Chicken

It's America's favorite, they say. Indeed, the chicken I've tried here are not just big, but undeniably delicious. I may still be loyal to a Filipino food chain, Jollibee, but this particular chicken, is a must-have and must-repeat.

Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is named one of the best chicken in America. And as soon as I finished reading that article in Yahoo last year, I called my husband to buy me Roscoe's chicken that very same day. We were on the phone while he was there and it was jampacked that day. The line is long but the wait is all worth it. 

As soon as I saw my chicken when he went home, I felt how homemade that was. More meat and less breading. The waffles may also be an everyday thing for most Americans, but putting chicken and waffles together made that first try, really satisfying. Like my cousin said about Roscoe's, "Who would've thought it can go together?" True. And after this first try, I knew in my head I'm going to try Roscoe's again. But this time, right in the restaurant. First hand. 

Karisma, a good friendof mine, has been asking me on food trips in LA since last year and Roscoe's is the top in our list. So yesterday we went to the Pasadena branch. We planned that we had to go on lean hours to avoid the line my husband told me about. So we were glad that there was ample parking when we arrived and people are just starting to come over for brunch. We were seated in less than thirty seconds and the server came quickly with the menu. The list is not only long. We were tempted to order a lot. So, we just asked the very nice lady server to give her recommendation. We ordered a $15 worth of chicken and waffles that's split into two and one side for the little boy, Jakob (of course, he can't be left out with our food trip *wink*). 

  

Trying Roscoe's chicken in the restaurant is really way better than having it taken out. The skin is crispy and the chicken is meaty and moist. The gravy is so good that it's almost a soup in our meal. Alternating mouthfuls of chicken and waffle is sinfulness. Karisma and I didn't mind the calories we were getting from it all so we just skipped dessert just to lessen the guilt. In between eating and attending to Jakob, we were chatting about trying fried chicken recipes at home. 

 I told Karisma that Peter and I never had a successful fried chicken yet. But we're trying again soon and this time with better technique and material we never had - a thermometer. I will surely post whatever outcome we'll have. 

And if we're to give this a rating, this one's got to have a lot of stars. With great food and great service, this one's something-worth-to-try!