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| - Chicken and waffles, they are perfect combination in my eyes. And ever since I was introduced to Hash House A Go Go on an episode of Man vs. Food, I knew someday I would have to make a pilgrimage and tackle their ridiculous, over-the-top tower of chicken and waffles meant to feed a family of 4 but served to one person as their entree. Check that off the bucket list now.
Being a Monday afternoon, my buddies and I thought it would be a breeze to get in quickly for a table. But we would be wrong once we got to the top of the escalator and saw people lined up on the benches outside. I put my name on the list for an estimated 45 min wait. No matter, the craps tables downstairs would keep us busy in the meantime.
We made it just in time to hear our name called and sat down. No need glance at the menu. I wanted the famous Sage Fried Chicken stacked with bacon waffles, drizzled with hot maple caramel reduction, and crowned with fried leeks. I was the first to order at the table, but the final one to receive their food. Apparently, there were 5 other chicken and waffle orders ahead of mine. The wait was almost torture.
The behemoth entree was finally brought before me and all I could say was "Wow". It was an impressive sight. A skewer and long knife stabbed through the top kept the whole thing upright. I removed both of them to break down the tower piece by piece. I have to say the chicken, two healthy thigh pieces, were succulent as hell. The batter with sage was crackly good. Very impressed. The waffles were OK. Bacon does make everything better but couldn't combat the somewhat dryness of the waffle. Some dousing of the extra maple reduction would help with that.
At the end, it was "Veni, vidi, vici".
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