California physician sues Thai restaurant over dish that burned her throat, says lawsuit

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A California physician is suing a Thai restaurant after she was served a dish that was so spicy it reportedly "completely" harmed her, based on her claims.

Dr. Harjasleen Walia, a board-certified neurologist in San Jose, is suing over Coup de Thai's Dragon Balls dish, which she ate in 2023, based on lawsuit paperwork obtained by the Mercury Information.

The lawsuit was filed in July 2023, however Walia made current headlines after she elected to look in court docket professional se this week. Walia has claimed that the Los Gatos restaurant's appetizer burned her vocal cords, esophagus and the within of her proper nostril.

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The Dragon Balls dish is fabricated from "spicy hen ball[s] fried with mint, shallot [and] inexperienced onion," based on Coup de Thai's web site.

The dish, which additionally options "cilantro, kaffir lime leaves, chili and rice powder," is served sizzling.

A California lady is suing a restaurant after she was served a dish (not pictured) that was so spicy it reportedly "completely" harmed her, based on her claims. The restaurant has denied inflicting any hurt. (iStock)

The perpetrator in the meal is Thai chili, or fowl's eye chili.

Measuring between 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville Warmth Items (SHU), the peppers are spicier than cayenne and serrano peppers however fall under habanero peppers.

The lawsuit states, because the Mercury Information reported, that Walia requested her server to make the dish with much less spice as a result of "she doesn't tolerate spicy foods. "

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The server agreed, based on the lawsuit — however then Walia took a chunk of the dish.

Walia "felt her whole mouth, the roof of her mouth, her tongue, her throat and her nostril burn like hearth," based on the go well with – to the purpose that her "eyes and nostril watered, and he or she started coughing."

The dish featured fowl's eye chilis, which measure between 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville Warmth Items (SHU). (iStock)

The physician additionally mentioned she misplaced her voice and was identified with inner "chemical burns" from the chilis within the dish.

"[Walia] drank a complete glass of coconut water and extra water, however the burning didn't subside."

"[She] incurred everlasting accidents and can ceaselessly be broken," the lawsuit claims.

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Walia's go well with additionally claims that she requested a waitress for a dairy product to assist with the burns, however no assist got here.

No "milk, ice cream, yogurt, bitter cream or different dairy product was supplied or supplied to Ms. Walia to quell the plain burning," the go well with mentioned.

A California physician mentioned she suffered inner "chemical burns" from the chilis within the hen meatballs (not pictured). (iStock)

"[Walia] drank a complete glass of coconut water and extra water, however the burning didn't subside."

The lawsuit claims the dish in query was "unfit for human consumption."

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The restaurant "did not take precautions by consulting with well being officers or emergency service personnel concerning the dangers related to serving an excessive amount of Thai chili in an appetizer like Dragon Balls," the lawsuit claims.

Nobody else required medical consideration as a result of meals, the restaurant mentioned.

Coup de Thai has denied inflicting any hurt.

A consultant told the Mercury News the dish could not be made much less spicy as a result of the chili is contained in the balls — and that nobody else required medical consideration as a result of restaurant's meals.