The Best Fried Chicken

T here is no better chicken than Max's fried chicken.
I grew up with the taste of the Max's fried chicken always in my mind. The original Max's restaurant at Roces Ave. was the original favorite among us brod & sis. The spring fried chicken was a regular dish together with other trimmings we deem fit to order that day.

I did not have enough time to visit Roces Ave so I took the opportunity of having dinner at Max's at Baguio. I ordered my usual fare - Spring fried chicken and added fresh lumpiang ubod on the side.

The chicken came with some camote fries. The smell brought me back to my childhood days when a serving of Max's fried chicken meant homey Sunday afternoons with the whole family.

The chicken itself was good to eat without any other form of sawsawans. I like mine with the banana ketchup. The skin was malutong and the white meat was not dry. I will go for the wings and the tips of the leg for these are where the skin is crispiest.

On the other hand, the lumpiang ubod was passable. I could have enjoyed it more if it had more bawangs and chopped peanuts. The ubod filling was just right with its crispiness while the sauce topping was not too sweet - just right.

These food(s) are in my list of food to crave for while in Manila. I try to have a taste of these every time I go home. I always want to savor each bite of these not much of its outstanding taste but the memories I associate with these food.

There will always be an anecdote here or there that I can always relate with when it comes to my favorite foods. Every bite brings me back to those days, to those glorious days when I was surrounded by my family - that's all that matters to me.