Which Asians are most tolerant of spicy/hot food? Which the least? Rank cuisines by heat. How tolerant are you? (names, famous)

[GeoGeeks]

In general? I'd say:

South Indian
Thailand/North India
Malaysia/Singapore/Sichuan and central Chinese
Indonesia/Laos
Cambodia/Vietnam/Korea/Southern Chinese
Philippines/Japanese/Northern Chinese


I'm Australian of Singaporean/Malaysian food and have always liked hot food, whether it be Indian, Thai, Malaysian, Mexican.etc. My sisters, however, don't have much of a tolerance while my parents of course do.

[Bettafish]

If Southern Chinese means Cantonese and Fujianese, they actually eat less spicy food than Northern Chinese. Especially, people in Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu) can eat quite spicy food.

[green papaya]

Philipines, Japanese, Cantonese [Southern Chinese]

dont really eat much firey hot & spicey foods

it's almost like poison to them

[GoldenTiger]

Southern Chinese (as noted, Cantonese and Fujianese, and even including Shanghainese) are among the least spicy. Korean and Vietnamese are definitely spicier.

[green papaya]

Mongolians dont eat much spicey foods or vegetables

[andrea_kristy]

Filipinos are one of the least tolerant when it comes to spicy food. Except for a region in southern Luzon called Bicol, spicy food is basically absent in Filipino cuisine.

In fact, some Filipinos find it horrifying that some people like Koreans/Indians eat spicy food every day.

[hanindonesia]

Korean, Sichuanese (SW/S? China), and Padangnese (Indonesia) are several of many famous spicy asian cuisines, I think ?

My hometown at South Sumatra province of Indonesia has many spicy foods too. Definitely among the most spicy cuisines in Indonesia.
I think I can handle spicy food quiet well. Most of the time from 1 to 5 stars I always choose 4 stars spicy at restaurants.

[botticelli]

You should replace South China with Southwest China. Food in Guangdong, Fujian etc is very bland to me - as bland as Japanese food.

Spicy provinces: Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan (to some extent).

[Yanagisawa]

Originally Posted by botticelli

You should replace South China with Southwest China. Food in Guangdong, Fujian etc is very bland to me - as bland as Japanese food.

Spicy provinces: Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan (to some extent).

I don't eat extremely spicy food, however, Sichuan food is the most delicious food in China. Sichuan food is not that spicy but 麻.

[Panu16]

My rank is

1. Thailand (especially Southern Thailand)
2. India (especially Southern India)
3. Malaysia
4. Laos
5. Korea