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A
handful of brave guests were invited to a Shoeburyness restaurant
recently as chefs unleashed their attempt at the world's hottest
curry.
The
Polash Restaurant in West Street has created the "Polash
Meltdown" to celebrate its 30th birthday.
Two
of the first diners to try the fiery food was Adventure Island boss
Phillip Miller and the former head of Southend Police, Mick Thwaites.
Mr
Thwaites said: "It is an interesting experience and in my
life this is one of the most dangerous things I've ever done.
"The
flavour is actually beautiful, but is very hot and that slowly
creeps up on you, and after about five minutes it hits you and you
can feel your throat burning."
The
dish is so fiery it measures more than one million on the renowned
Scoville Heat Units scale which rates the hotness of chilli peppers.
The
Polash Meltdown includes most of the potent spices and chillis from
across the world, including the birdseye chilli, the legendary naga
chilli and the Bhut Jolokia, which has recently been officially
recognised as the world's hottest chilli. Several restaurants have
put themselves forward to be the providers of the hottest curry but
the general opinion is it still rests with the inedible 'Curryhell'
in Newcastle.
The
Polash dish was available for just one week, June 8 to June 14, to
mark the Polash's birthday celebrations.
And
anybody attempting to taste the meal, which has been dubbed
"fires of hell on a fork" had to sign a disclaimer first.
If
they ate the whole dish, their meal was free and they also received
a commemorative certificate, photo, and a t-shirt with the slogan
"I Ate the Polash Meltdown and Survived".
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