Word: chilis
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...team of Harvard researchers has found that the chemical that makes chili peppers hot combined with a particular anesthetic can diminish pain in rats without any of the negative side effects seen in other pain killers...
...group he recently received six different cards in the mail. "Each one has a credit limit of 10,000," he says, laughing. "So suddenly I'm 60,000 yuan richer!" The talk turns to China's online shopping business, before that is interrupted by the arrival of razor clams, chili squid and deep-fried grouper...
...next to you. Getting to know your neighbors, however, is often part of the fun. Those at such tables tend to be more sociable, like DiGangi and Natt-Irom. At Buddakan that night, the interaction between groups started with food ("Oh, what's that?" as a plate of shaken chili beef tartare arrived) but quickly progressed to a discussion about the latest handbags from Chloé, a debate about police brutality and an exchange of phone numbers at the end of the meal. Just like at a great dinner party...
...Nouveau building in central Istanbul's Beyoglu district, Changa, www.changa-istanbul.com, is the granddaddy of the pack. New Zealand-born chef Peter Gordon serves Turkish food with a twist: dolma (vine leaves traditionally stuffed with rice) are wrapped around grilled halloumi and served with a sweet chili sauce; grilled octopus, a local seafood classic, comes with Asian-style sweet and sour miso sauce; and local lamb is accompanied by Tunisian harissa...
...also ate prawn koliwada-battered fried shrimps that offer a slight crunch on the first bite and then a satisfying series of chewy small taste explosions in your mouth-and a chili garlic squid that used Chinese flavorings and was slightly sweet before the spice kicked in. All this good fare is cheap, too. The starters begin at about $4 and most mains are between $10 and $20. I wonder if there's enough left in the expense account for my editors to send me to the next restaurant on Apple's list...