Anywho, the first time, and only times, I’ve had Popeye’s is actually at the airport in Hong Kong during layovers. The food stand had a huge t.v. on its wall playing Popeye cartoons, and the chicken was fried when I ordered it. Everything was so freshly made and hot that I had to let it sit for awhile before eating it. But it’s worth it, and the biscuits weren’t dry at all.

Speaking of airport food chains, there was a really good chicken chain in Atlanta, but I can’t for the life of me remember the name.

Oh, as for the biscuit/cookie thing, biscuits can mean both cookies or the roll/muffin in Canada. It really depends where you go. If I was going to a fast food joint and a biscuit came with my meal in Canada, I’m more likely to assume it’s a dinner roll type thing rather than a cookie.

We were in Burlington a couple of months ago at the outlets, and I really wanted to go have Popeye’s chicken, I haven’t had it in years (my uncles would bring it down from the Bay Area in California bc Monterey does not have a Popeye’s), but we ended up at the Applebee’s. I’ll have to try that Maggie Moo’s place sometime though!

L.A. Chicken ….where, where ?!? Inquiring minds (and hungry tummies) want to know !

They didn’t have anything else on offer for lunch, hence we couldn’t really order anything else and do reviews on other dishes.

We’ve done a mini-review of their po’boys and they were so-so.

Can’t really give them high points for “authenticity” after perusing their menu.

For best ribs, Memphis Blues is still the local reigning Bubba !

Dadeo’s on Cambie at 17th (I think I mentioned them once here) is a new “Southern” eatery originating in Edmonton. They occupy where the venerable Tomato Fresh Cafe used to be. I tried their fried chicken on their opening night and was quite disappointed. Apparently they’ve tweaked their recipe since then and when I tried it again for the second time last wee, it was much improved. Still a tad dry for my taste but overall not bad at all.

http://www.dadeo.ca/index.html

Yeah I recall seeing Popeye’s at Lougheed Hwy too. Too bad they didn’t stay and expand.

In terms of national chains, I would rate KFC at the bottom. Small, dry and sometimes burnt pieces that are over-salted. Church’s is better, more plump and juicy with very good crispy skin if a bit on the greasy side.

Uncle Willy’s used to have very decent fried chicken, but that chain has more or less faded into oblivion with the last remaining restaurant I believe to be the Metrotown one. But since I haven’t eaten at Uncle Willy’s for about 10 years I don’t know if their chicken is still as good as it used to be.

There was Lee’s on Main at 10th but they’re now gone. And another independent fried chicken restaurant on Kingsway between Nelson and Royal Oak run by Korean proprietors that had pretty ok chicken, but they too have discontinued.

Next time I’m in Burlington I’ll have to stop in at Popeye’s. Then for dessert go on down to Krispy Kreme :-D