EthanClapham.com » food http://ethanclapham.com/blog If you disagree with anything you find on this page, you are wrong. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 When hot means hot, almost… http://ethanclapham.com/blog/2009/01/08/when-hot-means-hot-almost/ http://ethanclapham.com/blog/2009/01/08/when-hot-means-hot-almost/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:56:45 +0000 Ethan http://ethanclapham.com/blog/?p=55 Last night I had dinner at a relatively new Chinese restaurant here in town called Panda Cuisine.  They call their food “authentic sichuan,” which I have no way to verify, but it sure tasted good.  When I order the Tender Beef Delight, the waitress looked concerned.  “That’s very hot,” she said.  Of course, that’s exactly what I was looking for, but when I told her this she didn’t seem convinced.

The food came, and it was different than any “Chinese” I’ve had in Lexington, and fantastic.  And for once, it was actually spicy.  I wouldn’t quite call it hot, but a comfortable medium.  My nose started to run just slightly, but my eyes were fine and I didn’t sweat.  I certainly didn’t start searching for a glass of milk, and that’s when I consider something truly hot.

Either way, I’ll be going back and looking for more menu items labeled with two tiny chile peppers, Panda’s sign for spicy!

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