anything sweet and hot
seriously every restaurant i go to that isn't Mexican or Indian, if there's a food item described as "hot" or "spicy" it is almost always paired with "sweet" and i hate it. if it's going to be hot, make it salty, vinegary, and/or umami. i don't understand this trend of hot and sweet, it's everywhere. i buy a bag of snacks described as "hot" and it tastes sweet, i get hot and spicy stir fry and it tastes like syrup with vinegar, i get a spicy chicken dish and the sauce is syrup with a fleck of pepper in it. i really don't understand the appeal, it tastes horrible and it's usually not even hot