> One of my favorite Thai dishes is a coconut lemon grass soup with
> shrimp.

Thai soups made with cocnut milk are divine.

> You know, you can always tell them you want it mild, or something
> like #1 on a scale of 1-10, or whatever.

Yeah, I once ordered a squid dish and chose hot. They served it to me Thai
hot, not American hot. It was pretty intense. Must have used up a hundred
paper napkins wiping the sweat off my face. But I ate every bite.

Paul