07-23-2011, 02:31 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Chicken on the Way used to be good. It used to look like this:
Then they switched to some non transfat oil when there was that big hubub about transfats (nobody seems to care anymore) and everything went dry and stale tasting. I haven't liked their chicken since and even their fries and corn fritters which used to be great only seem passable. With the old oil, everything had a nice caramelization and maillard reaction thing going on. Now everything just tastes either undercooked or burnt and the meat is very dry.
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07-23-2011, 02:36 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Now world wide!
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Of all the times I've been to Chicken on the Way, I'm not sure I ever had the chicken.
The rule was always: one corn fritter for me, one corn fritter for passing car; one corn fritter for me, one for passing car; one for me, one for car.
Most entertaining 3 bucks you could blow on a lunch hour.
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07-23-2011, 03:21 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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What a waste of delicious corn fritters. Despite the change to the crappy transfat free oil, the corn fritters are still my favorite thing there.
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07-23-2011, 08:28 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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As a fried chicken lover I have tried it twice and regretted it both times. Any time of day it is not good.
You need to locate your nearest Mary Browns, and as a bonus they are built slab on grade.
Calgary Fried Chicken:
Mary Browns
KFC
AW
COTW
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07-23-2011, 08:43 AM
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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07-23-2011, 10:35 AM
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by ricosuave
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Fritou Chicken is really good, Miles better than any other fried chicken I've had. Cheaper than KFC too.
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Last edited by You Need a Thneed; 07-23-2011 at 10:37 AM.
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07-23-2011, 11:24 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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I just got back from LA where a stop at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffle House (or sometimes Honey's Kettle Chicken) is always a necessity. I would love to find somewhere local that has a similar quality and style of fried chicken (old-school chicken-on-the-way was close). Does it have something to do with the trans-fat laws? I seem to remember that CotW had to change their recipe when that bylaw came into effect.
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07-23-2011, 11:27 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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The corn fritters are the highlight.
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07-23-2011, 12:15 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjcsjc62
As a fried chicken lover I have tried it twice and regretted it both times. Any time of day it is not good.
You need to locate your nearest Mary Browns, and as a bonus they are built slab on grade.
Calgary Fried Chicken:
Mary Browns
KFC
AW
COTW
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AW? I'm drawing a blank.
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07-23-2011, 12:17 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Goon
AW? I'm drawing a blank.
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07-23-2011, 01:04 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
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There is a Fritou in Canyon Meadows as well
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07-23-2011, 01:06 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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I must have blocked A&W's awful Chubby Chicken out of my mind.
Remember Church's Chicken? That was pretty decent.
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07-23-2011, 01:31 PM
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First Line Centre
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I used to be a City of Calgary meter reader and their meter was in the basement. I remember garbage bins filled with water with chicken floating in it - it was kind of weird. An employee told me they half fry the chicken in the AM too for the noon hour rush so when they finish cooking it when ordered it doesn't take as long.
Didn't see any swinging down there though. 
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07-23-2011, 02:24 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vennegoor of hesselink
There is a Fritou in Canyon Meadows as well
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Hmm, that looks pretty tempting. I think I saw a Groupon for them once, and then I was kind of like "what's this halal stuff?"
I like fried chicken that tastes good cold the next day after being in the fridge. Is this good for the day after, or is it only good fresh?
Last edited by Wormius; 07-23-2011 at 02:26 PM.
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07-23-2011, 08:59 PM
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#2 960 Prankster
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: In a Pub
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07-23-2011, 09:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I have to say, this has to be one of the most unintentionally funny threads in a long time.
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07-23-2011, 09:48 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary
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Chicken in the way has a location in forest lawn now I think.
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07-23-2011, 11:58 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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I was in Winnipeg last week and they had this place called Chester's Fried Chicken in the mall across from the MTS centre. Pretty decent but still not as good as Church's, but a billion times better than KFC.
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