I'm Popeye the sailor man

Yes first up a thousand apologies for slacking off. December 08 and Jan 09 were really busy months, due to all the festive occasions.

Anyway, since Chinese New Year ain't over yet I would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 'Niu' (Chinese for cow, pronounced as new) year. May everyone be blessed with good health, good luck, good everything!

You might have heard that Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has opened a branch here in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. It currently occupies the lot which previously housed Shakeys. Right across the road from KFC actually...so I can see the competition between these two will heat up in the near future.

Bonafide!

Three piece chicken set, comes with a biscuit and two sides

Biscuit!

Coleslaw

Mashed potatoes

Let's compare Popeyes with KFC shall we? In terms of taste and texture I would probably be hard pressed to choose a winner since there's not much difference. If I were to nitpick I'd say Popeyes is less oily than KFC. Unfortunately Popeyes spicy version is actually more salty than spicy so KFC definately wins here.

Popeyes excels in their side dishes though. The biscuit is crunchy on the outside, savoury and crumbly on the inside. This definately beats out the KFC bun in terms of tastiness. Popeyes coleslaw doesn't feel as 'limp' as KFC's one, probably due to the fact that the vegetables aren't shredded too finely which means there's more crunch. As for Popeyes mash, the texture of the potatoes is nothing to shout about but I really like the spicy gravy with bits of chicken in it. Appetizing!

As for the price, both of them are basically equivalent. But Popeyes does offer ice lemon tea as an option for your drink with no extra charge so I guess there's some savings there.

What can I say? KFC better watch out because there's a new competitor in town! Oh yeah!

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is located at Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1 at TTDI.