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America’s ‘Fried Chicken War’

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Another Kansas chicken place worth mentioning is the Brookville Hotel. It’s two lies for the price of one—no longer in Brookville (now in Abilene) and no longer a hotel (but they have some old rooms preserved as a museum). But it serves half a fried chicken per person, plus all the fixings (creamed corn, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and more), at a sit-down white tablecloth establishment, for under 20 per plate.

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Chicken Mary's is the only place I've ever been offered fried chicken with a side of spaghetti. It's good, too.

Jollibee's also has fried chicken with spaghetti! It's a Filipino thing and it's super good. Not sure where they have locations other than California, though.

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Chicken Mary's is the only place I've ever been offered fried chicken with a side of spaghetti. It's good, too.

Jollibee's also has fried chicken with spaghetti! It's a Filipino thing and it's super good. Not sure where they have locations other than California, though.

They have a NYC branch.

I argue that they use entirely too much sugar in their spaghetti. Not that I have some moral outrage about sugar in the stuff, but it was actively very sweet.

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Jollibee's also has fried chicken with spaghetti! It's a Filipino thing and it's super good. Not sure where they have locations other than California, though.

They have a NYC branch. I argue that they use entirely too much sugar in their spaghetti. Not that I have some moral outrage about sugar in the stuff, but it was actively very sweet.

Ah, interesting but makes sense. I _think_ the sweetness level is on purpose but could be wrong. I do remember that from when I've had it though.

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Jollibee's also has fried chicken with spaghetti! It's a Filipino thing and it's super good. Not sure where they have locations other than California, though.

They have a NYC branch. I argue that they use entirely too much sugar in their spaghetti. Not that I have some moral outrage about sugar in the stuff, but it was actively very sweet.

Yes, Filipino spaghetti is definitely intended to be sweet--it uses banana ketchup in the sauce. Bananas were used as a substitute for tomatoes due to the Philippines' relative abundance of the former.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_ketchup

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Another Kansas chicken place worth mentioning is the Brookville Hotel. It’s two lies for the price of one—no longer in Brookville (now in Abilene) and no longer a hotel (but they have some old rooms preserved as a museum). But it serves half a fried chicken per person, plus all the fixings (creamed corn, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and more), at a sit-down white tablecloth establishment, for under 20 per plate.

If you're ever in Kansas City and want to try serious good, cheap fried chicken, Go Chicken Go was pretty good last I was there. It has all the ambiance of a Greyhound bus station bathroom, but the chicken was really good.
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