Sam’s Chicken

It seems everyone is talking about fried Chicken shops these days. The way these purveyors of crispy hot poultry have taken over the rougher parts of high streets over the past decade — pushing out the traditional chippy — has been either lamented or applauded (depending on your tastes). I believe there is always a place for this type of basic grub, and Sam’s is one of the better examples. The shop itself is light, clean and modern and while the chicken won’t win any awards, it is passable and ludicrously cheap. This is a great place to visit pre or post a gig at the HMV forum, or for when that post work drink turned into five. I have no doubt I’ll be asking Sam to sort me out again very soon.

Inside every one of us is a fried chicken lover. If you fancy a greasy bird, come to Sam’s fried chicken takeaway heaven. This fast food restaurant is quite posh (for a fried chicken joint) but the prices are incredibly cheap. You cannot go wrong with four pieces of chicken, two portions of fries and two burgers for £5.99. Sam you rock.

Fried chicken is the ultimate filthy, artery clogging, amazingly tasty pick up takeaway in London. Simply being in one of these places post 12am on a weekend makes me want to bathe. Yet trundling down Kentish Town Road today I noticed the swishiest, cleanest and most upmarket fried chicken shop I have ever seen. Take a bow Sam’s. I almost wanted to smarten up my appearance to go in. Looking a little like a classic McDonalds establishment, it was light years away from the grotty, sticky outlets I frequent when I’ve only got £2.50 in my wallet.
It is amazing how smart décor can affect the mindset of a customer. I convinced myself that fried chicken was suddenly healthy. All that saturated fat suddenly didn’t matter. I had to purchase something. The shock factor continued. It was incredibly cheap. How about this? Two chicken fillet burgers, four pieces of chicken and two lots of fries for… (I must pause here for effect… Just a little more! All the above came to a credit crunch defying £5.99. AWESOME!
This smart outlet, with ludicrously cheap prices, serving the same old stroke inducing but oh so good greasy chicken we all love, is a winner.