Watering Holes In Benin Metropolis - Somebody Parliament

So I’m getting to realize that my pen is rusty after nearly a decade of not writing. To top it up I sweated over my last piece, gave it as much touch up as I could and then undid myself by placing the wrong tags, can you imagine?
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Well I guess I’m over it though, I’ve discovered that this community is like a family and family helps out.
Big shout out to @enolife and @warpedpoetic for continually showing me the ropes, you guys are the best.
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So I was out yesterday, licking my wounds from my last blunder and I got this idea for a piece, ‘why not write an expose on the different watering holes in Benin metropolis?’

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Now I love Benin, I love it's people and hotspots, I love the fact that you can go to some secluded corner and have a chilled bottle and not be bothered about harassment from any bagger. it's a town you want to return to anytime you want to forget about the bustle of other towns like Lagos, Port-Harcourt, Calabar etc.

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You come to Benin and as long as you have the right guide I guarantee you would have a swell time. And you know what? Having fun in my town is easy on the pocket. And the people? Hmm, you've got to love Edo people because come rain, sun, harmattan or emotional trauma, they never loose the desire to visit a bar. And when they get there, theres this ideology that a man must “stand with two legs”, lol, so eventually the bottles must be even, you are either taking 2, or 4 or 6…………… you get the picture.
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Look at me digressing, lemme get back on track joor.
Today I want to talk about Somebody Parliament, (@warpedpoetic are you there?).
This joint is located off Benin Sapele road opposite the High Court of Justice in Edo State.

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Initially this joint was just a store and a verandah hidden somewhere off Sakponba road, now it sits on a 50×50 plot, enclosed and completely sheltered from the elements.
You get there, claim a table and greet the proprietor ‘Somebody!!’ and he responds ‘Chop something!', ‘wetin I go give you?’ 'bros, gimme one plate and one cold bottle of Guinness’. While you wait you glance over at the other tables where you catch a glimpse of the commissioner for sports digging into his plate with diligence and you mouth begins to water, ‘Somebody!! Wetin dey delay am na?’ already your temperature is rising ‘cos you need that fix (I mean that meat). The plate arrives with assorted pieces of meat deeply entrenched in peppered sauce.
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You settle down and dig in. kablooeee!!! Your taste buds explode and before long you are humming as you download the plate and sip your chilled Guinness, as tradition demands you order another bottle and tap your feet to the music. Star and Guinness branded chairs and tables are scattered around giving a feeling of ordered chaos. On your third bottle you feel your mouth losing its peppery tang and you holler, ‘Somebody!!’ to which he responds, ‘Chop something’!! ‘Another plate, make one Guinness escort am come abeg’, he says ‘No shaking’. At the end of the day you rise up, pay your tab and exit, saying, ‘Somebody, I don move o!’ to which she responds, 'My Oga, tomorrow na’, and you say ‘For sure’, because nowhere else will you find a delicacy so well packaged.

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Watch out for my next write up on Wash Groove.

Stay Steeming Folks!!!!!