Monday, September 21, 2009

Brisbane Day 1: Nandos @ Queen Street Mall (Lunch)

“Nandos!” my colleagues were shrieking. “Must try! Cannot find in Singapore!”

Okay, okay. Nandos specializes in grilled chicken and their Peri-peri sauce is addictive. If you like Tabasco, you’ll love the chicken. There’re whole and part grilled chicken, chicken wraps, chicken risotto and various chicken salads. Peri-peri sauces come in mild, hot and very hot and there are free bottles of sauce by the counter if you wish to add more. We crowded round the counter, ordered our meals and waited impatiently for the waitress to call out our order. Look out for the meal specials. The dishes averaged about A$14 – A$18 but portions are huge.

The grilled chicken was well-marinated and moist. The spicy sauce gave it a good kick so you don’t suffer the ‘jelakness’ usually experienced when eating chicken breast.

The chicken wrap looked like a giant mitten. It was huge and packed generously with grilled chicken slices and veggies.


Look at the amount of filling

I ordered the chicken salad and was pleasantly surprised to find that it came with olives and feta cheese. Huge chicken slices were scattered on top of a mix of baby spinach and rockets. The Peri-peri sauce (hot level) was a bit too peppery when on its own, but went well with the greens and cheese.




When the grilled chicken thigh came, I was shocked by its size. It filled up practically the entire dinner plate. Could you imagine the size of the chicken? Must be a steroid monster. Anyway, the verdict was that the leg was juicy and well marinated.





The chicken risotto was favourful and the peri-peri sauce (very hot level) was well balanced with the broth enriched rice.




A very satisfying dinner, especially for a meat lover like me.

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