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FUUD: Sabai Dee Thai Restaurant and #ThaiHot

By Catherine Toth Fox • May 13, 2011 • Food, Videos

I had heard about this #ThaiHot Challenge on Twitter — and I knew I wasn’t going to participate.

The challenge was simple: contestants had to, in five minutes, eat as much as they could of Sabai Dee Thai Restaurant’s hottest dish on the menu. No water, no napkins and (for at least one contestant) no crying.

The challenge, organized by Cody Onizuka (@codyonizuna), lured a standing room only crowd at the little Thai restaurant on South King Street. It was broadcast live on Channel 808 and co-hosted by KITV’s Amber-Lynn Hyden.

Here’s what the event — and the food — looked like, in case you missed it:

Amber-Lynn Hyden and Cody Onizuka

Amber-Lynn Hyden and Cody Onizuka
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The mastermind behind the challenge, Cody Onizuka (right), paired up with KITV's Amber-Lynn Hyden to host this challenge, which streamed live on Channel 808.

Sabai Dee Thai Restaurant, 2633 S. King St. in Moiliili. Hours: Lunch, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily except Sundays; dinner, 5-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5-9:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Phone: (808) 955-3825

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17 Comments

  • Reply Eric May 13, 2011 at 9:24 am

    I am surprised that you did not participate!

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

      I’m not! I can’t handle that much heat!

  • Reply sarakata May 13, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Hehe. Love the video. Especially the fact that you can hear everyone going crazy in the background. ;D Fun night~! Can’t wait for round 2, you’re competing, right? hehehe

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 10:20 am

      Me? No way. I’m a lightweight when it comes to super hot food! An ice cream challenge though…

      • Reply hikino May 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm

        You would be hard pressed in the ice cream eating challenge if you were to go up against @lisalisa98. She might be small and cute but I’ve seen her put away a Big City Diner’s The Big Sundae–by herself.

  • Reply M May 13, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Hello Cat,
    Fuud pics Friday!
    I couldn’t do that. I’m not into spicy fuuds.

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 10:21 am

      I tried it after — and my lips burned for hours!

      • Reply M May 13, 2011 at 10:38 am

        I like to enjoy what I’m eating and not suffer from the pain of the spice. 🙂

        • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm

          I’m with you. I only like pain when I’m getting a massage. 🙂

  • Reply hikino May 13, 2011 at 10:09 am

    It was a great, fun night! Great seeing old and new faces, and props to the 5 contestants. You’re far braver than I am. Big props to the two female contestants, and one of them was in lock step with @harrycovair the whole way. If she ate a few more peppers, history would’ve been different….

    And that dessert is great, I agree! Especially after an unnamed writer, who owns two dogs, has her own blog, and teaches at KCC, generously “donated” it to me. I owe you for that, woman!

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

      Who in the world are you talking about??? 😀

  • Reply WildeOscar May 13, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Excellent video. Liked the background voices and the facial expressions of the contestants. The woman at the end had almost no facial expression – no pleasure, no pain. The guy next to our winner was having fun the whole time.

    Personally, I love medium-spicy foods (hot by most people’s standards), but the super hot stuff is just to painful for me to enjoy. Like getting a tattoo applied with the points of a sharpened dinner fork.

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 13, 2011 at 1:30 pm

      Lena (@tran_lena) was a trooper! She didn’t flinch!

      • Reply Harry May 13, 2011 at 6:39 pm

        Pound for pound, @tran_lena is a trooper. She’ll be back next year.

  • Reply Harry May 13, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    Don’t hold back! Be the first to sign up next year Cat. As you said, the pain is only temporary.

    Realistically the Papaya Salad was HOTTER! than usual but the pain in the mouth subsided fast. My chin was numb from the Pepper-Oil sauce (dribbling down) for over an hour, even after my Ice Cream was gone.

    My only thought was getting the Mango Ice Cream right after the contest was over. I ordered one for @jadedmuses and I saw Albert from @KoAlohauke eating one too. I’m not sure if @tran_lena and @ricknakama ordered Ice Cream also.

  • Reply John July 26, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    Eh, this the guy that was caught “sexting” Niu Valley middle school students! Shame!

  • Reply John July 26, 2012 at 10:06 pm

    Eh, this the guy that was caught “Sexting” Niu Valley middle school students!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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