Chicken-to-the-Max's

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Max's Fried Chicken went all out: in it's most recent promo offer, diners had to pay Php165.00 and they could eat chicken to their hearts' content (and until they've had their stomachs' fills) from 6pm to 10pm. 


On the last Friday of the promo (July 16th), Donald, Lea, Jhoanne, Crystal, and I went to Max's in Pansol, Calamba to check it out. The restaurant was so full! There were so many customers that we had to wait for seats and then wait for our chicken. 


With so many chicken calls all around, the servers couldn't help but be wiped out by the time we started dinner. 


The gap in between chickens was quite long that it was challenging for Donald to eat all the chicken he planned to eat.

The evening crowd, mainly yuppie groups and families, was quite rowdy. The sosyal atmosphere that I've always known in Max's was not there that night. It all depends on the crowd... and on the servers (who performed a well-received dance routine).


I loved the way the fried chicken was cooked that night: not too dry and not soggy. However, I'm not sure I'd go for another eat-all-the-chicken-that-you-can spin. After eating two chicken quarters (both fried), I started to feel uneasy, and I attribute that to all the cooking oil I ingested. It kept me awake all night.

Little did I know that the next two days would involve quite a number of chicken meals.

Comments

  1. Leo Angelo OcampoJuly 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Ako nagyaya, di naman nakasama, tsk. Anyway, sabayan sana namin kayo ni Julie sa Maxs Balibago, pero maagang nagsara dahil naubusan ng manok. Dahil gusto ko talagang masubukan ang chicken-all-u-can na ito, kumain pa din kami kinabukasan. Medyo busog nga lang kasi kakakain lang ng Wendy's BMM plus BIGGIE iced tea and fries. Kaya sa kasamaang-palad, naka-3 lang ako + rice at sinigang. Hahaha!

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  2. Leo Angelo OcampoJuly 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    boy medyo nakangiti ka sa picture, pa-kyut ka, haha!

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  3. rochie cuevasJuly 18, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    sabi ko ibahin niya nang kaunti yung anggulo niya sa picture. lagi na lang pareho ang pose e. hehehe.

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