are spicy food and as you can see video editing. his weakness is sugar. this is note
his strengths are bench pressing and napping. he can fall asleep pretty much anywhere his
weakness is butter. and welcome to today's hosts this is flora she's our dedicated foodie today as
one of her strengths is cooking delicious food she's also a great friend her weakness is note
and this is me i'm adriana and my strengths are snacking and filming as today i'm the
dedicated videographer my weakness is coriander i can't stand the stuff.
yeah i think it's gonna be spicy i think she got it
yeah yeah it's gonna be next level spicy. i'm scared for you guys. i'm sweating just ordering it
Good luck my friend. you know what before we start i'm gonna get water
ready for you you're probably gonna need it more than me
thank you there you go. i don't need one. no? no. okay we'll
see. I can get you another glass if you want. You know what keep this beside you because you're
gonna need it. ready? ready! okay let's go. So the first dish we have here is a prawn stir-fried
with stink beans and shrimp paste it looks a little bit spicy i think you guys are going to
be okay but dylan hasn't tried the stink beans before and that is a local southern specialty
smells so good. Are they fried um onions? garlic garlic yeah wow mixed with uh
chili okay okay so we're gonna grab some of the um what are they called stink beans
they don't stink that much. so it's not stinky now but the
stink comes from when after you eat it when you pee you'll find out why it's called stink beans
is that enough? yeah are we good let's do it good luck
whoa
so salty. that flavour. explosion of flavour it's salty but it's perfect with rice. it is spicy
the spice hits straight away but it's not that spicy. i say level one level one but this is the
least spicy of all the dishes today so this is quite spicy and i might be eating my words
here because this might get hotter and hotter and hotter see i don't find this spicy at all
i don't find it that spicy. well you just said. like yeah you can tell there's spice on there but
i can handle a lot of spices okay we'll find out. time for the second dish let's do it. so
the second dish is a southern coconut red curry with king mackerel which is a very local fish
that they catch in the gulf of thailand this one smells spicy good luck you guys.
oh wow
i think curries are just always spicier aren't they
king mackerel never had that before i never had king mackerel before too.cheers
quite salty but delicious. spicy but
not blowing my head off. i feel like we could add more chili. a little bit maybe a teaspoon okay
mix it all up
oh
i got a big piece of chili and it went straight up my nose. Can you feel it
yeah i mean come on i thought southern thai food's meant to be super spicy
a little bit more. I thought you said 'pet pet' it is 'pet pet' though. it's um it will
come later i'm feeling it i'm feeling hot. it is spicy it's definitely spicy
yeah it's getting getting hot i'm getting sweaty
no no i'm not sure yeah i'm sure okay
no no no no are you sweating? oh i can see it like his nose a little sweat mustache i i would
say that was about number four out of ten out of ten okay for thai person yeah okay. What about you?
um yeah i'd agree. so the final dish we have is called which is a dry
fried curry with minced chicken and you can see how spicy it looks it is
full of chilies and there's also kefir lime leaves in there that make it very nice and fragrant
and this is one of the most popular southern dishes. you guys ready? yes
oh look at how red that is. a bit nervous
oh the spice really come through
building oh yeah
Three bites in to this one it's definitely spicy
lime leaves. i'm impressed. yeah? i'm very impressed. what is the spice level on this one?
at the moment i think it's about seven yeah but it's it's growing
yeah it's growing it's growing fast. this is what happens all the time you think it's okay
then keep eating keep eating and then it hits you there's even um peppers in here peppercorns
adds to the spice yeah maybe i should give it some time but i feel like i could handle even
spicier if this was a little bit spicier it wouldn't be enjoyable for me maybe
it's up there it's really up there now i'm sweaty. can i have a tissue?
yeah spicy but it's more of a like just a mouth
spicy. i don't know i'm feeling down my throat right now oh they're so good though
i just feel like my eyes are like getting watery. you look like you're suffering
i'm trying to hold it. like the first two were okay this
wow this is hot oh my gosh this is hot
it's so delicious though
As a Thai, we don't usually eat this spicy
southern thai food is like extra spicy
it's crazy it's like it's like all of a sudden it hits you. yeah. i don't sweat this much usually
We got half to go
let's finish it. we'll probably pay for this tomorrow morning
yeah we've got stink beans coming out
we can do one more bite. hey we almost finished it okay let me let me help you
thank you
thank you. good way to keep cool though just sweat
now it's just painful to eat it it was nice to begin with but
i'm very very proud of you thank you. this is like level 20.
this is not normal. you shouldn't even eat anything this spicy
but you handle it really well i'm finding hard to swallow now
okay one last bite
oh
very good
Say something dylan say something
i don't know what to say. you guys are just laughing at us. come here try the food maybe
don't get as spicy as this if you don't like spice but food is very nice. so delicious
it's proper it's like authentic southern thai food. so when you're in Koh Phangan, come to Nong View
my tongue is on fire
all right if you like this video of me and note suffering eating this super duper spicy food
then watch the video on the screen we went to mark wiens restaurant in bangkok
and i tried the spiciest thing on the menu and oh my god that was hot