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| - Saw this while travelling in HK & Taiwan, but didn't try it until now.
The actual restaurant is nice enough. The design of the place is modern and is mostly white with blue accents. It's clean and seats roughly 12 people comfortably, so don't expect to be sitting when you get there.
Firstly, you will wait 10-15 minutes for the chicken because it is made to order. Don't expect your order to come fast unless you stick to just a drink. There is only one cash register, and almost always a line regardless of how busy it is for exactly that reason. I came on a Saturday night and only had to wait about 2 minutes before I could order.
I ordered a large original chicken, little spice, with fries and a green apple yogurt drink coming out to around $17 after taxes. I felt the price was a little high, but saved judgment for the actual food.
The chicken is, as many other reviewers have mentioned, a flattened bone-in chicken breast. This is then heavily battered, breaded, fried and powdered with your desired amount of spice. The result is similar to a katsu or schnitzel with bones. The chicken was juicy and flavourful, and the batter was tasty and crispy. However, the thick batter quickly separates from the chicken after a few bites and you start realizing the batter is actually fairly bready. I personally felt it was from soaking up the juice from the chicken, my wife felt it was because it was not fried well. The former could have been fixed if they had just drained the chicken much more before frying it, the latter by getting better kitchen staff.
Remember: There are bones at the bottom of the chicken as they do use a bone-in breast. I didn't mind them, but keep in mind you will have to avoid a few ribs, some of the breast bone, and a drumette.
The fries were just straightforward packaged fries, but they were fried well. Crispy, hot, and the portion was fairly large.
The green apple yogurt drink was the same as you'd get from any bubble tea spot. It was okay, but I would personally walk north one block to Chatime to save 2-3 dollars.
Overall, I don't think this is a place worth visiting twice. If you do plan to try this place, stick with just the chicken and keep your expectations low.
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