I was in Cancun for a work trip, so I had to see what the local bird scene was talking about. I had extremely high hopes as I imagined the Mexicans would make a phenomenal rotisserie chicken.
As I picked out one of the $7.86 (USD) pollo rostizados from this Super Akí, I had an even bigger rush of gumption. A nice orange tint on the skin, with no visible shrivel, screamed a delectable latin seasoned bird. Morale was high.
However, when I took the bird to the parking lot behind this Super Akí for consumption, it took a turn for the worst. As I tried to rip the breast apart, it crumbled in my hand. I've never seen a rotisserie chicken do that.
Upon tasting, it just flat out tasted wrong. My taste buds were sounding the alarms, alerting me to stop. I had been trojan-horsed. However, I have dubbed this grocery store chicken series "Chicken Wars," and war is a full contact sport. I had to look myself in the eye and ask "who do you want to be as a man?" I forged on.
This tissi turned out to be dead last on my rankings, coming in at 1/10. It currently ranks 80th out of 80 grocery store chickens I have currently tried.
I was also sick for about 3.5 weeks after this trip with a brutal stomach bug. I'm not saying it was this chicken, it's more likely that I unknowingly consumed some of the Mexican water, but one can't help but wonder...
I'm giving this 3 stars though because it's a nice grocery store, but PLEASE don't pick up a rotisserie chicken from here.
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