A couple days ago I ate lunch with Robert at a Vietnamese restaurant near home. I ordered a spicy noodle dish but didn't specify how spicy. I happily ate the veggies and noodles in a brown sauce and my tongue burned and tingled the whole time.

Today I went back and ordered avocado cream cheese egg rolls with dipping sauce and those were good. No tongue tingling/burning. I asked the waiter if the dipping sauce had fish sauce in it because I'm allergic to seafood. He said it did not but the main dish I ordered has clam sauce! The same dish the previous few days before wasn't “spicy”. I was having an allergic reaction! I'm lucky my tongue didn't swell any more than it did or I probably would've had to call 911!