“We want the hot-pot broth very hot” Said my friend Nick Gauci
The waiter replied, “Very hot, are you sure? Can you guys handle it?”
“Yes” said Nick, “Very hot”
“Last time a guy came in and said he wanted it very hot, we served it to him and it was so hot he cried, but ok, I’ll write down terribly hot”.
The waiter left and soon came back with this:
Yes, that is a pot FULL of red hot chilli. We ordered some tasty morsels to go in it too and, to be honest, it wasn’t as painful as we thought. However, i did dip in a little bit of green vegetable and when i put it in my mouth, the leaves touched the back of my throat, causing me to cough and splutter, and yes… cry. Embarrassing.
After two hours of all you can eat red hot chilli, we left. (The name of the chilli place is ‘Red Chilli Sichaun Restaurant’ in Chinatown Sydney – make sure you book for upstairs: the hot-pot room). After this, Nick wanted to show me a new beer place he’d found – ‘The Local Taphouse‘; a place that specialised in boutique and quite expensive, but absolutely delicious beer. This is not the sort of place full of young, Gen Y binge drinkers, nor old bar-flies, but this is the home of those who realise that a good beer can be one of the most delicious substances to ever grace your taste-buds.
This is a mug of Murray’s Dark Knight Porter; it was great! But it is the Dark Knight. Sitting there drinking old-style beer, on old-style couches, made us a feel a bit like this:
ahhh rusty. hilarious. especially the ye olde photos.
Sounds like a sensational outing!
Love the beer photos boys
Wish I could have partaken!