*** The contest is closed as of 8pm 03/10/11 – congrats to Dennis and SomTommy who got all five correct. Thanks for playing! ***
I must eat too much chicken karaage….. I've got tons of photos. So…… since I haven't done one of these in a while, I thought we'd do one of those quizzes. I'll display a photo of the chicken karaage, along with a hint or two, which will make it pretty easy if you've been reading for a while. Five chicken karaage, first five emails (yes emails)that guess correctly will get a Peet's eCup, espresso based drink on us. So make sure you send your guesses by email, ok? I'll close the contest after the first five correct guesses.
So here we go……
#1 – Is one of my favorites, light, crunchy, perhaps a tad too bland, but I still order it quite often:
The answer is…… Izakaya Sakura
#2– I've recently not been happy with the chicken karaage here…… but on a recent visit, the Owner was in attendance, and it was quite good. I noticed that he twice fried these, something which many of his employees don't do.
It's Yakyudori of course!
#3– Is not on the menu as "Chicken Karaage", but for intents and purposes that's what it is. Decent flavor, but in my opinion the pieces are too large, thus making the batter to meat ratio lower than I'd enjoy. The batter is not crunchy enoguh for me as well.
This one is Masa's Spicy Chicken…. from Izakaya Masa.
#4– Is from a place I frequent. They keep tinkering with the karaage here. I've had some better then others….. I never know what I'm going to get…..
This one is from Sushi Yaro.
#5 – The portion size is the largest of all of these. And the flavor is pretty much MOR (middle of the road).
The problem here is that the batter isn't crisp enough for me, and the execution is not there. I've had these twice over the last two months, and each time there were a couple of pieces like this.
Soggy……under-fried. A lack of quality control……
This one is from Tajima…. so there you go!
So there you go! Remember, send your guesses by email!
I hope everyone is having a great week!