Chilli was introduced to the far east by among others the Portuguese, 15th century. Previously pepper was used a lot. If you want a good pepper taste with a nice aroma try Kampot pepper.
Don't need masterchef, just need the fishermen to stop scraping all and everything off the seabed no matter how small or young it is and give things a chance to mature and breed.
Well, they did pen the word POSH.
Standing for Port Outward, Starboard Home.
Re Thai seafood, I ordered scallops once (only once) and when the dish arrived they were about 10mm in diameter and about 10mm thick. Never again.
This what I expected.