Within minutes, beads of sweat began to gather on Ken Harris’ face just as he finished a habanero burger — boasted as the world’s hottest burger.

Now with this introduction, this sounds like it should be starring one of us in the role of suffering hero due to self-inflicted habanero hell.

For more about this restaurant called the Prince of Wales Pub, check out this article from the San Mateo Daily Journal:

Holy habanero!

Joe has dared several hot & spicy eating challenges where the victorious survivor would get a chance to painfully scrawl his/her name on a “Wall of Flame” to declare that you were stupid/brave/insane/misguided/uninformed enough to embark on a gustatory challenge that would push the limits of your taste buds to endure.

If we’re ever in the SF area (and it just might happen), it’s pretty likely that we’ll find our way to San Mateo to try these out. All we’ll need after that is a kamikaze headband, a bottle of Pepcid, and a large pitcher of beer….