pardon me . Could you please pass me the tissue ?   sure , here you are .   thanks , I didn't expect the dish to be so spicy . Are you ok ?   yeah , I think the food is alright , it's not too spicy though it's a little salty for me . But you are Chinese , you should have known better .   well , not every Chinese can handle spicy food in the way people from Sichuan and Cuizhou provinces can . Back where I come from , people don't eat a lot of papers and chilies .   Oh , I see how this food can be really hard for you . I can sympathize with that . I stayed in Sichuan for a year . The food was difficult at the beginning . Every dish was so spicy . After a while , I got u   yeah , you can increase you tolerance for spicy food , but so far , I haven't had the need or the opportunity . Every time I try spicy food , it is a total disaster for my nose and eyes .   I completely understand . I didn't intend on liking spicy food at first either , but when you have no other choicest , you've got to adapt . 