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| - I dragged some friends here last, last Sat, originally to just check out how busy the place was, since we were close by. Then we saw the people eating the chicken through the windows. It looked so good! So we ended up lining up as well. The place looked really crowded, but everyone in the line on the left side were waiting to pick-up their food. The line on the right side was the order line, which was a lot shorter.
We started lining up to order around 5:30pm. It took us almost 10 mins to get through the order line and order. All that was available when we were there, were the Original Large Fried Chicken and the drinks. It was suppose to be a snack for us, so the 4 of us split 2 orders of the Original Large Fried Chicken ($9.99 each). There were 3 flavours and 4 spice levels to choose from, we went with one Pepper Salt and the other one Less Spicy. It came with 2 free soft drinks. All that was left by that point was Diet Coke, so we took 2. Then we waited for our order for a bit over 30 mins, getting our chicken around 6:20pm. It was really hot and stuffy in there with so many people crammed together.
They have a limited amount of chicken they sell everyday. So at around 6pm I saw them put a hand-written sign outside saying they were sold out for the day. Guess we were lucky, we got there just before they sold out. There were still a few people that didn't see the sign though, and walked in only to be turned away.
The chicken did taste pretty good. Really juicy considering they were chicken breasts. The bags the chicken came in didn't say which flavour which chicken was though, I think. Or we were so eager to eat, we dived right in without noticing. But I think it might have been the Less Spicy we all liked more. One of them definitely had more flavour than the other. It's worth a try but not worth such a long wait. Its also a little on the expensive side, considering its just one large piece of chicken.
In all honesty, them serving it in a bag and claiming no cutting service to preserve the juiciness of the chicken is a little gimmicky. Had that large chicken been served on a plate at a restaurant, I don't think it would have received such hype. I might try them again when the full menu is out, if there isn't such a long wait. Their Fried King Oyster Mushroom does look interesting (I love mushrooms!).
On a side note, my sister went after work on a Wed. And there were almost no line to order and she waited about 15mins to pick-up her food. So avoid going on weekends if you don't want the extra long line-up.
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