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swirlie · 31-35
I was in Colombo Sri Lanka on a business trip and stayed at the finest hotel in Colombo. Sri Lanka is an island south of India and use to be called 'Ceylon'.
My business clients and I went out for dinner at a local Indian restaurant because all restaurants in Colombo of course, are Indian!
I ordered something like 'butter chicken' which was basically a chicken and vegetable dish from what I remember, though admittedly not necessarily an accurate recollection. When the food arrived at our table, the color of the entire dish of food was rusty red and I was told it was curry sauce poured all over the entire thing... which should have been my first clue that something was amiss.
After tasting it, I immediately realized it was extremely spicy, so much so that my lips were burning. I complained to the waitress and she said that all the food is served extra spicy because the restaurant doesn't have refrigeration and using hot spice is an old Indian tradition of masking the smell of meat that had gone bad from not being kept refrigerated.
Needless to say, my mouth burned for two more days, I never touched another bite of my meal and in fact, I went back to my hotel room and ate 3 packets of cheese and crackers I'd taken off the airplane meal tray on my way over there.
Word to the wise, never-never-never eat Indian food that is spicy, no matter what part of the world that restaurant is located.
My business clients and I went out for dinner at a local Indian restaurant because all restaurants in Colombo of course, are Indian!
I ordered something like 'butter chicken' which was basically a chicken and vegetable dish from what I remember, though admittedly not necessarily an accurate recollection. When the food arrived at our table, the color of the entire dish of food was rusty red and I was told it was curry sauce poured all over the entire thing... which should have been my first clue that something was amiss.
After tasting it, I immediately realized it was extremely spicy, so much so that my lips were burning. I complained to the waitress and she said that all the food is served extra spicy because the restaurant doesn't have refrigeration and using hot spice is an old Indian tradition of masking the smell of meat that had gone bad from not being kept refrigerated.
Needless to say, my mouth burned for two more days, I never touched another bite of my meal and in fact, I went back to my hotel room and ate 3 packets of cheese and crackers I'd taken off the airplane meal tray on my way over there.
Word to the wise, never-never-never eat Indian food that is spicy, no matter what part of the world that restaurant is located.
