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| - I came here on a Friday night as a group of five. There was no cover charge, no special event, but also no great specials. This is a big bar that attracts an Asian crowd with an Asian food menu to match - and that's the way I like it!
The waitresses start your table off with a small basket of popcorn. It's bottomless, so eat up (Tupperware, anyone?), but be aware that the popcorn is quite salty so you'll want to ask for some water. We ordered wings, fries, fish balls and a tower of Canadian as a combo for $50 which isn't a great deal, but not bad enough to cry about. We wanted Sapporo or Asahi instead, but that would've been $58 instead of $50 (talk about a markup!). We got another pitcher of Samuel Adams, which was the night's special, though the price seemed pretty friggin regular if you ask me - $15 pitchers and $5 shots is not a very "special" special!!! Oh, and the beer tower is presented with the glasses used for shots, not regular beer glasses, probably to make the tower seem bigger than it actually is.
Note that the tower has a large centre core filled with ice, so the actual beer volume is a lot less than it looks, though it stays cold. I'm always told by waitresses that the tower is equivalent to two pitchers, but I'm not sure if I believe that. I could be wrong though!
I didn't try the chicken wings, but there were no complaints from my friends. The fries were really good - hot and crunchy. The fish balls were totally plain. We asked for some sauce and got blank looks in response. We had to ask a few times. The first waitress offered Sriracha because they had no hoisin sauce (what kind of Asian place is this!?) and then she disappeared and never came back. We asked another waitress for sauce and she came back with a salt shaker... When we told her SAUCE, she had no clue what to do until we told her that the other waitress was going to get us some Sriracha. Oh well, we got the Sriracha at the end of the day, and though I would've preferred hoisin AND Sriracha, I was satisfied.
The men's restroom was clean and included soap and paper towels. No complaints there!
It's tough to find good nightlife in Markham, so this place is alright. Especially great is that they let patrons play card games - Uno, anyone!? I'll be back...with a container of hoisin sauce.
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