I walked by outside once with Superwoman, and she was attracted by the sight of the meat roasting near the window. Upon walking in though, there was no delicious aroma of roasting meat in there (and it's a teeny, tiny space!), so I pulled her out of there. I mean, how good could it taste if all it smelled like when we walked in was frying oil?
Then a few weeks later, I was badly craving Halal Guys chicken & rice from Manhattan. But I wasn't in Manhattan, so what was I to do? I took to Yelp to find something similar. That was when I learned about their chicken on the rocks. Since it was close by, I decided to go there and give it a try.
It was just alright. The rice kind of tasted like Uncle Ben's - it was really hard and had that instant rice flavour. I was hoping for basmati.
The chicken was alright but the spices didn't taste like anything - they weren't very distinct, and they were only so-so in terms of tastiness. The sauces were okay - but could be more flavourful. Perhaps they toned down the flavours to suit local palates.
This was just as unremarkable as the place on Yonge, except the owner at the Yonge & Gerrard joint is more fun.