Monday 25 May 2015

Bird

Half empty or half full?


Bird, Kingsland Road

One of the hottest food trends in London lately has to be the fried chicken, it is such a popular comfort food that has no boundaries in any culture. Fried chicken itself has been given a gourmet treatment from the likes of Jubo and Lockhart with more premium fried chicken joints launching, such as Chick & SoursBird, a fried chicken restaurant on Kingsland Road champions high quality free range fried chicken and I was keen to see if their chicken can really justify the premium price tag. They also offer a good selection of beer and a very tempting doughnut menu.



honey and ginger glazes, 8 pieces and 4 wings
house slaw

We went for the "whole bird" which contained 8 pieces of chicken and 4 wings. I opted for the honey and ginger glazes and I must say it worked really well with the lovely crispy skin, the chicken pieces were well seasoned and not too salty, definitely a big improvement if you compare it to KFC, but my main problem was the inconsistency of the meat, some were really tender and some were really dry so I wondered if the pieces we had weren't that fresh and got mixed up with the fresh batches. For a premium chicken joint, this really shouldn't happen. Overall a nice and trendy concept, but some room for improvement.



Food 2/5


What I paid: 

£18 pp with a bottle of beer

Average cost without drinks and services:

£15


42-44 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DA


http://birdrestaurants.com/



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