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Don Alley
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Finger Lickin' Good
Fried Chicken in Loreto
"El Pollo Loco" on Calle Juarez, across from the Iguana Inn. Manuel and Lupe Torres have just opened a fried chicken restaurant. Great big pieces of
good ol' FRIED chicken! Served with mashed potatoes or fries. They are open until 6, eat in or take out.
Before this the closest fried chicken was the Ley in Constitution.
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Santiago
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Whoa whoa whoa
Don: before we can take this seriously we're gonna have to know if you know what good fried chicken is:
1. Where did you grow up?
2. What did you eat after church on Sunday afternoons?
3. How was the gravy made?
4. Who prepared the chicken and the gravy?
5. Did you have apple pie for dessert and if so, was is tart or sweet?
Your answers will either confirm your review or expose you as a fraud - I'm sure TW will agree.
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Lauriboats
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Thanks for the info Don, we pick friends up at the airport often, so we will give it a try.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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Phil C
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Oh Boy! That's right around the corner. Can't wait to try it. BTW I grew up on my Grandmaws fried chicken in south east Texas. I'll let you know.
[Edited on 1-27-2009 by Phil C]
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phil C
Oh Boy! That's right around the corner. Can't wait to try it. BTW I grew up on my Grandmaws fried chicken in south east Texas. I'll let you know.
[Edited on 1-27-2009 by Phil C] |
Lard, that is what my granny from the midwest used, pure lard to fry the chicken and for the country gravy---boy, it was good. 
Always good to hear about a new good place to eat.
Thanks
Diane
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tripledigitken
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Now if there double dipped in Buttermilk, that's the ticket!
Ken
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Don: before we can take this seriously we're gonna have to know if you know what good fried chicken is:
1. Where did you grow up?
2. What did you eat after church on Sunday afternoons?
3. How was the gravy made?
4. Who prepared the chicken and the gravy?
5. Did you have apple pie for dessert and if so, was is tart or sweet?
Your answers will either confirm your review or expose you as a fraud - I'm sure TW will agree. |
OK, I am TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED to review food here on the forum. My family and friends know me as the world's #1 food philistine. Really fine food and I
don't mix.
However, I was raised on fried chicken cooked by a black woman from Oklahoma and Texas. (But not in Oklahoma and Texas. ) I have not had fried chicken that good since. Anywhere. Anytime.
I have never had decent fried chicken in Baja. This chicken is better than Ley's, and I don't like that grilled chicken at all the other local chicken
places, but beyond that people just have to try it themselves.
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Alley
However, I was raised on fried chicken cooked by a black woman from Oklahoma and Texas. (But not in Oklahoma and Texas. ) I have not had fried chicken that good since. Anywhere. Anytime.
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You're so qualified.
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Paula
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As a person who IS qualified to review food, fried chicken included, I can say that the chicken at Manuel and Lupe's is very good. The mashed
potatoes are thinner than I might make them, but they and the gravy are good too. Don forgot to mention that salad (excellent cole slaw-- cabbage,
carrots a a bit of pineaple), lots of tortillas, and nicely spicy fresh salsa come with your dinner. Two BIG pieces, all the trimmings, $55p.
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vandenberg
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Isn't the one on the highway also called El Pollo Loco ?
Never been in the place, but they seem to do a decent amount of business.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Don: before we can take this seriously we're gonna have to know if you know what good fried chicken is:
1. Where did you grow up?
2. What did you eat after church on Sunday afternoons?
3. How was the gravy made?
4. Who prepared the chicken and the gravy?
5. Did you have apple pie for dessert and if so, was is tart or sweet?
Your answers will either confirm your review or expose you as a fraud - I'm sure TW will agree. |
pie?! no cobbler? No bread pudding? No bisquits? blasphemy.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Udo
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Now all we need to do is add banana cream pie into the mix.
That's SOUTHERN.
And, I agree that Don Alley is qualified to judge fried chicken.
Udo
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djh
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Chickatarians
Yup...
I'll bet Wooooooosh and Santiago are a couple of those alternative-lifestyle-type Chickatarians...!
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Don: before we can take this seriously we're gonna have to know if you know what good fried chicken is:
1. Where did you grow up?
2. What did you eat after church on Sunday afternoons?
3. How was the gravy made?
4. Who prepared the chicken and the gravy?
5. Did you have apple pie for dessert and if so, was is tart or sweet?
Your answers will either confirm your review or expose you as a fraud - I'm sure TW will agree. |
pie?! no cobbler? No bread pudding? No bisquits? blasphemy.
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Don't forget the cornbread.
Should it be sweet and moist?
Or dry and tasteless?
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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flyfishinPam
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Gravy, mashed potatoes and real fried chicken! Wow you didn't say all that before. geeze they're right down the street and its only 0900
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Santiago
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By the way - where do these chickens come from - I don't ever recall seeing a chicken ranch in Baja before? Free range, I presume?
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Julie
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Since the Torres Family opened only two days ago, they have decided to keep the menu very basic to start with and see how business goes. So far it's
going great and it's really nice to have something different. Living across the street from them is not great, I get to smell the aroma of frying
chicken all day! They are currently open daily from 10am-6pm and are set up to do box lunches for fishermen etc... I will mention the bisquits,
cornbread, apple pie and sweet tea to them and maybe they can incorporate your ideas into their menu. The cook is Emelda who is in my opinion one of
the best cooks in Loreto.
We wish them great success.
Julie Ramos
Iguana Inn
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Julie
Living across the street from them is not great, I get to smell the aroma of frying chicken all day!
Julie Ramos
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That has to be pure torture!
Don, we now need pictures of the restaurant, the staff, and the food.
Diane
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Bajahowodd
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Does anyone else see some irony in one of the best cooks in Loreto frying chicken?
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LaTijereta
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"Does anyone else see some irony in one of the best cooks in Loreto frying chicken?"
Only if you did not live here in Loreto...
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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