Summary
Chicken 12/20
Sides 8/10
Service 6/10
Magic 10/10
Total 36/50
The story
KFC Darlinghurst is another relatively new installation. It’s on crown street just off the party end of Oxford street and around the corner from my gym. It’s a pretty flash set up with plenty of seats and wireless phone charging spots (that obviously don’t work) built into the tables.
I was off work for the day and shot in for a protein rich, mass building meal after a workout.
The order
I made a mistake here. Having reviewed the nicest meals in my previous postings I decided to change things up a little here and go for the original tenders box. You could, quite reasonably, complain that I can’t make fair comparisons between KFCs by ordering different meals. My response to that charge is: that’s showbiz baby.
Anyway, in the original tenders box is 3 tenders, a small popcorn chicken, a potato and gravy, a chips, and a drink. This comes in at the relatively high $12.95.
I having just sweated it out I went for a refreshing 7 up and asked for extra extra seasoning. It is essential that you replace the minerals and electrolytes lost during exercise.
Chicken – 12/20
The tenders were decent but nothing spectacular, which is the problem with tenders. Like McDonalds, they’re never going to be bad but they’re never going to be extraordinary either. You need those bone juices to really get things popping. You can’t fault them but you can’t praise them either.
The popcorn chicken however! An absolute debacle. I don’t know why people eat this shit. It doesn’t taste like the famous herbs and spices, it doesn’t taste like chicken, it’s just little grease balls. It’s truly yucky in my books and today’s meal did nothing to change my thinking.
If I was just marking on the tenders I’d probably give a 15, but the popcorn drags it down to a lowly 12.
Sides – 8/10
Sides were pretty darn good. The chips were hot and crispy and salty as hell. If I’m nit-picking (and I am) they were slightly too hot so 1 mark off.
The potato and gravy was also good, no complaints, but it didn’t pop off like it had days’ worth of chicken grease in it, so not the perfect 10.
Service – 6/10
The lady serving me was pretty darn grumpy. If you don’t love life when you’re serving the Colonel, then I don’t know when you would. Service was also pretty slow considering how few people were in the line (just me).
That said, she got what I was after and she had a heavy hand on the extra seasoning so net positive. 6/10.
Magic – 10/10
This is where KFC Darlinghurst really knocked it out of the park and provides a great example of the total experience that KFC can offer that you just won’t find in other fast food chains.
For a start there is a half demonic portrait of the man himself in giant size on the wall, smiling down on you sucking down that gravy. There were a group of 3 pigeons strutting around like they owned the show. And there was an extremely cheery old drunk who was cooing loudly to the pigeons as if they were all old mates. The staff were entirely unfazed. At 2pm on a Monday, this is what makes KFC special.
God bless you KFC Darlinghurst. 10/10.
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