Big Lew: Hello and welcome to sickest eat.
Today I’m taking you
on a magical journey
into the wonderful world
of chili
and spicy food in London.
It's sweat, tears and snot baby.
So we’ve got five locations
lined up today that came to be
knocking out some of the hottest foods
that you can get across the capital.
Some of these dishes
are claiming to be
three four five million on ascorbic scales.
My hear's racing,
we’ll wrap up the day
by going over to cinnamon bazaar
where I’m going to try allegedly
the world’s hottest curry.
It’s going to be fine right?
Deemed only fitting to start off
with a light chilly buzz
to sort of take us onto the next level
of today’s fun and frolics.
So we’re off to Viet Grill
to get into that Pho.
Hieu: Today you’re going to eat a spicy,
meat with a soup from Hue
which is the capital,
the imperial capital
of Vietnam long time ago.
Big Lew: Should I be,
be honest with me, level with me here,
should I be worried about this?
Is this going to mess up my day?
Hieu: It depends on how strong you are
Big Lew: Well I’m a strong man so I’m sure I’ll be fine but
I’ve put my trust in you Hieu
so yeah
let’s get into it do your thing mate.
I’m putting my trust
in the hands of a guy that I’ve never met before
he’s about to put
a excessive amount of chili into a pho for me.
but come one I’m never worried
I’m a little bit worried, I’m not going to lie.
But I’m sure it’s going to be fine.
It’s going to be fine right?
Hieu: I will use a
fresh bird’s eye chili,
this is a mini version of it but dried.
Concentrated chili.
Big Lew: Oh my God. Here we go.
It’s good on the nose,
and what is this exactly?
Hieu: This is banana blossom.
Big Lew: Right banana blossom? Jesus
Coming away to take us Hieu.
Oh yeah,
getting a little bit of warmth now jeez
the fire.
See that? The eyes...
there might be a little tear soon,
just a little tear
but it’s a happy tear, not a sad tear.
This is pokey,
like if you can get a zoom
on my beady forehead right now,
there’s activity
there is moisture up here right now.
Doug: We’ve got to go.
Big Lew: Doug says we’ve got to go so …
That was absolutely
mind blowing, fabulous dish
for man like Hieu
big love and respect to him
now we’re onto Red Dog around the corner
for a little burger.
Lovely.
I’ve got a very close connection with Red Dog.
Tom’s been a good friend of mine the guy who owns it
for many many years.
He’s got something new and exciting
to revolutionize
the burger and chili world.
Interviewer: You worried he’s going to do something or?
Big Lew: Yeah I’m genuinely worried
I don’t trust him in the slightest.
What’s on the menu today?
Tom: Yeah so today
I’m going to give you our signature,
it’s a burger relatively new.
It’s called the doomsday device.
Tom: Ghost peppers,
extracts,
roughly huge amount of peppers.
Tom: Here we go Lewis
Big Lew: It looks amazing.
Tom: This is doomsday 2.0
Big Lew: I mean
looks can be deceiving though right?
Tom: I hear it's going to taste good.
Big Lew: *** Yeah that’s that.
Tom: Spicy?
Big Lew: Straight off the bat.
I've got to pass in air.
I mean
first bite it looks great,
but ***me that’s deceiving okay,
Okay.
Yeah mop that brow,
the nose could do with that
you don’t need to do that.
although you've got kids it’s not a problem …
Tom: I don’t mind, I do much worse every day.
Tom: Are you crying a little bit?
Big Lew: Crying?
Its sweat, tears and snot baby.
I’m starting to rock
I’m like steaming
feel like
I’m dying internally.
Tom: Yeah.
Well done Lewis.
Big Lewis: Thanks.
I’ve never been so happy get one,
I feel like a kid at the sea side
never been so happy to get into one of these
I’m going to really savor this.
My tongue is ...
honestly it feels like it’s tripled in size.
That was not a joke.
Cheers to that.
hallo mate
that burger was a lot, it was a lot more than I
expected it to be, to be fair. I thought
Tom wouldn’t do me dirty like that
but he most definitely did me dirty.
I feel a bit wiggy now, way more wiggy than I did earlier
the show must go on right?
Viper wings.
Scotch bunny is the base of here
there’s extract in it as well
so I think it’s going to be pretty savage.
I’m going to run in
grab Mike, grab a portion of the viper wings
come back link you guys
and we’ll get into it.
So here we have it the man, the myth, the legend,
the creator of these
evil little box of tricks in front of you.
Mike: So here Lewis we’ve got a full portion of viper wings
Big Lew: Full portion I think that’s unnecessary.
Mike: I think in the six years I was doing this I may be seen
no more than ten people do a full portion,
Big Lew: Really?
Mike: It's ...
for those...
Big Lew: What’s the most anyone’s ever done then?
Mike: Most people jump out after one wing.
Big Lew: You got some equipment for me as well right?
Mike: I’ve got a waiver here
that you need to sign.
Big Lew: And what is this what exactly is this saying?
Mike: This is waive us you know kind of all
liability or responsibility from us.
Big Lew: So if I die it’s my fault not yours?
It’s in there yes.
Mike: Get the sauce on the pallet first.
Mike: Man knows he’s way around a wing.
Look at that.
Big Lew: It’s not pretty
Mike: No?
but this is going to be a bit delay as well isn’t it?
Mike: He’s a dancer.
Big Lew: The difficult thing to do a lot [inaudible] that is not
tasty sauce that is
absolute savagery
*** me.
Here we go the tears are out again.
Mike: We have …
Anti venoms.
Pure frozen milk.
Big Lew: Oh my God
it’s a creeper,
it’s a creeper for sure.
Mike: Would you recommend it?
Big Lew: No.
My heart’s racing.
Big Lew: Try it please try it.
Mike: Have it just tip it with the sauce,
tip of the sauce.
David: I’ll try one.
Big Lew: Sound man getting in on the action.
David: I’ll try one I’ve got my gloves.
Big Lew: This’ll be the stupidest thing you do all day mate
Oh my word.
David: Oh this is hot
I do you handle spicy food but that's
absolute ludicrous.
Big Lew: I love that you’re still finding this entertaining
after how many years you’ve been *** poisoning people with this?
Mike: I know how bad it is. I can't handle it though.
I'm honest about it.
Big Lew: Yeah. I can't handle it either.
I'm going to safely
tap out on that one
two wings done
never again.
Big Lew: I'm going to have to be
very, very clear and very honest with you.
That was ... that was awful,
brutal.
There was no there was no tact about that
there was no marriage of ...
flavors and
subtlety
out and out ruin your life spice,
but I'm just glad that I feel like human again.
But it's all good. We will persevere
we will keep it moving
and we will roll on to destination
number four of the afternoon.
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling
light and breezy again now.
And I'm really excited about this next spot as well
because this is without doubt,
this is the wild card,
and it's meant to be insanely hot.
So I'm hearing stories about frogs legs, sea bass,
all that good stuff there. So,
we're approaching,
get in to it.
number four,
we're nearly there,
Final fire long,
Jump on that horse baby.
Okay, so we got
frog's legs,
but this is meant to be the guy
right here.
And that's a whole sea bass.
It looks like there's a whole lot of spicy action
going on.
So
we're going to order one of those one of the frog's legs
and we're going to get into this
And that smells serious,
this is not a joke.
Here it comes,
Wow
that's spectacular.
My God there's some flavor popping in there
Jesus.
My God ...
Jesus.
really, really nice dish.
Unfortunately,
it's not killing me with the spice.
Do you want a little frog leg?
get in on that.
There might be a little bone in there so be careful but...
Are you having that?
Male Speaker: I'm having that.
Big Lew: I'm having that broth.
Should probably get a bit of greens in as well you know what I mean?
mom's watching
Big up Ann Richards.
Flavor wise
standout dishes of the day,
spice wise,
not even on the level of where we've been today
but I don't want that to take anything away
from the fact that this is some serious
culinary delights
taking place right down
Caledonia road.
My finale awaits.
So I think now it's time to put down the chopsticks.
Head over to
Cinnamon bazaar
and ...
and take on the final level boss.
hottest curry in the world,
I'm ready I'm coming for you.
Let's go.
Cinnamon Bazaar let's do this.
Level with me,
be honest,
Anina: All right.
Big Lew: Don't sugarcoat this at all.
Is it going to kill me?
I'm I going to die today?
Anina: No it will not kill you
but is the most hot spice chili
in the world.
Big Lew: Is it officially the hottest chili in the world?
Anina: Yeah officially it is the hottest chili in the world.
Big Lew: And what's this? Is this an autograph?
Anina: So this is disclosure paper
for sign for the dish
everyone can have different reactions,
it's a little bit quite dangerous this year.
we can say like that.
Big Lew: Everything's going to be fine. Everything's going to be fine.
Bollywood bad boy not a problem.
I'm *** now, internally.
I need to go to the toilet as well again.
Rakesh: This is the Bollywood burner,
Big Lew: Looks,
magnificent.
Oh my God it smells like...
Oh God.
Okay.
Rakesh: Plain lamb minced
Big Lew: This is lamb minced?
Rakesh: Yeah they're lamb minced
but inside we can put it over lots of chilies.
Big Lew: I feel like chili is kind of the theme with this.
Thanks everyone it's been a pleasure it's been nice knowing you.
I just feel like I'm in that horrible
little period
before it absolutely ruins me and I'm like
going to start crying,
I'm not really ready to chat yet
focus mode,
you're a wicked man.
All right.
Anina: Wow, [claps]
well done
amazing.
Good job.
It's not over yet.
Rakesh: You like this huh?
Big Lew: I mean it's through the roof.
I think I just need to ...
Anina: Are you okay?
Big Lew: I'm okay.
It's certainly a creeper that's for sure.
I might go and stand outside
and get some fresh air
Mate.
The bad boys got me
Big Lew: I need to ...
I'm feeling all ...
I'm feeling alright,
Anina: All right?
Big Lew: That was,
that was intense
Did you expect
that I was going to come through
and smash it out like that though?
Anina: No not really.
Big Lew: Neither did I to be honest.
It's complete,
the Bollywood bad boy got taken down,
Anina: Wow.
Big Lew: The burger got moved too,
I'm dying internally.
The wings
moved to me in an aggressive
and nasty, violent manner,
that is absolutely
horrific.
I will never revisit them again.
[Laugh]
Big Lew: The sickest eat of the day
by far without doubt.
I've had a great day
and I'm kind of I feel like I'm leaving on a high,
there's been there's been a few dark,
dark moments,
dark spells.
My plans for the next couple of days
consist of a tub of Aloe Vera,
a whole lot of Andrex
locking the doors and ...
fixing my life.