After Seinfeld, the term “soup nazi” has become part of the urban vernacular and when researching a place for the best Portuguese Charcoal Chicken in Sydney, this place along with that very term popped up again and again. My blogging buddy Christie from Fig & Cherry is a regular here and if it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for me. Researching it on eatability I read this amusing warning from member, mooooo__. “As long as you know their system and don’t faff when ordering/deciding though, all should be good. Don’t look certain senior staff in the eyes, some say she can steal your soul if you do. Even better don’t say anything to her except “thanks”. She appreciates not having to converse with you.” With an intro like that, I was trepidatious at best. Luckily I was unwittingly armed with a secret weapon. Eight month old baby Annabel.
The Secret Weapon
The queue is long and there’s another woman in the line behind us. “I thought now was going to be a better time to come here but it’s just as busy” she says to us. I have to agree as the nights where we’ve driven past this place, we’ve witnessed lines and crowds spilling out of the doorway onto the street of hungry people eager to get their lateish night fix of charcoal chicken (and apparently fat reduced as the neon sign says).
The takeaway items are very reasonably priced but as we’re not local we want to sit down so we are shown a table by the lady that eatability readers fear. Did I mention my secret weapon? Teena’s daughter Annabel proceeds to melt everyone’s hearts with her smile and the staff couldn’t be nicer. The woman in question stops by to coo at her and tells us with nothing but a beaming smile on her face that she has a 7 month old granddaughter. I was initially a bit fearful of asking for something from the takeaway menu to eat in but given her friendliness I do and it’s absolutely fine. *Phew!*
1/2 chicken $7 and cod croquette $2 (front) and chips $6.50 (behind)
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