We had been having a string of bad luck with our choice of
restos lately—or at least their inefficient kitchens. We wanted to try yet
another KFC (Korean Fried Chicken) so we checked out The Fry in Markham. The
appetizers came out soon enough after our order with the server being very
friendly.
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| Slaw, radish and corn appetizers @The Fry |
But then, we had to wait an hour for our chicken to arrive. Hubby was
all too ready to leave by the 45th minute. However, I figured by the
time we found another place, ordered and got our meals, that would set us
back another 45minutes. Our server was becoming stressed by the minute with the
number of tables becoming annoyed with the wait. A big group already left and
another table abandoned their order. The take-out folks walked back and forth
and everyone was growing hangrier. The
excuse: the kitchen did batch processing of orders. Hmmnn…I half-thought they
were still catching, defeathering and butchering chickens per order. Wouldn’t
these chickens have been marinated, battered and just ready to fry?
Anyway, after an hour, our orders arrived--along with complimentary fries for our wait. The chicken was
piping hot so we really couldn’t dig in right away without burning ourselves!
We got an order of Original and another order of the chicken
with Sauce. They were both good. The Original was delicious--the girls and I really liked the batter. Hubby would
argue, though, that the cuts of chicken were bad.
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| Original Fried Chicken @The Fry |
We also prefer the Sauce/Spicy
Chicken of MyMy Chicken (with better cuts, too!)
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| Chicken with Sauce @The Fry |
So, yes, the chicken was good
but not that great that we would wait an hour for it. Hoping it was a fluke--though I doubt I can get the fam to go back to this place. But hey, if you have
all the time in the world, the chicken is great (and surely with beer, too!).
