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| - Everybody has their comfort food - donuts, hohos, ice cream... Mine is greasy westernized "chinese" food. And Spicy Hut definitely delivers!!
Okay, okay, bad jokes aside, Spicy Hut is definitely one of my favourite delivery options in Calgary. They are fast, delicious, and the food arrives piping hot to your door. It is best enjoyed in pajamas - I guarantee it.
Spicy Hut is actually slightly bipolar food-wise: you have some fairly authentic and very spicy Thai food to go along with the greasy cantonese-inspired sweet and flavourful Chinese food. This is actually more awesome as it increases my ordering options and allows sampling of such delicious items as their coconut rice, curries and spring rolls. The "chinese" food is much sweeter and greasier - their ginger beef is a delicious spin on the Calgary classic that delivers well because of they seperate the sauce from the beef. I love their fried thick noodle with meat - it offers a very shanghai style noodle with a delicious and garlicky sauce. Yum. Their shrimp toast is literally fried toast with shrimps - a greasy, shrimpy heart attack in a dish that I love when I'm feeling down.
Not everything is as good, unfortunately. Their salt and pepper squid is usually undercooked and overly bready. There are better places to get some.
I've only been to the restaurant itself a few times. It is a little hole-in-the-wall on Edmonton Trail across the river. I couldn't eyeball how many people it could seat, but it is probably a fair amount. The atmosphere is like most of the divey chinese restaurants in Calgary with plastic tableclothes and the like. Much better ambiance can be had in some of the classier joints downtown. The service was fine, but I'd prefer to enjoy my comfort food in the schlubby enjoyment of my own home.
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