'Twas a cold and rainy night when my crew and I decided to go out for some spicy eats and beer. As usual, the boys turned to me to find a place. No pressure there. Lol. Ever since the Doctors doubled the meds intake I feel as I can do anything if I put my mind to it. Yes I can!
I pull out my trusty iphone and open up my Yelp App. Hmmmm. What do we have under bookmarks? Process of elimination. Down to two places. Ahhhhh, let's try Shangri-La.
Brampton here we come.
We pull up in the lot and we all immediately notice 1 inebriated male literally falling out of the place. This dudes was right tanked. He couldn't even walk. All seated in the car with mouths open wide in disbelief and wonder, feelings of fear and regret overcame my mind.
Benny scay now.
Benny's crew looks at Benny and harmoniously say, "seriously Benny?!".
Benny, with a look of extreme fear in his one good eye, replies, "Benny scay!".
My buddy steps up and says, "I no scay!,, let's go in and eat!".
Benny says, "But Benny is scay!, Meds no work anymo".
Benny, whilst still scay, is pulled from the car and reluctantly follows his crew into the resto.
Enter restaurant.
Holy mish mash of people. All sort of guys and gals hanging out drinking beers, eating and playing pool. No hammered dudes stumbling around or laying on the floor in puddles of vomit. Just a bunch of nice looking people chilling and having a pleasant time. Yeah sure the place may be a wee bit skiddy lookin but,,,,, never judge a resto by what happens to stumble out of it!
Benny's Meds kick in again.
With a twinkle in my one good eye and a skip in my step I swagger up to bar and lock eyes with the purti-est Bartender. I give and get the warmest smile and which set the perfect tone for the evening. I must say that our server/bartender, whose name is Tobi, was fantastic. So personable and genuine. It was a pleasure to have her deal with us. Love her!!!
We start with a pitcher of beer.
Our order:
Chili Fish Dry - Extra Spicy.
Chili Chicken Wet- Extra Spicy.
Three pound of Chicken Wings - Suicide and add extra fresh chili pepper.
Hakka Noodles - Extra Spicy.
Verdict:
Chili Fish Dry was crunchy. My one buddy loved it. Not spicy. I found it to be ok.
Chili Chicken Wet. We all liked this one. Nice and spicy. Chunks of chili pepper everywhere!
Hakka Noodles. Ok. Not spicy at all. Just ok.
Suicide Chicken Wings. Dayaam! Really good. Crunchy and covered in fresh minced chili and hot sauce. We request extra fresh chili and did they ever accommodate us.
All in all this place was a surprisingly pleasant little hole in the wall full of nice people who just want to de-stress from a long hard day.
There is plenty of parking out in the lot so don't worry Yelpers,, you will all find a spot.
I would also like to note that we went there on a Friday and during our dinner we observed a band setting up. Live music?!?! Nice.
Well, that is my report on the Shangri-La. I hope you liked it. Give it try if you find yourself in South Brampton. Oh yeah,, with orders over 40 buck you can Yelp App unlock a pound of Chicken wings for 4 buck.
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