Everyone knows about fried chicken & waffles, but what if we pressed the upgrade button? That’s right, @supernovaforeva Fried Chicken French Toast ($24.70++) is the upgrade, and it’s unarguably better. Admittedly, the fried chicken tendies were slightly disappointing despite them being sensationally seasoned and spiced. Yep, they were manifestly dry, but the problem is easily solved thanks to two other components on this dish.⠀
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The hot maple syrup is basically just Canada’s biggest export spiced up with chili flakes for a little extra feistiness, and this sweet & spicy syrup lubes the dry chicken up and offsets some of the spice with the syrupy sweetness. Just in case the maple syrup ain’t doing enough, a pat of garlic compound butter is also there for you to oil up the dry tendies and infuse everything with a solid whiff of garlic.⠀
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It’s really no surprise that the French toast was the rockstar of this dish. The thickly sliced shokupan (Japanese milk bread) was flamboyantly fluffy, which allowed the bread to absorb more egg than a normal slice of bread. What you get is an eggs-ceptionally eggy French toast that has developed a thin, crunchy crust on the exterior similar to the top layer of a crème brûlée, while the middle is charmingly custardy. ⠀
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The chicken tendies may be wack, but the French Toast deserves a toast to its eggs-traordinary egg-cellence that carried this entire brunch dish on its own.