[Food] Are vindaloos getting tamer? Or am I getting harder?

[Questions]

I got a 16 chilli sauce gift pack for Christmas from my sister in law.
Looking forward to trying “The Burning Ring of Uranus”

 

[happypig]

Fiery food in Spain is rarer than an Albion clean sheet.

I had several decent curries in Fuerteventura last year.

 

[Diablo]

Madras for me .... Perfect from "Elizabethan Cottage".

 

[Bakero]

I had several decent curries in Fuerteventura last year.

Bit of a trek from my gaff

 

[heathgate]

In Barcelona and had a chicken vindaloo. Tasty but not really fiery. I go into today with complete anal confidence.

I have had a number of so called fiery options in the famous Curry Row in Manhattan over the years, vindeloo, Naga..... not a patch on the UK versions... very tame by comparison.... maybe the Brits have more heat tolerance.

 

[The Clamp]

I’ve no doubt they have made them tamer for the weak, woke millennials and Gen Z’ers.

And by “they” I do of course mean Guardian readers.

They are ashamed to be British.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Speaking of curry, can anyone recommend a good curry house/takeaway in Brighton/Hove, I'm in Withdean and whilst the one near me are decent, recently, they have seemed a little bland. tia.

 

[Machiavelli]

Speaking of curry, can anyone recommend a good curry house/takeaway in Brighton/Hove, I'm in Withdean and whilst the one near me are decent, recently, they have seemed a little bland. tia.

Curry house would include Chilli Pickle, Curry Leaf Cafe, Planet India (veg), and that new Dishoom gaff called Permit Room.
I'm in Fiveways, and our local takeaway -- Agra -- is decent enough and, staying on thread, their vindaloo is suitably fiery yet still tasty.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Curry house would include Chilli Pickle, Curry Leaf Cafe, Planet India (veg), and that new Dishoom gaff called Permit Room.
I'm in Fiveways, and our local takeaway -- Agra -- is decent enough and, staying on thread, their vindaloo is suitably fiery yet still tasty.

Brilliant, I have never tried a vindaloo before, I am very tempted. Thanks for then suggestions.

 

[Mellotron]

I’m a bit of a softie, Chicken Pathia is as hot as I find enjoyable. What’s that, 6/10 on the spice scale?

I know every curry house is different, but I’d appreciate if someone wanted to write out a scale.

1/10 - Korma
3/10 - Tikka Masala

Etc

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

I’m a bit of a softie, Chicken Pathia is as hot as I find enjoyable. What’s that, 6/10 on the spice scale?

I know every curry house is different, but I’d appreciate if someone wanted to write out a scale.

1/10 - Korma
3/10 - Tikka Masala

Etc

Madras, 4-5/10

 

[jcdenton08]

I can’t handle really spicy curries, I always stick with chicken & prawn biriyani… I just don’t see the need to order something I know I’ll hate just to be “a bloke”

 

[Machiavelli]

Madras, 4-5/10

If you think Madras is 4-5, I reckon you can cope quite easily with a vindaloo, which are a point or two higher.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I have had a number of so called fiery options in the famous Curry Row in Manhattan over the years, vindeloo, Naga..... not a patch on the UK versions... very tame by comparison.... maybe the Brits have more heat tolerance.

I find they’re more tame in general, even in the UK.

 

[Mellotron]

Madras, 4-5/10

Surely hotter than that, given we’ve got to fit in Jalfrezi, Rogan Josh, Bhuna, Balti, Dansak, Pathia etc

 

[The Clamp]

Had a Phall in Reigate curry house in 1996.

Threw up.

Not bothered much with curry since.

 

[timbha]

Had a Phall in Reigate curry house in 1996.

Threw up.

Not bothered much with curry since.

Were you about 17 and had drunk 7 pints of cheap lager before the curry?

 

[The Clamp]

Were you about 17 and had drunk 7 pints of cheap lager before the curry?

Of course.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Surely hotter than that, given we’ve got to fit in Jalfrezi, Rogan Josh, Bhuna, Balti, Dansak, Pathia etc

Maybe, I was only adding Madras in there. Making me me bloody hungry either way.