Obligatory Roscoe’s Lunch: Dissecting the Toughest Lunch Menu in Los Angeles
A few days ago the President visited Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles on Pico, and as excited I was to see him getting his fried chicken and waffle on at one of L.A.’s food institutions, I was pretty disappointed in his order. The Country Boy: 3 wings w/ your choice of a waffle, potato salad or fries (though one only assumes that waffle is chosen 100% of the time.) I can be disappointed because this was actually my go-to order at Roscoe’s for my first I don’t know how many visits. The appeal is obvious. At $8.90 it’s one of the cheaper chicken and waffle combos available, and one cannot downplay the mental importance of getting 3 pieces of chicken instead of 1 or 2 (even though they are the smallest pieces you can get.) There’s only one problem. The chicken wings at Roscoe’s are terrible… and this is speaking as somebody who loves fried chicken wings. If you have been to Roscoe’s and only had their chicken wings, you cannot judge Roscoe’s. I don’t know if it’s the shorter cooking time, or what, but the wings at Roscoe’s just don’t taste as good as the other 3 pieces of chicken. And it’s not just the actual chicken itself. It’s the crust too. The crust on the wings isn’t as salty and peppery and just plain delicious as the other pieces of chicken.
Don’t believe me? Do the side by side taste test, and you’ll be convinced. I’ve wasted two meals on chicken wings just to prove my thesis, and I will not make that mistake again. But if only my obsessive Roscoe’s menu dissection ended there…
Posted at 9:51 am, October 27th, 2011 under Fried Chicken, Hollywood, Mid-City/Miracle Mile, Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles.
