Hot Wings at Scottish Inn
Chicken wings gained popularity in 1964 when Teressa Bellissimo whipped up a snack for her son and his friends by frying up some wings and sauce thus emerging out of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo New York is the very popular snack buffalo wings (ehow.com). Americans seem to love hot wings and so do I. It is this reviewers opinion that The Scottish Inn on Gratiot in Saginaw makes some of the best hot wings you can get anywhere.
The hot wings at Scottish Inn are not battered and smothered in their own homemade sauce. I have been told by the owner that they will make them as hot as you can stand, you only need to ask. He will not give out the secret sauce ingredients but you can see (visible in the picture above) crushed red pepper is an ingredient that adds heat. The wings are served with a side of celery and blue cheese dressing.
We rounded out our order with a basket of onion rings (already dipped into before the picture was taken) and a few drinks. Our tab for two people was $20.66 not including tip. This makes The Scottish Inn a budget place to eat!
The Scottish Inn is a neighborhood bar and has a tendency to get smokey at times. Seating is your choice of your standard table and padded chairs, stools at the bar or half circle booths. Being a Scottish bar the walls are covered in plaid giving it a unique look and feel. The Inn features a well stocked jukebox and a few large screen TVs.
Onion Rings & a Milkshake
The other night we were waiting for my son to get done with his Tae Kwon Do class and had 30 minutes to kill. It was after six we had both been at work all day and were quite hungry. We didn’t really have enough time to grab dinner plus it was over 80 deg and very humid. Even though we were hungry the heat didn’t make us feel like eating. Debra suggested that we walk over to Michigan Coni Island on Court Street and grab a milkshake. This was a perfect idea for a hot day.
Michigan Coni Island was busy, almost to busy. We were standing there watching the one worker at the counter try to help the people in line and keep getting more behind. Having a limited amount of time we discussed just leaving and going somewhere else. We decided to stay. I ordered a strawberry milkshake and we decided to split an order of onion rings. We paid the girl at the counter and sat at one of the booths. The restaurant was busy and we had a hard time finding a clean table although there were 4 that were empty.
It was a short time later when they brought the shakes and onion rings to the table. The shake was cold and was hand mixed with real strawberries. It was very tasty and helped cool me down on this hot evening. The onion rings were real onion with a hand dipped batter. I was trying to figure out if it was a beer batter but we could not come to a conclusion. It’s hard to say anything bad about greasy comfort food and these onion rings were great. They were hot, made with fresh ingredients and not to salty. With a little catsup is was a perfect snack.
