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Mr Ji, a take on Taiwanese fried chicken, pops-up for five weeks only in Camden Town from Monday 6th November.
On the menu, re-interpreted by head chef Simon Whiteside (the creative brain behind award-winning Hook in Camden Town), which is accidently gluten-free, you’ll find the‘Big Ji’, a large chicken breast, butterflied and flattened, the ‘Half Ji’ and the ‘Mini Ji’s, bitesize crispy fried chicken thighs, all of which are 100% free range chicken, marinated in a chilli, garlic, ginger and five spice mix then fried in a crisp Taiwanese coating.
Choose your chicken and then choose your power powder, here traditional dipping sauces have been replaced with a selection making for a far lighter food experience, options include cayenne, ketchup, BBQ, curry and Mr Ji’s secret mix.
Mr Ji’s ‘Chicken Tips’ provide something extra - crispy fried chicken wing tips seasoned with seven spice powder.
In Taiwan, it is customary to enjoy a freshly-made infused Taiwanese tea with fried chicken, so at Mr Ji try the jasmine, blood orangeand hibiscus or oolong, lemon & honey tea to refresh the palate and balance the spiciness of the fried chicken.
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Meaning it’s no ‘inferior’ gluten free version, simply how the food is supposed to be made.
And the good news is that following a great and unexpected response from the gluten free crowd, Mr Ji are looking into making the menu 100% gluten free.
The food is tasty and unique, especially compared to the usual gluten free offerings.
We shared the sweet potato chips, which come with a plum seasoning, and the standard fries, which come with the same choice of seasonings as the chicken: cayenne, curry, BBQ or powdered ketchup.
We were completely full by then, but if there’s gluten free doughnuts on the menu, having dessert is compulsory!
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Mr Ji is popping up in Camden for the next few weeks, specialising in fried chicken – but not just any old fried chicken.
The owners were inspired by a recent trip to Taiwan were they fell in love with the fried chicken they found at the night markets there.
The main event is the Big Fried Chicken, a whole breaded breast flattened out almost like a schnitzel and dusted with your choice of seasoning.
Apparently cayenne pepper is the most traditional but our favourite was a BBQ dusting which we actually had on the juicy popcorn chicken nuggets.
Not only do they provide a great counterpoint to the chicken but they are just bloody tasty in themselves.
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Mr Ji, a Taiwanese-inspired fried chicken restaurant is popping up for five weeks in Camden, and there'll be cayenne dips, ginger doughnuts and spiked teas to boot.
For starters, it'll be marinated in that glorious combo of chilli, chicken, ginger and five spice, then deep fried in a special Taiwanese coating.
There'll also be bitesized crispy fried chicken thighs, Mini Jis, to entice you, and a selection of powders for you to dip your chicken in/lick greedily off your fingers, including cayenne, curry and Mr Ji's Secret Mix.
For sides, there'll be sweet potato fries sprinkled with plum powder, plus hot and sour chicken soups, zesty mustard greens .
Apparently, it's not unusual to have cold herbal tea with your fried chicken in Taiwan, so there'll be various infusions on offer on the drinks menu, including jasmine with blood orange and hibiscus, or oolong, lemon and honey.
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The pop-up has been founded by two friends who discovered this style of fried chicken while in Taiwan; they named the restaurant after their nickname for the man who introduced them to it.
It’s different to the fried chicken we’re used to in London because the meat is diced or butterflied (rather than left as whole breasts, legs or wings).
Wings are available too – Mr Ji’s Chicken Tips are seasoned with seven spice powder, plus your choice of flavourings (cayenne, ketchup, BBQ, curry, or Mr Ji’s secret mix) for splattering across tables, sucking from fingers and generally getting all over your face.
If you don’t want fried chicken (we imagine that does happen to some people), then they’re serving a chicken soup made in a hot and sour style, plus there are sweet potato doughnuts for pudding.
Londoners love fried chicken but it’s been a while since we’ve seen the Taiwanese style (Good Friends Chicken – formerly BigBe – in Chinatown is the most recent opening of note).