Sometimes a place just gets it right.
A group of us went to Chicken Shop just before Christmas and initially I was sceptical. I had just been to another chicken shop concept the night before and wasn't really that impressed by it so I wasn't expecting much.
While we had to wait for 45 minutes for a table, it wasn't too bad as they took our number and we could head to the nearest pub to wait it out.
Once seated, the concept was simple. Did you want chicken...or chicken? Also how much of this said chicken did you want? Once you chose your chicken, you had a selection of about 4 sides. Simple! We went with a group of 7 people, and demolished 3 chickens. When I saw demolished, I mean DEMOLISHED! The chicken was amazing! This is saying a lot as I'm not the type of person to pick the chicken dish off a menu. Chicken is not normally my meat of choice.
We also had all the sides (fries, coleslaw, corn, avo salad) and they were simple but done well. The way things should be.
We finished up with a slice of the apple pie with ice cream and the chocolate brownie to share between us as we were all pretty full already. Both were perfect. Not to mention when the manager, I think it was the manager (guy with glasses), dished out the pie, he dished out the biggest slice I have ever seen!
I hate raving about places, but I'm going to rave about Chicken Shop. The chicken was well seasoned, BBQ'd to perfection (love the smoky, charred flavour) and tender, the sides complimented the chicken and the desserts were just the icing on the cake.
It was so good that some of my friends who were doing a pre-Christmas Christmas and were supposed to roast their own chicken considered just coming down and buying a chicken instead!
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