A sad day for Icrontians - the loss of an old friend [Archive]

primesuspect

28 Aug 2009, 1:31am

I always hate making threads like this :(

Today, our friend Hu-Hot Mongolian Grill in Fraser, MI has closed their doors.

Hu-Hot has long been an IC favorite, and had rapidly risen up to the level of "regular stop at every event", joining the exalted ranks of Original Pancake House and Passage to India; graduating beyond "mere" Food Tour destination to a regular event looked forward to by many.

Here's to you, Hu-Hot, and your Cherry Wheat on tap (with a cherry in it!), your all-you-can-eat selection of delectable meats and vegetables, your hot waitresses (and cooks!), your reasonable prices, your huge variety of spices and sauces, and all the other things that made you awesome.

Icrontic salutes you.

Gnome Queen

28 Aug 2009, 1:49am

:confused::mad::eek::( Hu Hot honestly wasn't my favorite, but I'll miss it. (Cherry Wheat on tap with a cherry WAS pretty great)

Annes

28 Aug 2009, 2:32am

*sadface*

UPSLynx

28 Aug 2009, 2:33am

:*(

The cherry wheat made hu hot for me

GHoosdum

28 Aug 2009, 2:48am

Awwww BOB SAGET

Thrax

28 Aug 2009, 2:58am

Fashion Bug. Everyone in my family is disappointed as all hell. I'm glad I went there last Friday with some friends... :(

I guess we can go to Mongolian BBQ in Royal Oak. :/

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Canti

28 Aug 2009, 5:38am

:eek2:

Shorty

28 Aug 2009, 7:39am

I actually had Maria all excited about seeing this place next year as well on the food tour :(

QCH

28 Aug 2009, 7:22pm

Hu Hot... sad to see you go. I liked your food.

ardichoke

31 Aug 2009, 12:51am

Hu Hot... I never got to meet you... but if you're anything at all like the other mongolian grills I've been to you will be sorely missed.

GHoosdum

31 Aug 2009, 1:34am

Hu Hot was truly a level above the other mongolian grills.

UPSLynx

31 Aug 2009, 3:13am

was it mentioned - Sam Adams Cherry Wheat on tap with a cherry inside?

Koreish

31 Aug 2009, 3:27am

No, I think that part was just skimmed over.

ardichoke

31 Aug 2009, 3:31am

You see... you people say these things... but all I hear is "beer that still makes me nauseous but costs more...

EDIT: ... WITH A CHERRY IN IT"

Koreish

31 Aug 2009, 3:33am

I was like you once. Then I manned up and drank it till it tasted good.

ardichoke

31 Aug 2009, 3:40am

There is only one beer which I have managed to drink more than a few sips of without getting sick.... Blue Moon, with the obligatory wedge of orange of course. Any other beer so far has made me turn green around the gills, so to speak.

Thrax

31 Aug 2009, 4:14am

Annes

31 Aug 2009, 4:24am

QCH

31 Aug 2009, 5:56am

Alcohol isn't for everyone. I think liquor tastes positively revolting, and nobody will ever be able to prove otherwise. I don't know how many times I've heard "well you just haven't had the right kind before." That's horse crap. I've tried all sorts of whiskey, bourbon, gin, blah blah blah from a dozen different quality companies and it all tastes terrible.
Me too except for Cinnamon Schnaps. I LOVE Jolly Ranchers Red Hot Cinnamon and that is what Cinnamon Schnaps tastes like in liquid form. Other than that.... yuk

Gnome Queen

31 Aug 2009, 6:04am

I used to love Goldschlager...we're not on such good terms anymore.

fatcat

31 Aug 2009, 6:16am

almost died on this shit when I was visiting friends in philly many years ago

http://www.badgerwest.com/images/AfterShock.jpg

as of today, the smell makes me sick to my stomach

Gnome Queen

31 Aug 2009, 6:18am

LIQUID COCAINE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=108&drinkname=category:34

Koreish

31 Aug 2009, 6:37am

Shouldn't that go in mixology (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84413) GQ?

Lincoln

31 Aug 2009, 7:28am

/me clicks his stopwatch off
We were able to turn this one into a drinking thread by post #14, but we can do better.

Koreish

31 Aug 2009, 7:36am

Almost positive this was a drinking thread ever since Cherry Wheat was mentioned.

jared

31 Aug 2009, 3:53pm

Sad day indeed.

Was definitely one of my favorite stops every time I was at ICHQ.

:(

stupid economy

QCH

31 Aug 2009, 4:03pm

I liked Hu hot but I prefer BD's... Just means we need to hit Passage to India twice every EPIC!!! :D

MAGIC

31 Aug 2009, 6:24pm

I liked Hu hot but I prefer BD's... Just means we need to hit Passage to India twice every EPIC!!! :D

QFT.

Cyclonite

31 Aug 2009, 6:32pm

almost died on this shit when I was visiting friends in philly many years ago

http://www.badgerwest.com/images/AfterShock.jpg

as of today, the smell makes me sick to my stomach

I know quite a few people who have had bad experiences with that stuff, myself included.

Thrax

31 Aug 2009, 6:36pm

I kinda want to try it. D:

ardichoke

31 Aug 2009, 6:37pm

LIQUID COCAINE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=108&drinkname=category:34
I dunno... I'm pretty sure liquid cocaine was pretty good to me when I've had it.... my neighbor, however, it treated quite poorly.

AlexDeGruven

31 Aug 2009, 6:49pm

LIQUID COCAINE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=108&drinkname=category:34

Liquid Cocaine is for girls who like fruity drinks.

Gorilla Fart is where it's at which, when we made it was equal parts: Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, and Bacardi 151.

ardichoke

31 Aug 2009, 7:08pm

hahaha.... Liquid Cocaine.... girlie fruity drink.... I'd like to see you say that after you knock back about a half dozen of them.

AlexDeGruven

31 Aug 2009, 7:14pm

hahaha.... Liquid Cocaine.... girlie fruity drink.... I'd like to see you say that after you knock back about a half dozen of them.

Meh, Dead Nazi's (what we called the mix linked) were ok, but our Gorilla Farts ruled the roost. My personal record was 6 and still left the bar on-foot.

RyderOCZ

31 Aug 2009, 7:33pm

:tim: :shakehead

AlexDeGruven

31 Aug 2009, 7:40pm

Either way, sucks to see a Detroit institution go away. Hopefully the trend will start reversing before we lose too much.

Gnome Queen

31 Aug 2009, 11:56pm

hahaha.... Liquid Cocaine.... girlie fruity drink.... I'd like to see you say that after you knock back about a half dozen of them.

I had four after already being drunk, and let's just say that it was A BAD EXPERIENCE. Thank god we used regular rum and not 151 rum though, or I'd probably be slightly dead.

ardichoke

1 Sep 2009, 12:35am

I had four after already being drunk, and let's just say that it was A BAD EXPERIENCE. Thank god we used regular rum and not 151 rum though, or I'd probably be slightly dead.

We capped off my neighbors 21st birthday with a round of liquid cocaine. Mind you this was after we spent over 200 dollars on rounds of shots in 2 hours between 4 people. It was in Houghton too so the shot prices were actually fairly low. I actually didn't feel too bad that night, the next morning however was not pretty. There are times I'm amazed I survived college.