Aug 7, 2026 · 6 min · 9 segments
Georgie and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about spicy food – those dishes that make your mouth feel hot! Learn how to talk about food that has a kick and find out the spiciest things…
Yeah.
Good idea.
Sometimes when you eat really spicy food or hot food, some...
We say hot food, and it doesn't mean the temperature always.
It means spicy.
When you have spicy food or hot food, it can make it feel like your mouth is on fire.
Mm, very true.
Um, have you always liked spicy food, or was it something you had to learn to love?
I think so.
I think I've always liked spicy food.
Um, have always eaten lots of Indian curries or Mexican food or Caribbean food, like your jerk chicken.
Yeah.
I remember going on holiday with my family in Spain, and they have a dish there, um, made of peppers, and some of them are very mild, so they aren't very spicy, but some of them really have a kick, and you don't know which one is going to be really spicy.
So it was quite...
It was almost like an exciting game.
Um, so I've always enjoyed spice.
Okay.
So Georgie, you can eat spicier food now than when you were younger.
Yes.
Now, Neil, what's the spiciest meal you've ever eaten?
Well, um, I was traveling in Southeast Asia, and there was something on a menu in a restaurant or bar I was in, um, called the spicy sausage salad.
[laughs]
And [laughs] they weren't lying.
[laughs] It was so spicy, it felt almost like somebody had attacked my tongue.
[laughs]
Yeah.
Good idea.
Sometimes when you eat really spicy food or hot food, some...
We say hot food, and it doesn't mean the temperature always.
It means spicy.
When you have spicy food or hot food, it can make it feel like your mouth is on fire.
Mm, very true.
Um, have you always liked spicy food, or was it something you had to learn to love?
I think so.
I think I've always liked spicy food.
Um, have always eaten lots of Indian curries or Mexican food or Caribbean food, like your jerk chicken.
Yeah.
I remember going on holiday with my family in Spain, and they have a dish there, um, made of peppers, and some of them are very mild, so they aren't very spicy, but some of them really have a kick, and you don't know which one is going to be really spicy.
So it was quite...
It was almost like an exciting game.
Um, so I've always enjoyed spice.
Okay.
So Georgie, you can eat spicier food now than when you were younger.
Yes.
Now, Neil, what's the spiciest meal you've ever eaten?
Well, um, I was traveling in Southeast Asia, and there was something on a menu in a restaurant or bar I was in, um, called the spicy sausage salad.
[laughs]
And [laughs] they weren't lying.
[laughs] It was so spicy, it felt almost like somebody had attacked my tongue.
[laughs]
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