This Ain't a Friendly Ghost: The Ghost Pepper

Buffalo Cantina, Brooklyn, New York...we stand outside the small, empty restaurant as bikers pass by in the night and the sounds of the city echo in the background. We heard of a wing...a wing made with the hottest pepper in the world that not even the dude from Man Vs. Food dared to try.

We walk in...the place is like a Mexican restaurant, kind of weird to start with, but okay, let's roll with it. The three of us take our seat and the waitress comes over with a delicate smile on her face as if she already knows what we're going to ask...and she did. We wanted to try the wings made with the hottest pepper known to man; simply known ominously as "The Ghost Pepper".

Here's a quick rundown on the pepper:

From India
Known as the Bhut Jolokia pepper
It is over 200 times hotter than Tabasco sauce
In development to be used as a weapon (seriously)

We order the dish, not daring to even attempt the insane challenge of 12 under 10 minutes. But we still just wanted a taste of these buggers. Mike went to the bathroom to take a piss and sure enough, on the wall, a warning of the 10 things that will happen to you once eating these wings...one of them being painful diarrhea. "Just a scare tactic" Mike thought.

The wings came to our table....

You are looking at the hottest wings known to man...it pains us just looking at them.

Mike was the first one to grab them as Fusco and Paul began eating their wings that they had ordered.
Mike quickly ate one whole wing and waited...nothing...

Then, a pain like nothing he has ever felt overtook him. He began to literally sweat and indulge in eating french fries and drinking diet coke to try and stop the pain. This was just the beginning: his eyes began to tear up and his nose began to run as if he had a terrible cold. IT HURT TO BREATHE...without a doubt, this was the most painful experience he has ever had eating food in his entire life.

Fusco and Paul followed and their pain echoed Mike's. Fusco actually got some sauce in his eye and began to panic until finally, it seemed to dissipate from his contact.

This wing causes at least 20 minutes of pain before you even start to feel better and to have more than one is downright suicidal.

VERDICT: Try it...just to see your friends in pain. It definitely is worth the trip especially if you love hot wings. We would recommend doing this just to say you tasted "The Ghost". The hottest wings in the world delivers on it's promise.

4 out of 4 belly bustins'