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Different Reactions with Chic-Boy

Hunger found me strolling around World Trade Center, Pasay City one early morning. I was at that place to attend an exhibition there. Unfortunately, that exhibition has no free food so I was forced to look for nearby restaurants to eat. The only options that I considered were Jollibee and Chic-Boy. I decided to go to Chic-Boy since I am yet to try their food. Another reason is that I am already satiated with the foods of Jollibee.

Chic-Boy stands for chicken and baboy (Filipino term for pork). My brother once hailed Chic-Boy as the competitor against Mang Inasal. Now he is making fun of Chic-Boy's caterpillar debacle. My visit to Chic-Boy that morning is fine and didn't involve any caterpillar. I ordered inihaw na liempo (roasted pork belly) with rice and a cup of coffee. That breakfast meal costs me 99 pesos for the inihaw na liempo and rice.
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Chic-Boy inihaw na liempo
Chic-Boy's inihaw na liempo.
The inihaw na liempo is dry and hard to chew. The meat should have been crispy. Well, the crispiness is not present in that inihaw na liempo. I believe that the hard-to-chew inihaw na liempo was an isolated case because I tasted a better Inihaw na Liempo at the Legazpi City Branch of Chic-Boy.

Chic-Boy’s “sabaw” tastes better than that of Mang Inasal’s and the good part is that they have fried garlic that you can liberally shower upon the unlimited sabaw. Like what I said in Tagalog, “sabaw pa lang solve ka na.”

The best food that I tasted at Chic-Boy is their breaded pork chop.
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Chic-Boy breaded pork chop
Chic-Boy's breaded pork chop.
I instantly liked Chic-Boy’s creamy sauce with mushroom. The breaded pork chop is well-cooked and is easy to chew, which is unlike the Inihaw na Liempo that I had complained earlier. The breaded pork chop is OK for the price of 70 pesos because of its good taste, though it is not included to the meals with unlimited rice. I will order the breaded pork chop again if I visit Chic-Boy in the future.

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New on Chowking Menu: Chinese-style Chicken

I just tasted the new item on Chowking menu, which is the Chinese-style chicken. Now, I can say that the TV commercial about it is exaggerated. A TV ad said that many people are lining up just to taste the Chinese-style fried chicken. Another ad had the people praising Chowking's chicken to high heavens, as if it is the best tasting chicken ever created. The Chowking TV ads, like the usual advertisements, are exaggerated. One reason is that I am yet to see a Chowking branch that has hordes of people are lining up just to taste the Chinese-style chicken.
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Due to curiosity, I ordered the rice meal with one piece Chinese-style chicken during my last visit to Chowking. The rice and chicken is accompanied with some pieces of fish crackers. This Chowking menu meal set costs 69 pesos.

I don't agree that Chowking’s Chinese-style chicken is the best but I can say that it is better than the fried chicken available from other fast food restaurants like McDonalds and Jollibee. My favorite part of fried chicken is the skin, which I usually gobble up first. I like the fried chicken skin’s salty flavor and its crunchiness. Another thing that I like is that the breading, if there’s any, is thin. This is a far cry from the fried chicken of other fast food restaurants that makes feel that I am eating fried breading instead of the fried chicken skin.

I can’t praise this new item in the Chowking menu like the way it is being praised in TV commercials. What I can only say is if I am ask to choose between the fried chicken of McDonalds, Jollibee and Chowking then I will choose the Chinese-style chicken of Chowking.

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