Daybird - Szechuan Hot Chicken

Americas - USA West Los Angeles
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daybird

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closed

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That makes sense

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I haven’t been yet, but when I passed by on my way back to ktown after my Dodger shot mid-afternoon Saturday, there were maybe 4 people waiting around.

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Note my comment up the thread from two weeks ago already saying there was no line.

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They open at noon for walk-up orders. You can schedule an online order for 1:00 on, so there’s no reason people should be lining up after that.

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This. :point_up_2:t4: I don’t understand why peeps are still having a problem with this concept. It’s takeout.

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FYI, there was a short line at 1-1:30PM yesterday. It moved quickly, and all patrons were good about spacing.

Fantastic sandwich, and the fries and strawberry lemonade are great, too. :slight_smile: Fries don’t have the flavor of peak McDonald’s, but literally each stick is perfectly fried. Partner and I often differ about how much sweet/tart we like in our lemonade, and Daybird’s satisfied us both. Great match for the spice of the chicken. I actually didn’t mind the relatively lack of numbing (I still had a bit of numbing around my lips), and the aroma was spot-on.

The HR sando (non-delivery) is still my fav (and, TBH, rather easily so, actually), but the two are not really directly comparable, in my mind (so I think Daybird is a wonderful entry). I think it just depends on whether you want something more conventionally flavored or something that’s a great twist on a classic.

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If you’re seriously looking for this, go to Burgers Never Say Die. Beef tallow fries cut like McD’s.

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Or if you want to make them yourself…http://www.beneboy.com/mcmenu.pdf

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Anyone tried the caviar version?

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it’s not on the menu yet, you would have to BYOC.

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Maybe the people who’ve been posting photos have been.

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Had this yesterday medium spicy, maybe the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever had…better than HR

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Agree.
DB >>>HR for several reasons:

  1. thigh >>> breast
  2. DB slaw >>> HR SLAW
  3. DB sandwich-architecture >>> HR sandwich-architecture
  4. DB spicing is more “interesting”
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Completely agree. Tried to today and it was thoroughly more enjoyable sandwich. Both are great but I’ll choose Daybird 7/10 times. Spice mix is Much more complex, flavorful, fragrant, subtle sweetness to balance the heat and of course the nice numbing sensation.

Love that you enjoy it as a tender before digging into to the bun and acidic slaw.

Walked right up to order around 12:15 today and got it in 15 min.

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$60
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRr7WjDNnL/

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That’s a pretty good deal.

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Say what?

Mei Lin is / was on some kind of celebrity chef tour.