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| - KFC and Popeye's are DEAD. They just don't know it yet.
Long live Frisch's.
Who is Jack, and why is his "Famous Broasted Chicken" so damn good? Why is it so damn tender, flavorful? Why is it coated so perfectly, so crispily (is that a word?), so richly?
What is "broasting" you ask? It's when something is cooked in a pressure fryer, a colossal metallic coffin full of hot oil.
In other words, you ain't buyin' one for home use anytime soon unless you start up a website like Google or something and become the next Steve Jobs, who may or may not be reading this.
Frisch's is novel in that it is not only a restaurant, one with a massive menu that includes not only that incredible broasted chicken but also pizza, burgers, wings, sandwiches, salads, and side dishes, but is also a deli with all sorts of lunchmeats and salads behind a glass case frosted with cold air.
I always love walking into places like this and getting a whiff of all that chilled meat.
I hadda walk out with my gallon of Schneider's Iced Tea too. We were out of it! Gulp! What other eatery sells that honeyed, lemoned, cloudy ambrosia in a plastic jug?
The dining area in the back is really nice and modern in a vaguely retro way. It kind of reminds me of an old-fashioned carhop diner. You order upfront, and they bring your meal to your table. Yet, a large screen TV glows in the center of the room. I like eating there when I can, but tonight it was takeout.
Speaking of retro and carhops, Caste Village, the shopping center Frisch's dwells in, was having one of their Car Cruises. That means '57 Chevy's and 60 year old guys with jet black pompadours. What a trip daddy-o! I thought I saw Porky Chedwick!
As for Frisch's potato salad, its the website with the viking kittens doing Zep, meaning it is rathergood. Normally I don't care for "sweet" potato salads (you can usually tell it'll be that way if the dressing appears yellowish since it means they put sweet pickles in it), but I like Frisch's. It's not too sweet that it overpowers the salad. And of course it's full of crunchy veggies. It battles nearly every tater salad out there to a full 12 rounds.
Their cole slaw is excellent also. Again, crunchy, sweet, and a little bit soggy makes for the best slaw. Always.
Tell me people, what better sides are there to have with fried chicken? Who the heck wants mashed potatoes and gravy? Especially in the summer!
Why go the fast food route for fried chicken when you have a place like Frisch's around? Where else can you get chicken this mouthwatering with sides that more than hold up their end and aren't just there as a formality, y'know?
I mean, why do KFC and and Popeye's even bother with sides?
KFC does have pretty good slaw, but everything Frisch's offers makes the Colonel and Mr. Copeland each walk away arguing bitterly over how to take down Frisch's once and for all in their brain-transplanted robotic bodies (ya think they're really dead? BAH!). Let's hope no one deduces and filches their recipes.
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