Beat the Heat: The mango-coconut slush should be a nice and cool side sipper. Flame Notes: Jalapeños, spicy mayo, and drizzled chili oil zing it up. It all gets dressed with a kicked-up sauce, but ultimately, the read is fresh and snappy. Bits of fresh raw salmon and tuna commingle with cucumbers, avocado, edamame, and bright pickled radish over a bowl of white rice. This poke bowl is a hot mess, in the nicest possible way. Some people will plow through these and exclaim, “Not hot,” and we are all allowed to give them the stink-eye because, really, who asked? Let’s call this level of heat: delightful. They will awaken but not maim your taste buds.
Consider them a point of entry if you are of the ketchup clan. Volcano Bowl at Song Tea and Poke MN Warm-Upįind some level of heat in these dishes. And while we’re at it, we talk a lot about chili peppers and heat, but are they really a spice anyway? Aren’t they more like a vegetable? Wait, they’re a fruit? Man, I still can’t deal with the tomato as such. All spices, from anise to za’atar, are spicy by definition, but only some deliver the fire-branded spicy that is typically used to distinguish hot foods. *A note about the word "spicy": We are backing local award-winning chef Raghavan Iyer’s mission to clarify that spice-laden food doesn’t automatically register a heat level. Seek the heat, friends: The hot life is a good one. We’ve appealed to many of them to help us create this proof-of-spice story, which should light many a mouth on fire, no matter where you are on your path to hot-headed nirvana. Sure, some such Minnesotans exist, but as a whole, we have plenty of restaurants and eaters that prove this false on the daily. There’s a pervasive myth that Minnesotans think ketchup is a spice. There’s actual science that says eating spicy* foods helps regulate the body’s temp and cools you down (though your mouth and intestines might disagree). You know what helps you cool off on a steamy summer day? A good sweat.
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