Spicy Food in Japan.....Part 2

I’ve got my name on the wall!
My Japanese co-workers know I like really spicy food. They recently found a curry restaurant (Robinson's) in Shinagawa where you can personally order your heat index. If you order and finish a curry meal with a heat level of fifty or above, they print out a page with your name and comment and pin it to the wall. The first time they went, the hottest they ordered was five but Liu-san, a Chinese co-worker married to a Thai, said it was weak and thought he can handle more. Today we went back to get our names on the wall. There were six in our party, three Japanese and three foreigners (Chinese, New Zealander, and me). The three Japanese all ordered a level five and the three gaijins all ordered a fifty. My lunch was the first one out and the three Japanese were concerned because the color of the stew was red when over here it is normally brown. The chili oil was even starting to pool on top. They watched as I took the first spoonful and although it was spicy, I knew it wasn’t going to be difficult to finish. I’ve had much hotter Indian and Thai dishes. When I come back at the end of August my name should be up by then and I’ll get a photo taken. Plus Liu-san and I are determined to go for 100 as the next level. There were plenty of other higher scores, 100s, 300s, and three people who did 5000, 7000, and 8000. My co-workers all said they must have been drunk to do that. I’ll see what 100 is like and go from there.