June 12, 2007

• Since my bro's in town, I figured I'd show him around some of the famous spots around LA.  We wanted to hit up Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles last weekend but the line was crazy long.  We decided to try again last night and figured being a Monday night, who eats chicken and waffles at 10 at night.  Luckily, when we got there, we were escorted to our table right away with no wait at all.

  I decided on ordering a la carte style.  I only really wanted a couple pieces of chicken and a waffle and some fried giblets.  We both ended up with a leg, thigh, waffle, biscuit to go with it and a side of giblets.  mmm hmmmm.  When the food came out, it was nice and piping hot as fried chicken should be.  You know this place was the spot when everyone else around you was black.  If I'm going into a restaurant, you figured you have to trust the people that are in there.  Would you ever go to a Vietnamese restaurant if all you see are people that you wouldn't find in a rice field?

  I started off with the buttermilk biscuit.  Nice, fluffy, and flaky.  Exactly how a biscuit should be along with a side of honey to dip it in.  The batter on the chicken was awesome.  It could have used a little bit more spice and kick to it like a Cajun style, but I was happy with it.  The meat was nice and tender on the inside with juices just pouring out in every bite.  The chicken wasn't greasy at all nor was the skin burnt.  Some of the best fried chicken I've had in a long long time.  Reminds me of the fried chicken back home in VA.

  Some pics from last night.  Didn't have my camera so had to use my cell phone.  Didn't do the fried chicken justice:

  

   

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