Indian spicy or American spicy...

A couple weeks ago, our friend Taha visited from Bangalore.  He works at Capital One and was over in America for a couple weeks to see the office.  We had him over for dinner one night, and I made Southern food.  He said he enjoyed everything, but he wasn't sure about the sweet potatoes (they never have anything sweet in India unless it's dessert).  He returned the favor by taking us out for Indian food.  Brent and I both love Indian food anyway, but it was nice to have someone there who knew exactly what to order.  We had dal (lentils), naan (oh. my. gosh.  I could eat naan with every meal), chicken briyani, a lamb dish, another chicken dish with sauce, paneer (cheese), a frozen dessert similar to ice cream, and a milk soaked sponge cake thing.  So delicious!  We both really love spicy food, but we normally ask for our food to be "American spicy" when we go out for Indian food.  This time we had them prepare it "Indian spicy" just to see if we could take it.  To my great surprise and delight, it was awesome!  We were both sweating (Brent like a girl...I seriously thought he'd need CPR a few times), but it was really good and nothing that we can't handle.  That made me feel a bit better since our stomachs will have to adjust to the food a bit once we're there.  Here's a picture of us trying to eat with our hands.  A grilled cheese or hot dog is one thing, but trying to eat lentils with your hands is a bit of a challenge.  It was messy but fun!