Comment from Ben
Time: October 10, 2008, 11:38 am

Szechuan Gourmet has some awesome face melting stuff, as mentioned in the post. The hard part is convincing them that you’re really serious when you ask them to make it extra extra spicy. I’ve found that they can be inconsistent in their extra spiciness until you’ve earned some cred.

Comment from Spam
Time: October 10, 2008, 11:38 am

The best sinus clearing lunch when you have a cold is at Menchanko Tei. Get any sort of Ramen dish and be liberal with the red spice powder stuff on your table. This way you get the health benefits of delicious soup and your sinuses get cleared from the spice.

Comment from Jill
Time: October 10, 2008, 11:44 am

Whenever I have sinus trouble, wasabi is the cure. Head to any sushi place (I like the veggie sushi at Ruby Foo’s in Times Square) and ask for extra extra wasabi. Pile it on, eat, and sweat.

Comment from sandra
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:10 pm

A couple of Kati Rolls I had lately had sinus-clearing magic powers, especially the chicken one.

And my lord, that ma po tofu looks amazing.

Comment from HungryAnon
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:22 pm

I remember my lunch special from Chef-Yu on 8th ave was so spicy that I raped the milk supply in the company fridge. Even the salad dressing tasted as if it had been chili peppers had been soaking in it.

Comment from sandra
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:42 pm

What did you get from Chef Yu? Their beef with chili peppers kills me every time. Although not enough to get me to molest the company milk supply….

Comment from samwich
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:50 pm

the hot sauce from Mamouns in the village is spicier then the 53rd and 6th guys….but thats not midtown…sorry im useless.

Comment from Brian
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:56 pm

The off-the-menu Doritos, veggie and green hot sauce sandwich at that Blimpie on 46th is probably the most face-melting thing I know of. Beware, though, the consequences that will come later.

Comment from Southeastmidtowner
Time: October 10, 2008, 12:57 pm

Will second Samwich on the Mamoun’s (St. Marks location), though it is way out of bounds. Their hot sauce makes Sriracha taste like ketchup.

Comment from Abrain
Time: October 10, 2008, 1:42 pm

I luv Mamoun’s….soooooo…good!

Comment from samwich
Time: October 10, 2008, 4:31 pm

Try Yatagans across the street closer to Bleecker…
i personally think their Shwarma is better but the Falafal is better at Momouns.

and what i do is…to balance out teh flavor so u dont get one big nasty bite of HOT sauce….ask for a cup of teh whiet sauce…then squirt in teh red sauce…mix and you have this creamy pink perfection of flavor…pour over teh falafal and enjoy!

Comment from La
Time: October 10, 2008, 5:05 pm

Cafe’ Duke’s Spicy Soft Tofu Korean soup - it’s my tonic for my nearly seasonal sinusitus! garlicky, spicy and hot, it’s the perfect remedy.

Comment from Adam
Time: October 10, 2008, 6:33 pm

I routinely ask the famous cart for more hotsauce, and they never believe me. I need 4-5 good squirts, but I usually get the standard 2 squirts and 2 tiny little squirts afterwards.

Comment from Tim j
Time: October 10, 2008, 10:46 pm

If you have sinus problem you get to try spicy ‘buradi ‘ roll from “Biriyani Cart” on 46th and 6th its good kati roll

Comment from The DP
Time: October 13, 2008, 2:20 pm

@Tim j I love Biryani cart as much as any man could, but they don’t bring the spice that hard (as far as I’m concerned), even asking them to make it as spicy as possible was like half as spicy as 53rd and 6th. I’ve taken to keeping a bottle of the green top thai chili sauce on my desk to pep it up…

Comment from kali
Time: October 18, 2008, 1:03 am

korean food. get the tofu stew extra spicy and eat it with kimchi. Try to go to flushing because they tone down the spiciness for all the yuppies in manhattan