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| - Here's the thing. The chicken was quite tasty. However, I cannot figure out how to justify the price. At all. This was stop 2 on our downtown food trip, and the three of us (one of my friends left after Old School) decided to order a chicken skewer ($6.50) to share. Yes, we could have ordered a lunch box, but we were trying to hit up as many restaurants as possible, so we opted to skip the unnecessary carbs. In hindsight, that was probably a mistake. Our chicken skewer (yes, that's one chicken skewer for $6.50) had two pieces of chicken slightly larger than golf balls, and two pieces that made up about the same amount of meat as one of the two others. Essentially, that meant it was $2 and a bit for each golf-ball sized chicken chunk. While the chicken was juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside, and while it was made fresh to order, this was still street food. Street food is supposed to be cheap. I have had chicken karaage at sit down restaurants that was cheaper than Gushi. At least those are sit down places that serve to my table and clean up after me. Here, I have to pick up my order, sit at a picnic table if I want to eat nearby (or I can stand), and I clean up after myself.
Most of my reviews focus on how much value I believe I am receiving for my money, and Gushi just wasn't up to snuff.
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