Hottest curry

Doctor tackles world’s hottest curry — but hallucinates

A DOCTOR has become the first person to finish the world’s hottest curry - despite suffering HALLUCINATIONS midway through his meal.
Ian Rothwell, 55, took over an hour to polish off “The Widower” – which tops a whopping six million units on the scoville scale.
The curry is so dangerous to make it has to be prepared by chefs wearing goggles and a face mask.
The dish is stuffed with 20 super-spicy Naga Infinity Chillies and is served with a health warning.
But the brave consultant radiologist became the first out of 300 punters to successfully tackle the eye-watering meal at the Bindi restaurant in Grantham, Lincs.
After signing a disclaimer Dr Rothwell got stuck into the chicken dish - washed down with a bottle of Cobra lager.
Despite walking out of the restaurant half-way through after suffering hallucinations, he returned a short time later when his wife found him wandering along the high street.
And fighting back tears for another HOUR, Dr Rothwell finally managed to swallow the last mouthful to defeat the monster dish.
Muhammed Karim, managing director and executive chef at the restaurant said: “It took Mr Rothwell just over an hour to eat The Widower - but that included a 10 minute walk down Grantham High Street when he started hallucinating.
“His wife was pretty worried and went out looking for him.
“More than 300 people have tackled The Widower before - including about 10 women - but no one has ever been able to finish one.
“Most manage about seven mouthfuls before they give up.
“We’ve had people sweating, crying, shaking and vomiting.
“We even had to ring an ambulance once.”
Muhammed said Dr Rothwell excelled at the culinary challenge.
He added: “Apart from spotting a few tears in his eyes, and the short period of hallucinating, he was cool and collected and seemed to cope very well.
“I have tried The Widower and it really is a killer.
“Even making it is a painful experience - despite wearing goggles and a protective face mask.
“Mr Rothwell is a legend as far as I’m concerned.”