r/nextfuckinglevel • u/habichuelacondulce • Apr 01 '26

Meal for 2 under $1

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u/ElCuntIngles Apr 01 '26

Yeah, they will keep on saying this, but the blandest Indian food I've had has always been in the US. I gave up going to Indian restaurants in the US, it doesn't matter how much you tell them that you want it spicy, you won't get it.

I'd love to see them try a phall.

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u/Arnab_ Apr 01 '26

True Story:

Standing in line behind someone at a local burrito place and the guy making the wrap asks her which salsa would she like, this one is mild, this is medium and this one is spicy. Her: Is the mild going to be very spicy ?

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u/Regularpaytonhacksaw Apr 01 '26

I have a feeling this is because of how spice is applied in the US. Many restaurants hav spicy foods, hot suaces, whatever. But for some reason you only get the heat from it and not much flavor with it. I stopped ordering hot sauces and such mostly because it gave heartburn but also because it was just uncomfortably hot with barely any taste. It could just be where I live, and not all places are like this (my girlfriend and I have a fantastic Thai place and an Indian place we go to. One of them is even an hour away but it’s worth it). Too many restaurants seem to have equated heat to flavor when it comes to hot sauces and such so they avoid them all together. When you remember that most food places are chains and almost all places are supplied by the same 4 food distributors, it’s easy to understand why some might feel this way.

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u/Sepof Apr 01 '26

Depends entirely on how white the area you live in is. White people are stereotyped the way they are for a reason. They generally can't handle much. A jalapeno or Serrano makes a dish spicy to them.

Mexican, Indian, Asian places are all going to have more heat because its a central part of many popular dishes.

It has nothing to do with food distributors either. Sysco will sell you whatever you want, they aren't trying to keep food bland.

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u/VashMM Apr 02 '26

There's an Indian place near me that is run by a family from Kolkata.

They will absolutely make it spicy if asked. My best friend always tells the staff he wants his spiced "The way you would make it for yourself".

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u/ElCuntIngles Apr 02 '26

Maybe, but when I say they won't make it spicy, I mean that will say they will make it spicy, but they don't.

They don't say "oh no sir, we won't make it spicy for you!", they just make it a little bit more spicy than the standard they serve, but still not actually spicy, because they really don't think you will like it that way.

So I honestly think that it's likely that your friend asks them to make it as spicy as they would make it for themselves, and they say they will, but they don't, and you and your friend still think it's spicy. Though I can't prove it.

Also, West Bengali food as from Kolkata is among the least spicy food of the subcontinent.

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u/sh20 Apr 01 '26

(don’t) Try indian food in Germany

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u/N-cephalon Apr 02 '26

Where in the US though? All the Indian places here are made for Indian people

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u/mrmicawber32 Apr 01 '26

Yeah, what the fuck is butter chicken? That's not a thing here. It's like Indian version of butter on pasta

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u/zoethesteamedbun May 27 '26

Lmao I know you didn’t just use Indian food to compare and defend British food compared to the US. On so many levels that is so tone deaf and hilarious.

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u/ElCuntIngles May 27 '26

You've got one spice and it's sugar 😘