Best Fried Chicken?

[jkpescador]

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I got back from New Orleans and the winner of the best fried chicken there was Popeye's.

[tvguy]

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There was also a Pioneer Chicken in Kahala just outside the bowling alley. Two words for everyone. . . Value Pack.

Anyone remember the line in rapper Warren G.'s song "This DJ"?

I was fourteen years old, havin a sack
Just a young mother*$#!@# eatin ValuPaks

OK, obscure reference for those over 40, but Pioneer was my favorite. Moms would buy the 9 Piece after baseball or basketball practice and me and my brothers were set.

[pzarquon]

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From our very own scrivener's photostream, news of a new Church's Chicken location in Kalihi. Among fast-food chicken chains, Church's is our family's favorite (though our tastes are influenced by my wife's southern palate). I hope they'll put one in Wahiawa soon.

[gordo]

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I think there's a Church's in the Pearlridge uptown food court. Call first before to make sure they are actually there.

[scrivener]

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I think there's a Church's in the Pearlridge uptown food court. Call first before to make sure they are actually there.

Yes. There are several posts in this very thread that discuss that!

[Pomai]

Woolworth's Fried Chicken

A Hawaii expat recently emailed me seeking out the recipe for Woolworth's Fried Chicken. Anyone got any sources or suggested recipe substitutions you think would taste like theirs?

I told the person that Foodland and Safeway's deli fried chicken reminded me of Woolworth's, with that crispy, sort of thick batter, but he said it's not quite the same. I can't remember exactly how Woolworth's Fried Chicken tasted (seasonings-wise), except for those attributes.

Searching around, there's some interesting recollections of it made here at mmm-yoso!!!'s blog.

I don't remember that foil bag, either. Only the chicken sitting under a heat lamp warmer in the store. And the smell of the store, which had an interesting combination of fried chicken, coffee, fragrance candles, sweets, new clothes and textiles.

[Ron Whitfield]

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Mmmmm..., textiles!

[kani-lehua]

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oh, yeah! that chicken was good and greasy. i used to always get the drumsticks. sorry, don't remember the seasonings either. can't eat fried chicken anymore anyways.

[Butch003]

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Another vote for Chruch's. Scores of their stores here in Phoenix and I heard that there's one in Pearlridge there.