US Restaurant Lets Customers Choose From "Zero Spice" To "Indian Very Spicy"

This Twitter post of the restaurant using an interesting approach to label the spiciness level got attention by other users. See how they reacted.

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Indian cuisine is loved all around the world
It is packed with flavours and different spices which enrich the taste
A US restaurant let it's customers rate the spice level of Indian food

Indians love spicy food and the world knows that. No matter which region of India you go to, every dish is no less than a treasure of flavours. From the Rajasthani laal maas to the lip-smacking sambar of Kerala, there is one thing common in these dishes - the spice factor. For most Indians, the food doesn't appeal to us if it doesn't challenge our spice tolerance. Indian gravies and other dishes have earned a reputation for being extra hot and a restaurant in the US truly acknowledges this. To help customers choose their spice level, the eatery allows them to choose the spiciness on the scale of “Zero Spice” to “India Very Spicy”.

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Sharing the menu of an Indian restaurant in the US, a Twitter user wrote, “I just tried to order Indian food in Bethesda and this is hilarious”. Going by the screenshot, it seems the user was ordering some paneer butter masala. But that is not the post has gone viral for. Below the description of the dish, we see different spice levels that a customer can choose from. While usually the spiciness is indicated using numbers or words such as “Mild”, “Spicy” and “Very spicy”, here the restaurant had a different approach.

The eatery described the lowest spice level as “zero spice” followed by “American Mild”, “American Medium”, and “American Spicy”. The higher spice levels were named “Indian Mild”, “Indian Medium”, “Indian Spicy”, and “Indian Very Spicy”.

I just tried to order Indian food in Bethesda and this is hilarious: pic.twitter.com/H6EccABzcy— Aditi Shekar (@aditishekar) April 8, 2023

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Many users found the post amusing.

“Did the restaurant actually stick to the selected option, or is this just pre-order conditioning so people don't come back complaining?” a person asked.

Did the restaurant actually stick to the selected option, or is this just pre-order conditioning so people don't come back complaining?????— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) April 9, 2023

Replying to him, the person, who shared the menu, said, “The wild thing was my sambar was suppper spicy and my paneer wasn't (I went with Indian mild). So torn about what to do next time!”

The wild thing was my sambar was suppper spicy and my paneer wasn't (I went with Indian mild). So torn about what to do next time!— Aditi Shekar (@aditishekar) April 9, 2023

“Thai restaurants do this, with 5 being Thai spicy,” a comment read.