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These Nigerians have lost what’s left of their rabid minds if they think a gastronomical experience should be a torturous experience. I am tired of my mouth and tongue catching fire everytime I go out to eat anywhere in Nigeria. It’s officially over for me today. No more eating out. The past 2 weeks I have wasted close to 50000 Naira on food I end up giving away or throwing away. Am done. My tongue is ulcer-ed now because of this experiences. The worst culprit is THE PLACE on admiralty way beside Lennox mall. Those people are serving up a torturous experience and not a gastronomic delight. I even went to chicken republic and the chicken was so pepperish I had to throw it away. Yesterday I went to dominos pizza on admiralty way, you will think pizza will be safe from this excessive pepper madness but when I started eating the pizza my whole mouth exploded into fire. Come to find out they put those hot small pepper chunks in the sauce to make it. I have finally come to the conclusion that all Nigerian cuisine is overrated trash doused in so much pepper so you can’t taste the trash. It’s over . Only food I will buy outside now is Burger King nuggets and fries and that’s like once a month. Am done eating out. My tongue is under extreme duress as we speak. Went to this place yesterday for amala and ewedu. That was the final straw for me. The stew was so peppery that I had to abandon it and wash the fish with water so there is no stew on it and eat it, just so I don’t waste all my money. Am done

Nlfpmod

One of my neighbours told me they don't use pepper to cook in their house, I told her Nigeria is not for them.

How can one enjoy food without pepper?
I can't even imagine eating chicken without maximum pepper.

Eating out in Nigeria is generally for BRAVE people.

Restaurants and food businesses in Nigeria are NOT properly regulated or inspected. You have to depend on the GOODWILL of an average Nigerian to make sure you are not eating poison, parasite or bacteria.

Only BRAVE people can do!

Especially considering the fact that the average Nigerian have NO goodwill whatsoever.

Best thing to do is to COOK your own meals. If you are busy, cook them in BULK!

Finally if you suddenly feel like EVERY food from EVERYWHERE is too spicy, it could mean that something is WRONG with your tongue.

You may want to get checked to just to make sure YOU are not the problem.

Ulcer patient

Zonefree:
One of my neighbours told me they don't use pepper to cook in their house, I told her Nigeria is not for them.

How can one enjoy food without pepper?
I can't even imagine eating chicken without maximum pepper.

lol yeah bro some of us want to taste the food and not have our taste buds seared . The problem here is you Nigerians are too used to torture 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Torture from politicians, torture from nepa, torture from gas station, torture from forex, torture from peppery food. You love torture

Aboks:
Ulcer patient

my tongue has suffered bro lol

diamond68:
lol yeah bro some of us want to taste the food and not have our taste buds seared . The problem here is you Nigerians are too used to torture 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Torture from politicians, torture from nepa, torture from gas station, torture from forex, torture from peppery food. You love torture

Go and treat your ulcer...leave torture out of this.

Zonefree:
Go and treat your ulcer...leave torture out of this.

you are right

Especially in the South-West. It's horrible. I was eating and weeping at Shoprite Ikeja some years back when I attempted to finish up what I paid for.

Vice versa, me i love pepper in my food... But not excessive...
I no some people who don't like the taste of salt in there food.. and am like
If you are a choicy or a weird person when it comes to your taste of food.. you shouldn't be eating outside.... You should be preparing your weird food...

LordIsaac:
Especially in the South-West. It's horrible. I was eating and weeping at Shoprite Ikeja some years back when I attempted to finish up what I paid for.

Maybe you need to travel more.

When you travel, you will learn.

Travel round Nigeria first before complaining. Meanwhile, the spiciest pepper soup I ever took was in Kano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDsX9cEBsto?feature=shared

Sorry for your experience.

The over-peppering of food is a south-western Nigeria thing to suit the palate of the people from that region . Another reason for the jollof rice argument with Ghana and Senegal exists- Most people think Nigerian cuisine is the same as the south-western palate.

The best Nigerian cuisines come from the South-East and South-South of the country. Visit those or try food made by people from there who haven’t been tainted by the Lagos pepper market

diamond68:
These Nigerians have lost what’s left of their rabid minds if they think a gastronomical experience should be a torturous experience. I am tired of my mouth and tongue catching fire everytime I go out to eat anywhere in Nigeria. It’s officially over for me today. No more eating out. The past 2 weeks I have wasted close to 50000 Naira on food I end up giving away or throwing away. Am done. My tongue is ulcer-ed now because of this experiences. The worst culprit is THE PLACE on admiralty way beside Lennox mall. Those people are serving up a torturous experience and not a gastronomic delight. I even went to chicken republic and the chicken was so pepperish I had to throw it away. Yesterday I went to dominos pizza on admiralty way, you will think pizza will be safe from this excessive pepper madness but when I started eating the pizza my whole mouth exploded into fire. Come to find out they put those hot small pepper chunks in the sauce to make it. I have finally come to the conclusion that all Nigerian cuisine is overrated trash doused in so much pepper so you can’t taste the trash. It’s over . Only food I will buy outside now is Burger King nuggets and fries and that’s like once a month. Am done eating out. My tongue is under extreme duress as we speak. Went to this place yesterday for amala and ewedu. That was the final straw for me. The stew was so peppery that I had to abandon it and wash the fish with water so there is no stew on it and eat it, just so I don’t waste all my money. Am done

Nlfpmod

I have had this same experience of peppery food from eateries and some guesthouses recently.

Across Nigeria.

You can't taste the food because of the amount of pepper in it. One time, I was weeping as I struggled to finish my plate of asaro.

On reflection, I wondered if the high price of tomatoes was making cooks depend more on pepper.

The people of the South West eat a lot of pepper but I find that some people of the North Central do the same.

I think some Northerners also consume pepper.

Also, ginger gives the same peppery sensation if excess is used.

I like it peppery be it noodles, stew or soups

ferhyntorlah:
I think some Northerners also consume pepper.

Also, ginger gives the same peppery sensation if excess is used.

They do excessively........


I love pepper too . But in moderation...... Sometimes I like it really hot...... Especially if it is Imoyo ( fresh fish stew ) or Seafood ila alasepo or any pepper soup.

Emi to ko je ata , Emi yepere ni