Lofty floated this idea during pub crawl on Sunday to go have appropriately named Firecracker Chicken at very inappropriately named Monsoon Poon.
Now, just a little blurb about Monsoon Poon before we get into the story. I think this is one of those places where they took an idea and absolutely went to town with it. The legend has it, it was named after a Chinese chef in Wellington, Ming Poon. But, I think it was more like the young, jokey spirit in the owner's heart that gave the name. I bet they had few giggles when they came up with it. Either way, I can think of at least one type of (very legal) business that would have been gutted to have missed out on the name..........You know.....custom made Asian style umbrella makers........
Anyways, the place is full of Asian-related puns and stereotypical remarks. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or be offended...
Some other highlights included the cocktail named 'me so thorny', and the take away menu 'take away poon'. Excellent stuff.
Back to the story, we lucked out that day as it just happened to be the first Monday of the month which is when they offer the all you can eat fire cracker chicken. We got there at 6.30pm and it was PACKED! So we sat down at a bar table and waited...and waited...and waited...for an hour and a bit. No one came to offer us drinks or nibbles. Shame, because we were all very thirsty and starving and would have spent more money.
During our wait we decided any all-you-can-eat type meal must involve a competition. Ours being relatively simple, whoever gives up first loses. Punishment? a shot of chilli sauce.
Behold, Firecracker Chicken!!
Actually..ours didn't look quite as fancy as that. Behold, Firecracker Chicken!!
We got started on it. We were offered a glass of beer or a glass of milk. We snickered at our waitress and opted for beer. Whoever gets milk would be labeled instant loser and a pussy.
Now, just a little blurb about Monsoon Poon before we get into the story. I think this is one of those places where they took an idea and absolutely went to town with it. The legend has it, it was named after a Chinese chef in Wellington, Ming Poon. But, I think it was more like the young, jokey spirit in the owner's heart that gave the name. I bet they had few giggles when they came up with it. Either way, I can think of at least one type of (very legal) business that would have been gutted to have missed out on the name..........You know.....custom made Asian style umbrella makers........
Anyways, the place is full of Asian-related puns and stereotypical remarks. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or be offended...
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| Same applies to North Eastern Asian |
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| Poon Pics....yup you heard it right... |
Back to the story, we lucked out that day as it just happened to be the first Monday of the month which is when they offer the all you can eat fire cracker chicken. We got there at 6.30pm and it was PACKED! So we sat down at a bar table and waited...and waited...and waited...for an hour and a bit. No one came to offer us drinks or nibbles. Shame, because we were all very thirsty and starving and would have spent more money.
During our wait we decided any all-you-can-eat type meal must involve a competition. Ours being relatively simple, whoever gives up first loses. Punishment? a shot of chilli sauce.
Behold, Firecracker Chicken!!
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| It must be the lighting... |
First bite: yea, it's got a bit of a kick. Not bad though.
Second bite: whoa..I can see why it's called firecracker chicken!
Third bite: AAAAHHHH MOTHERF%&(%$*^ %*#(* &$%*%!!! (mainly Damo)
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| Damo having fun with the boys |
I'm sure Damo drank at least 3 bottles of water. The other guy we were with (can't remember his name..) had no trouble getting through them. I was sweating like a pedo at The Wiggles concert. Lofty struggled a little but managed to get through 2 plates. Me and the other dude, 3 plates. Damo, 1.8-ish plates. Damo loses. All that talk about English hot curry was obviously all fabricated.
Now, please enjoy my finest private collection of photos titled 'Damian est d'aimer la vie'
Now, please enjoy my finest private collection of photos titled 'Damian est d'aimer la vie'
Truth be told, we were all losers the next day. I'm sure you know what I mean but I will leave you with this.
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Imagine this guy upside down and bum hole as a mouth. Yea. That.
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