As someone who lives perpetually online, every now and again I see a post about charcoal chicken and I make a note that I should make the effort to go try it sometime. It's been on my list of things to try for sometime now, but when I saw that Sizzling Birds had half price on their whole charcoal chickens for a week, I decided it was time to live up to my promise and go try it out. It was particularly compelling that quite a few foodies in town rate them as the best charcoal chicken in town. Having seen their posts about selling out earlier in the week, I made sure to get there relatively early to ensure we could get our hands on one for dinner. At 6pm there were a couple people waiting outside and I was informed that it would be a 20 minute wait for the next batch of chicken to be cooked. It was lucky I ordered when I did though, because when I did go back in after 15 minutes, the next lady who came in was told that batch was sold out and she would need to wait another 50 minutes for the next batch.
Other than charcoal chicken, there were some wings and fries for sale as well as burgers.
For those who could withstand the smokey charcoal, you could get a front row seat to watch the chickens being grilled.
I got my chicken as soon as it was finished, paired it with medium chips and large garlic sauce and sped home to enjoy the chicken-y goodness.
The chicken was delightful. Juicy whilst fragrant with a decent amount of charring without being overly bitter, which was great. The downside though was that the chicken was fairly small. I had been pondering what to use the leftovers with, given Dr L and I usually have leftovers when sharing a rotisserie chicken, but we were easily able to polish this off with no difficulty whatsoever. At $9.99 a chicken, this would be good value, but for full price it is a little bit expensive for what ought to be a cheap takeaway meal given the size.
We also shared a medium serve of chips for $8.50, which was quite large in portion being fair for the price. It was particularly strategic that the restaurant timed their chips to be finished when the chicken was also finished so my chips were freshly fried and super crispy. They were also generously doused with chicken salt which ensured it was packed with salty umami-ness.
In summary, we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner that night from Sizzling Birds, it was a delicious foray into the world of charcoal chicken, will not hesitate to return later.
Price Range: $10 - $20pp
Taste: 8.5/10
Value: 7.5/10
Service: 8/10
Environment: N/A
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