Hey Derek, You going to tease us by NOT telling the city and restaurant name? <G> Andy Derek Wagner wrote: > > Hey CH's > > I had dinner out on Saturday at the Chinese restaurant in town, and ordered > the bean curd family style. I told the lady to make it EXTRA HOT. > > Needless to say, when it arrived, despite the presence of much red pepper > flakes, there was not much heat at all. In all seriousness, my non-CH wife > could have eaten it. > > When I told the waitress about the lack of heat she ran to the kitchen > saying something about "Habaneros, very hot!" She came back with a > concoction of sliced Habs, cooked in oil with garlic, salt, black pepper and > black beans (not the cuban style black beans-these were smaller and had a > VERY pungent and unusual flavor when eaten plain...I tried the bean right > from the can. They are available in Chinese market only). > > The flavor was fantastic, and the heat! Now that was what I meant when > I said "extra hot". The next time I order dinner there, we have an > understanding of what extra hot means. > > God Bless, > > datilderek > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/