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Spiciest Food In Los Angeles: Hot And Spicy Food Day

  First Posted: 8/19/10   Updated: 5/25/11

Today is Hot and Spicy Food Day, and for those of us that can't get enough of the tear-inducing, tongue-numbing good stuff, here's a list of the Top 10 spiciest foods in Los Angeles. Restaurants like Jitlada, Babita's, and Bombay Cafe dare thrill-seekers with menu items marked "challenge" or "warning," with Orochon Ramen even offering a "Wall of Bravery" for people who conquer the jalapeno-topped chilli ramen in 30 minutes or less. Are you up for the challenge?

Jitlada: Dynamite Challenge
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Jitlada
5233 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027

According to their website, this is the SPICIEST thing on the menu. And if you've been to Jitlada, you know that's saying something. "Jitlada's Dynamite Challenge - Seafood: Green mussels, scallops, squid, crab and vegetables."

Photo via Flickr: MyLastBite.
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Today is Hot and Spicy Food Day, and for those of us that can't get enough of the tear-inducing, tongue-numbing good stuff, here's a list of the Top 10 spiciest foods in Los Angeles. Restaurants like ...
Today is Hot and Spicy Food Day, and for those of us that can't get enough of the tear-inducing, tongue-numbing good stuff, here's a list of the Top 10 spiciest foods in Los Angeles. Restaurants like ...
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lacasarosada
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09:04 PM on 08/22/2010
This article made me hungry for that bloody Mary breakfast at Ye Rustic Inn, So the BF and I checked it out. We loved it even if it was too dark to read the LAT
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
1385 Fans
05:21 PM on 08/20/2010
Big Wangs? It's legal to be called that? Given the picture, it might as well also be called Giant Cocks.

I've always wanted to take a person who's spent his life eating an all-Americ­an diet, and trick him into eating Ethiopian food. Most likely, he would go all Roger Rabbit.
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Tom95134
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02:05 PM on 08/20/2010
The writer (and taster) should be careful of Indian food. The hot dishes of India often start slow and then build to a deafening crescendo. I had an Indian "spicy" shrimp dish and didn't think it was that hot but the more I ate the hotter it got. I could hardly finish the dish and the people eating with me had a good laugh. The heat stayed around for a fair amount of time too.
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
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05:18 PM on 08/20/2010
As I understand it, India has the world's hottest pepper. The naga jolokia is MUCH hotter than the jalapeno.
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wm1
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01:54 PM on 08/20/2010
Let us, at least in a food setting, distinguis­h between "spicy" and "hot". Cumin is spicy, but it is not hot. Cayenne is hot but not particular­ly spicy. We in the industry refer to cayenne as "clean heat". Customers always ask if my spice blends are spicy. All of my spice blends are spicy not all are hot. I know even the word hot can be confusing in a food context. Maybe we need more descriptiv­e words. Anyone got the OED handy?
w1, juliet mae spices...
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Halsey
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01:24 PM on 08/20/2010
The endorphine­s (sp?) released while sweating and crying over food truly can be amazing. I recall a Thai restaurant in N. Denver (years ago) that always had crushed peanuts on the table to cool the burn (people who KNOW, know that water only makes it worse). I've been known to unplug my phone and eat a jar of jalapenos, uninterrup­ted; yes getting high. Can't find the brand I loved anymore, maybe that's a good thing as I was addicted. That Ramen looks and sounds completely incredible­, I'd just need a private booth with curtains :-)
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Maezeppa
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1602 Fans
11:46 AM on 08/20/2010
Addi's Tandoor - the chicken tikka masala done spicy is delicious. Everything here is great. Voted best neighborho­od restaurant in So. California­. Not voted best Indian. Voted Best. Just sayin'

http://add­istandoor.­com/
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WestLA
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10:18 AM on 08/20/2010
Jitlada is the real deal for Thai food. Only place I've eaten that tasted at all like food in Thailand. BTW, there is no such dish as "BBQ Thai Chicken" in Thailand. :-}
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Galong
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06:09 AM on 08/20/2010
I just spent a month in the US and couldn't find anything that I considered remotely hot. I even dared a couple of Mexican restaurant­s to make me some super-hot salsa... nah, I could gargle with what they gave me. I guess after 18 years in Thailand I've either ruined my sense of spice or I'm a pepper god! LOL

The dishes shown here sure do look tasty.
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CaroleK1970
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12:15 AM on 08/20/2010
the extra hot hot sauce from Taco Bell does the trick
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guendy
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11:38 PM on 08/19/2010
I've had the habanero at Chichen Itza and didn't think it was too spicy, it was just right!
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UchuKaizoku
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09:21 PM on 08/19/2010
Spicy mabo tofu I can live with (although I've never tried that particular place) but man, that Orochon ramen in LA's Little Tokyo is a self-infli­cted wound. You have to be a real_masoc­hist to try it.
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1logicalthinker
with occasional humorous overtones :)
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02:36 AM on 08/20/2010
UchuKaizok­u wrote, "You have to be a real_masoc­hist to try it."

Question: You know what a masochist is, don't you?
Answer: Beats me!
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flowerofhighrank
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01:54 AM on 08/23/2010
I ate the special ramen IN THE TIME LIMIT and it was not that hot, actually It was a lot of soup with some sliced jalapenos.
Strangely, however, my photo is not on the wall or website. I am not a cute college kid or ComicCon attendee, but hey, I finished the soup- put the old white guy's pic up on the wall, guys.
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KellyRyan
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08:51 PM on 08/19/2010
The first three I voted 10 ....

I'm feeling as if I've died and gone to food heaven.

Habaneros, ooh, ouch, over the top heat! I have friends that attend chili festivals, and soak up the hot.
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imusintheevening
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3652 Fans
07:57 PM on 08/19/2010
I love Sichuan ma la tofu!
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