Anyone eat Phall curry.

[Dave7]

Just something that cropped up on the 'old farts' thread.
The hottest I can enjoy is Jalfreizee.
A friend of mine, in a restaurant will ask for "Phall, and make it hot". He doesn't bat an eyelid.....just shovels it down and enjoys it.
We are all so different.

 

[Jody]

Comparable pain to my home made bonnet hot sauce.

Never again

Madras or Vindaloo is about my level

 

[matticus]

Not before 11am.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

To me the very hot curries are tasteless. I’d muc rather have something milder with more flavour.

 

[Jody]

To me the very hot curries are tasteless. I’d muc rather have something milder with more flavour.

It's not about the taste and more about the endorphin rush.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

My local Thai takeaway's red curry is delicious but not quite hot enough to compare with one that's made for a Thai palate, so I once made the mistake of asking them to make it a bit hotter for me.
It came absolutely bloody packed with sliced red chillies and I could only get through half of it before giving up in pain. I bet they said "Ah, feeling brave are we? It's hot that you want is it? Bet we can make sure you'll not ask again".
And I haven't.

Phall doesn't really interest me, I really like spicy food but that dish just seems to be an invention designed to appeal to laddish bravado mainly. Like those pepper eating competitions at festivals. (Which I love watching, but am not silly enough to take part in).

 

[Jameshow]

It's not about the taste and more about the endorphin rush.

And the warmth the day after!💩💩💩

 

[CanucksTraveller]

And the warmth the day after!💩💩💩

Yep! Actually on Saturday night just gone, I snacked on 6 popadoms with loads of green chilli pickle and a bit of naga pickle that one of my friends got me, and Sunday was a complete write off.

"Love, is a burning thing... and it makes a fiery ring".

 

[ianrauk]

To me the very hot curries are tasteless. I’d muc rather have something milder with more flavour.

This.
Hottest I will have is Madras hot. Anything hotter then that and there's no point. And I do like my hot food. Just not stupidly hot.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Learnt something today - never heard of Phall curry until now. Always thought it was misspelt and meant to be dhall curry.

 

[figbat]

Never tried it - I don't do well in the curry house machismo stakes, topping out at a madras or similar. One question though - how are we pronouncing "phall"? I know the common pronunciation is "fahl" but I have heard it said "pahl", since the language from whence it came doesn't treat the "ph" as an "f". See, for example, Bhophal.

 

[Chromatic]

I pronounce it 'no ******* chance'.
I hate hot spicy food.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'll eat Vindaloo, but find a Madras far more flavoursome
Maybe we should all go for "The Blandest Thing On The Menu!"??

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-uEx_hEXAM

 

[si_c]

This.
Hottest I will have is Madras hot. Anything hotter then that and there's no point. And I do like my hot food. Just not stupidly hot.

Done well a hot curry does add distinctive flavours into the curry, I've eaten hotter curries but my go to is a Madras for much the same reason as you, a balance between flavour and heat. I do think there's a certain amount of d^*£ swinging involved in eating a Phall.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No, I like to be able to taste what I eat, not kill my tastebuds