Spicy-dish lawsuit by San Jose doctor over Los Gatos Thai food headed for jury
Spicy-dish lawsuit by San Jose doctor over Los Gatos Thai food headed for jury
by Summerisle99
27 Comments
Intrepid_Cattle69
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roo-ster
Instead of suing a small business that serves a spicy dish, this idiot should only order spicy food at Popeyes and Taco Bell.
twoscoopsofbacon
Permanent damage? Sound like some fraud.
Fun_Pressure5442
Sounds good anyone tried it?
howardcord
Then advertisements write themselves. “Food so hot we got sued!” “Eat at your own risk, may cause injury”. “Food recommended by 9/10 doctors, 1/10 thought it was too spicy”.
TrylessDoer
This is insane. Thai food is known to be spicy, they were warned that the dish couldn’t be made milder, they knew they did not handle spice well, they still ate it.
Scientifically their claim doesn’t make sense. The capsaicin in peppers simulate your neurons to make them think they’re burning, but they’re not, and it generally isn’t enough to cause any physical harm, just temporary pain. The quantity of capsaicin needed to cause real damage is far higher than anything in peppers; you’d have to eat something like >400 jalapeno peppers.
I have enough problems convincing Thai restaurants to make the dish extremely spicy, this’ll make it worse.
Alex_the_Bunsky
Hopefully the doctor gets the death penalty.
JeanVicquemare
If you know you can’t tolerate spicy foods, it’s insane to go to a Thai restaurant and order something spicy. You should know better
jerdle_reddit
>Harjasleen Walia sued Coup de Thai in July last year in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleging the dish scorched her vocal cords, esophagus and the inside of her right nostril.
No it didn’t, or if it did, it was due to actual thermal heat. Chilli doesn’t do that, especially not moderately hot peppers like Thai.
VirtualLife76
“unfit for human consumption” because of Thai “bird’s eye” chili peppers.
What a joke, they aren’t even that spicy and commonly used all over the world. Was thinking they had reapers or something.
Bet it will be thrown out when the defense has no proof of permanent damage.
_heyASSBUTT
If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
FBI_Open_Up_Now
>made with less spice as she does not tolerate spicy foods
So she told them this, acknowledging that they were spicy. Maybe they were spicier than what even she had. If you can’t handle spicy food, then don’t try and eat spicy food. Especially at Thai restaurant.
stevebobeeve
She wants $35,000 because she ate spicy thai food? Give me a break
Jug5y
Imagine not liking spicy food, going to a Thai restaurant, and ordering something with dragon in the name featuring chilli
FOOLS_GOLD
Damn, I want some of those dragon balls now.
lordfappington69
LOL This girl is cancer.
I can’t tolerate spice, so can you make this hot pepper dish less spicy? Like if someone who is deathly allergic to dairy gets sick after ordering Mac & Cheese with “less cheese”
SlipperySloane
This whole lawsuit is a mess but I’m actually surprised this is the first of this type of thing I’ve heard of considering how many dishes and products are labeled to be super spicy/ghost pepper/habanero but actually have very little spice.
I could absolutely see people thinking that because they can eat a bag of habanero lays they could eat a dish with actual habaneros and then getting absolutely fucked.
rushmc1
Idiot. I hope this court case bankrupts her.
Dicklefart
As someone in the California Bay Area, near San Jose, this doctor is so full of shit it’s coming out of his ears. There’s not a remote chance in frozen over hell that he lives in San Jose and doesn’t know that Thai spicy hits different. Dudes either so incompetent that he should lose his license or such a bser that he should be counter sued.
AngryTrucker
People like this is why I have to argue against getting white people spicy at restaurants.
Hopeful-Flounder-203
Her medical practice has 2.9 stars on Google reviews. Not exactly glowing.
Snarky_McSnarkleton
My local Thai place, if you ask for it spicy, just throw in half a handful of raw jalapeños. Now that’s peak tourist.
Raebrooke4
She’s an asshole. My dad ate 53 fresh jalapeños for a contest at Chi Chi’s back in the day and tied with another guy FTW—got sick afterwards. He also ate a habanero and a habanero select on dares and was sick for a week. Did he have permanent damage? No. This is stupid.
yourbarbieboy
If you guys do a quick google search of her name… she is a “neurologist” with pretty low to average reviews on yelp.
Maybe common sense aint that common 🤷🏽♂️
0wmeHjyogG
As soon as I heard about this I made sure to determine the spiciness for myself:
27 Comments
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Instead of suing a small business that serves a spicy dish, this idiot should only order spicy food at Popeyes and Taco Bell.
Permanent damage? Sound like some fraud.
Sounds good anyone tried it?
Then advertisements write themselves. “Food so hot we got sued!” “Eat at your own risk, may cause injury”. “Food recommended by 9/10 doctors, 1/10 thought it was too spicy”.
This is insane. Thai food is known to be spicy, they were warned that the dish couldn’t be made milder, they knew they did not handle spice well, they still ate it.
Scientifically their claim doesn’t make sense. The capsaicin in peppers simulate your neurons to make them think they’re burning, but they’re not, and it generally isn’t enough to cause any physical harm, just temporary pain. The quantity of capsaicin needed to cause real damage is far higher than anything in peppers; you’d have to eat something like >400 jalapeno peppers.
Relevant studies: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7394809/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7394809/) [https://mendelnet.cz/pdfs/mnt/2017/01/96.pdf](https://mendelnet.cz/pdfs/mnt/2017/01/96.pdf)
I have enough problems convincing Thai restaurants to make the dish extremely spicy, this’ll make it worse.
Hopefully the doctor gets the death penalty.
If you know you can’t tolerate spicy foods, it’s insane to go to a Thai restaurant and order something spicy. You should know better
>Harjasleen Walia sued Coup de Thai in July last year in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleging the dish scorched her vocal cords, esophagus and the inside of her right nostril.
No it didn’t, or if it did, it was due to actual thermal heat. Chilli doesn’t do that, especially not moderately hot peppers like Thai.
“unfit for human consumption” because of Thai “bird’s eye” chili peppers.
What a joke, they aren’t even that spicy and commonly used all over the world. Was thinking they had reapers or something.
Bet it will be thrown out when the defense has no proof of permanent damage.
If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
>made with less spice as she does not tolerate spicy foods
So she told them this, acknowledging that they were spicy. Maybe they were spicier than what even she had. If you can’t handle spicy food, then don’t try and eat spicy food. Especially at Thai restaurant.
She wants $35,000 because she ate spicy thai food? Give me a break
Imagine not liking spicy food, going to a Thai restaurant, and ordering something with dragon in the name featuring chilli
Damn, I want some of those dragon balls now.
LOL This girl is cancer.
I can’t tolerate spice, so can you make this hot pepper dish less spicy?
Like if someone who is deathly allergic to dairy gets sick after ordering Mac & Cheese with “less cheese”
This whole lawsuit is a mess but I’m actually surprised this is the first of this type of thing I’ve heard of considering how many dishes and products are labeled to be super spicy/ghost pepper/habanero but actually have very little spice.
I could absolutely see people thinking that because they can eat a bag of habanero lays they could eat a dish with actual habaneros and then getting absolutely fucked.
Idiot. I hope this court case bankrupts her.
As someone in the California Bay Area, near San Jose, this doctor is so full of shit it’s coming out of his ears. There’s not a remote chance in frozen over hell that he lives in San Jose and doesn’t know that Thai spicy hits different. Dudes either so incompetent that he should lose his license or such a bser that he should be counter sued.
People like this is why I have to argue against getting white people spicy at restaurants.
Her medical practice has 2.9 stars on Google reviews. Not exactly glowing.
My local Thai place, if you ask for it spicy, just throw in half a handful of raw jalapeños. Now that’s peak tourist.
She’s an asshole. My dad ate 53 fresh jalapeños for a contest at Chi Chi’s back in the day and tied with another guy FTW—got sick afterwards. He also ate a habanero and a habanero select on dares and was sick for a week. Did he have permanent damage? No. This is stupid.
If you guys do a quick google search of her name… she is a “neurologist” with pretty low to average reviews on yelp.
Maybe common sense aint that common 🤷🏽♂️
As soon as I heard about this I made sure to determine the spiciness for myself:
https://preview.redd.it/wzus8am7x7vd1.jpeg?width=840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a59e7ba39fb10c05e277c46deccd5557c6eee1d
Dragon Balls were really not that hot. Medium at best.
I really wanted to fly out there and try the food. Then I read what type of pepper it was.
Birds Eye Chili.
They have less heat than a habanero. A mild habanero and an extra spicy Birds Eye might be on par with each other.
I want some now lol