OK, I will admit it: I love spicy food. Not food so spicy that you can't taste any flavor, but food that's spicy enough to encourage a happy mist of salty sweat under the eyes while overwhelming the tongue with a myriad of savory hits. My go-to place for this kind of torturous fun is Daisy Mint in Pasadena.
I almost always start with the fresh and mild Summer Rolls, with a side of sweet peanut sauce. This prepares my palate for the assault that is always part of my time at Daisy Mint: The Spicy Beef Salad. Now, I know what you are thinking: it can't be THAT spicy. But that tangy, deceptively thin dressing is absolutely loaded with burning hot chili essence. It's the kind of spicy that makes you a bit worried for the next toilet visit (you know what I'm talking about). However, I eat it with absolute glee anyway, because I love this type of pain...it hurts SO good!
My friend opted for the Spicy Spaghetti with chicken, which would have been perfectly spicy to me had I tasted his before diving into my wicked hot salad first. But after that, this dish tasted like a sweet poof of sugar fairies. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but you get my point.
P.S. I am opting not to post about Colorado for now because I'm working on a story about the trip for a mag and have to give them first option...
2 comments:
I LOVE Daisy Mint. It has now replaced Saladang as my favorite Thai restaurant in Pasadena.
President Thai is still the Best Thai restaurant in the Pasadena area.
Me & my Asian friend are the rare few who don't think DM is anything special.
When you refer to "Colorado" in this post, did you mean the state of the boulevard??
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