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| - This seems to be the second place after Hot Star Fried Chicken offering Taiwanese style fried chicken (basically a piece of deep fried chicken breast in a bag). Not worth the price of $10 per piece. The chicken is fried with a coating and while the inside meat was juicy, the coating was not crispy at all. For roughly the same price, go to Hot Star further south at Yonge and Gerrard if you prefer crunch on your fried chicken. We ordered a combo for $14 which comes with one piece of chicken, fries, and Asian coleslaw (whatever that is, they put some other sauce on it instead of the usual vinaigrette). None of it was memorable.
There was a line-up and a wait because this place just opened. It will probably dwindle once word gets out that it's only "meh".
The seating atmosphere is better than Hot Star's fast-food joint feel. The decor is comprised of exposed light bulbs, dark metal accents, and polished wood for a warm industrial feel. It looks good for photos and low pressure "fun" dates wherein you don't really feel like splurging on a fancy sitdown meal but don't want to look too cheap. It will allow an eat-and-run situation if the date is taking a nosedive for the worst and you have to bail quickly because you order and pay before you sit down.
The other thing they do better than Hot Star is their drinks menu in the form of fresh juices with flavours such as Kiwi Yogurt, Fresh Watermelon, Coconut x Orange, and Milky Papaya. Beware that the Milky Papaya drink is made with heavy cream rather than milk.
Overall, this is better packaging, but lesser crunch compared to Hot Star.
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