El Janah
I have heard so much about El Janah over the years, but never ventured out to taste it. "It's just chicken", I thought, "how good can it get?"
I was wrong.
El Janah chicken is no ordinary chicken - it is made extraordinary by the deliciously creamy, wonderfully salty and surprisingly moreish toum - and this is coming from someone who normally hates garlic with a passion.
For $7.90, you get a quarter of a charcoal chicken, pickles, toum and 2 pieces of Lebanese bread. You can make yourself a chicken wrap, or you can try my personal preference - a deconstructed chicken wrap, which involves breaking the bread into small pieces, apply toum, wrap around a small piece of chicken and follow up quickly with a piece of pickle. Before you think I'm crazy (I actually am, so you're not wrong there, but that's beside the point) there is a method to my madness - that way, you can experiment with different bread : chicken : toum : pickle ratio to find your favourite flavour balance.
Let's take a closer look at each component of this delicious meal-on-a-plate:
The charcoal chicken is juicy, tender, and just a little burnt to give it that complex flavour. Although I was given a wing-portion (I prefer the thigh, but no complaints still), the meat is not dry or stringy. There is also a surprising amount of meat on the bone, definitely enough for 2 chicken wraps.
The tuom, as I mentioned before, is the highlight. It is beautifully flavoured and just-garlicky-enough without being overpowering. Amazingly, it also did not leave a nasty aftertaste in the mouth, though it did make me crave water for the remainder of the day because it is actually quite salty.
Just look at these vibrant colours. The pickles at El Janah are tangy, crunchy, vinegary but again, very salty. It balanced the toum and the chicken beautifully, and quite moreish on its own.
Score: 5 / 5
I don't give out too many perfect scores, and El Janah is very hyped (the higher the hope, the greater the disappointment) - but it did not disappoint one bit. Perfect score well deserved. I would travel 2 hours one way again just to have it.
Cost: so cheap I could barely believe it.
Address: there are 3 El Janah stores in Sydney: Granville, Blacktown and Punchbowl. The Granville store is the HQ and located extremely close to the station at 4-8 South Street, Granville.
Website: http://eljannah.com.au/
I was wrong.
El Janah chicken is no ordinary chicken - it is made extraordinary by the deliciously creamy, wonderfully salty and surprisingly moreish toum - and this is coming from someone who normally hates garlic with a passion.
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| Quarter Chiken, $7.90 |
Let's take a closer look at each component of this delicious meal-on-a-plate:
The charcoal chicken is juicy, tender, and just a little burnt to give it that complex flavour. Although I was given a wing-portion (I prefer the thigh, but no complaints still), the meat is not dry or stringy. There is also a surprising amount of meat on the bone, definitely enough for 2 chicken wraps.
Score: 5 / 5
I don't give out too many perfect scores, and El Janah is very hyped (the higher the hope, the greater the disappointment) - but it did not disappoint one bit. Perfect score well deserved. I would travel 2 hours one way again just to have it.
Cost: so cheap I could barely believe it.
Address: there are 3 El Janah stores in Sydney: Granville, Blacktown and Punchbowl. The Granville store is the HQ and located extremely close to the station at 4-8 South Street, Granville.
Website: http://eljannah.com.au/
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