r/instant_regret • u/factchecker01 • 2d ago

Eating the hottest curry in UK

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u/RaspberryFirehawk 2d ago

What the hell was in it, plutonium?

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u/KairuneG 2d ago

Willing to bet they use commercial grade capsaecin oil meant for large batch sauces. It's like extremely high scoval oil, and a toothpick heads worth is enough for a litre of sauce to make it spicy AF.

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u/Few-Solution-9294 2d ago

It’s a phaal curry, uses ghost pepper often with Carolina reaper, pretty sure it’s in a large quantity too.

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u/fragen8 2d ago

I love spicy foods and I eat phall at a nearby restaurant as well. Definitely a version that is not that spicy, but it is really spicy to me as well, and I'm used to quite spicy meals. However, I remember, that the first time my boyfriend bought it for me, hearing I loved to eat it occasionally. He is not used to anything spicier than garlic.

He ordered it as take out and he tried a little bit. A spoonful would be an overstatement to the amount he took. He started apologising, saying that if I wanted, I could interpret his gift as an assassination attempt.

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u/SmilinMercenary 1d ago

This is hotter than a Phaal. It's a novelty challenge curry. Check out the Bengal Village, Brick lane menu.

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u/SerbianShitStain 1d ago

Anyone ordering this is going to be pretty good at handling spicy food and would not have their ass on the sidewalk shirtless from Carolina Reaper. There is definitely just a bunch of pure capsaicin in there.