Thai Chillis Cause Terror Alert In London

[roamer]

I guess the Thai media will pick this up and go with it. All joking aside it caused one hel_l of a traffic jam. Priceless.

Source Press Association

Chef's spicy dip sparks terror raid

7 hours ago

A pot of burning chillies sparked fears of a chemical attack on a busy shopping street, reports said.

Police closed off three roads and evacuated homes in central London as a cloud of noxious smoke filled the air.

But the source turned out to be some fiery food left cooking on a restaurant stove.

Firefighters wearing protective breathing apparatus were called to D'Arblay Street, Soho on Monday evening as members of the public were shepherded away. The specialist crews then broke down the door of the Thai Cottage restaurant.

They emerged around 7pm with a 9lb pot of chillies.

Staff at the restaurant said they were surprised by the reaction of the emergency services.

Chef Chalemchai Tangjariyapoon told The Times: "I was making a spicy dip with extra-hot chillies that are deliberately burnt.

"To us it smells like burnt chilli and it is slightly unusual. I can understand why people who weren't Thai would not know what it was. But it doesn't smell like chemicals. I'm a bit confused."

He was preparing Nam Prik Pao, a red-hot Thai dip served with prawn crackers, the paper said. The dip is prepared with garlic, shrimp paste, dried shrimp and vegetable oil.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The street was closed off for three hours while we were trying to discover the source of the odour."

[mrtoad]

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The street was closed off for three hours while we were trying to discover the source of the odour."

The plod should get out more., I suppose it's a different smell from freshly cooked doughnuts.

Edited October 3, 2007 by mrtoad

[meemiathai]

[tijnebijn]

Funny ! Perhaps Thoksin and some of his followers ordered a dinner .................

[TBWG]

Hi

Dread to think what would happen if they got a whiff of the Boss ladies Stinky fermented fish!

I suspect a full biological warfare emergency

TBWG

[roamer]

I can actually see how this happened though, the wife cooks this in smaller amounts and despite a very efficient cooker hood at full blast, daughter and I still have to evacuate the room, its not the smell but the throat and chest tightening effect it causes. Its just been on BBC here.

[Pepe']

The Black (rotten) Crab would be the best choice for a terrorist weapon IMHO...

[JetsetBkk]

There have been times walking along lower Sukhumvit when it has been necessary to stop inhaling and squint eyes due to the noxious chilli and oil vapour coming from mobile food stalls.

[pointofview]

bit of excitement for the many usefull idiots - protecting the nation