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| - I was excited to try Union Chicken, the concept seems pretty simple, but way more exciting than say, Swiss Chalet or Nando's.
We only ordered fried chicken (no rotisserie) and it was really very tasty. The best part was the hot sauce on top - not too hot and a good pepper flavor. We also tried four of the sides:
- brussel sprouts: the concept is good. Caramelized brussel sprouts are indeed tasty, but the dish goes overboard in it's accessorizing. It takes away from the vegetable.
- fries: just OK. I really think that restaurants that serve things that go with fries, need to step up their fry game. These were pretty salty and underwhelming.
- sweet potato: quite tasty but a little too much cinnamon/nutmeg. Just like the brussel sprouts, they went too far and are essentially covering up perfectly good and simple food with too much flare.
- charred broccoli: I didn't personally enjoy this, but it's not Union Chicken's fault. I figured out that charred broccoli tastes the way chronic bad breath smells. Would not eat again. :)
Service was good, the place was cute. While we enjoyed the dinner, both my husband and I agreed that we wouldn't be aching to come back. It was just...OK. Underwhelming. I wouldn't avoid it, but I wouldn't actively pursue going there. (Interestingly, this was my conclusion with the Carbon Bar as well - I can definitely see the similarities).
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