This is a new category for me. I'm going to use it to collect postings about the best of an individual items. I have one for memorable meals, but I thought that I'd start one to have a single category for best things. This one is about what I think is the best fried chicken in the city. L.A. Chicken in Richmond, in my mind the best fried chicken. It is crunchy, spicy and most importantly - not greasy. The fries are adequate, typical frozen variety, and the gravy is not good. But the chicken is brilliant. In Toronto I used to go to a place called Chicken Joy that had these amazing fries, but the chicken, while good, couldn't hold a candle to the chicken L.A. Chicken. That's how good it is. It is a very good thing it is in Richmond and not just down the street from me. I would be 300 pounds.
L.A. Chicken. 11420 Thorpe Road. Richmond. 604-278-4737.
LA Chicken is the best! Oh how I wish they had a location downtown.
Posted by: Pao | February 06, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Stumbled across your blog while searching for L.A. Chicken. Can't wait to try this place this weekend for lunch. First time for me. Great food blog by the way. I love Vij's and we have a party there tomorrow night, Lamb Popsicles anyone :)
Posted by: Phil | October 13, 2006 at 04:04 PM
dude, i happened to be passing by Cambie and Shell one day, and i got some chicken from the place. thought the chicken was okay, i mean its not bad, but its just very home style. one thing though, do you notice the interior of the place? i was tripping out about how antique it looked. even the wallpapers are looking yellow and stuff. and the microphone mounted on the cashier was one of those you see on old karaoke machines. seems like they havent had a renovation in decades-- definitely a pretty unreal experience!
Posted by: Jonny the Great | November 18, 2008 at 03:26 AM