5 to Try: Hot and Spicy Dishes
By Rick Munarriz, Miami Editor
It can get pretty hot in Miami, especially on your dinner plate. Here are a few of the city's spiciest dishes.
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Thai Orchid Restaurant
9565 SW 72ND St, Miami, FL
Take the "spicy" designations seriously on the menu, especially when you opt for the "fire" level of spices. -
El Novillo Restaurant
6830 Bird Rd, Miami, FL
The charbroiled steaks won't tickle your buds until you lather on the red chilli-spiked sauce. -
Hooters
8695 NW 13th Terrace, Miami, FL
Sidestep the eye candy and have your wings dipped in either the 3 Mile Island or 911 if you really want to see something hot. -
Ortanique on the Mile
278 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL
Conch fritters dipped in tangy red pepper coulis make this trendy Caribbean eatery a heat seeker's "hot" spot. -
Shibui Japanese Restaurant
SW 102nd Ave, Miami, FL
This local favorite in the Kendall heartland serves up its signature Caliente rolls as hot as you like them.
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Siam Lotus Room
6388 S Dixie Hwy, South Miami, FL
Who needs atmosphere when you've got tasty Thai at great prices? -
T-Mex
235 14th St, Miami Beach, FL
The place to go if you get the late-night munchies on South Beach. -
Taqueria El Mexicano
521 SW Eighth St, Miami, FL
The real deal with dried jalapenos and hot sauce that means it. Tepatitlan burrito is the house staple scorcher.

