Maxin Chicken on Grove Vale

[Keith]

It's not just the chicken but most of the time the buns for the burgers are also stale.

Yes it's cheap but it's also stale and cold and maybe even yesterdays batch of cooked chicken. I see them in the evenings before they shut shop, stacking all the chicken together for use the next day. It's supposed to be destroyed every evening.

No matter how nice the guys are that serve in there it really is the worst chicken shop I've visited.

[snorky]

You pay ?1.99 fopr Burg/ Drinx + fries.

what do xpect for that - Black truffle mayo ?

[nutty]

No - I'd probably expect either Salmonella or Trichinellosis

[Keef]

God this thread is going on.

It's a chicken shop, like most chicken shops it sells cheap, disgusting, barely identifiable "meat", and by God it's fantastic when you're off your face!!!!!!! :)-D

No one's forcing anyone to go in there.

[capt_birdseye]

Why are there so many Fried Chicken shops in London? You don't get so many of them in other parts of the country.

[Guest]

Just because

[all_star]

Great insight there Jenny, I can see you making a valuable addition to the forum...

[Jimbo]

Maxin is a cheap chicken fast food store.... if you aren't a fan of that kind of food then try "Rice and Peas." If you are feeling brave you could try their curried goat. let me know what its like......

[Guest]

Thanks for being so polite *hmn*

There are so mnay fried chicken shops as people like chicken

Simple answer

By the way curried goat isnt actually goat..

[TJS]

This place is not nice at all, personal preference avaiod at all costs and hopfully it is shutdown.

[Guest]

There are so many fried chicken shops in South London because of the large West Indian population. Curried goat is also a traditional Jamaican dish along with jerk chicken, both of which have been made into 'fast food stlye' restuarants, possibly inspired by chains such as KFC. I have to say fried chicken is delicious when drunk, but only when. Pumped full of hormones and reared in a battery too, so not green or healthy.

[capt_birdseye]

Thanks for the informed reply Leto. Better than JennyB saying its because "people like chicken". Duh.

[Keef]

Er, what is curried goat if it's not goat????? I'm sure it was goat when I had it :-S

"Jerk Rock" is wicked! >:D<

[Guest]

ewww "jerk rock" is probably the worst take away outlet on LL, I have been in there twice now and food is absolutely atrocious and you have have to wait ages for them to cook it and turns out not cooked properly or overdone.. You cant win there..

[Keef]

Well I was very drunk, but it seemed nice :-S

[Huguenot]

I believe that mutton is usually used instead of goat because of price and availability

[Incitatus]

Agreed Jerk Rock doesn't do justice to Caribbean cuisine, a bit of trek but well worth it is the Trinidadian takeaway on Croxted road at the Herne Hill end, it's recently reopened under new management and it rocks. They have a very bad stereo playing very good Steel Drum music. The Roti's are great but the Doubles (Chick pea pancakes filled with curry, mint, yoghurt and other stuff) are gorgeous all smothered in Tamarind sauce, food from Trinidad tends to be more interesting than Jamaican with plenty of South Indian influences.

[alexisgood]

Resurrecting a very old thread, but seeing as this chicken shop (Maxin Grove Vale) is popular with kids, I wanted to warn people that the kitchen staff are literally sharpening their knives on the public pavement on Derwent Grove. I can hear an alarming metal sound outside daily - I look out and there's a guy wielding a 7 inch knife and scraping it along the floor. Needless to say, London's streets carry all sorts of dirt and, not trying to be melodramatic, disease - there's a fox that likes to hang out DG so god knows what sort of illness you could contract due to this practice. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

[singalto]

Should someone report them to environmental health?

[Renata Hamvas]

I shall report this.

Thanks

Renata

[CataRosca]

snorky Wrote:

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> You pay ?1.99 fopr Burg/ Drinx + fries.

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> what do xpect for that - Black truffle mayo ?

exactly!

I'd like to see people around here cook something for under ?3... one Friday night, after a couple of pints. It's satisfying to eat the forbidden food even if the heartburn is hell afterwards.

BTW they have the same hygiene rating as the palmerston. Now, tell me what can you buy for ?2.99 at Palmerston. I had a very disappointing burger at meat liquor for ?9.75

Maxine may not be for everyone, but let them live, people.

[singalto]

Cheap food does not have to be unhygienic.

[dc]

CataRosca Wrote:

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> BTW they have the same hygiene rating as the

> palmerston.

That?s not true. The Palmerston is ?generally satisfactory? whilst Maxin is ?improvement necessary?. Anyway, the Palmerston owners are currently spending a small fortune on upgrading their kitchen.

[Cedges]

I bloody love Maxin. Ridiculously cheap and far superior to the other places around here. Dirty chicken ahoy.

[Louisa]

I don't care what food is being served, how it's being cooked, or even how much it costs. There is NO excuse for poor hygiene practises. It costs nothing to maintain clean worktops, clean floors and ha de and storing food items at the correct temperature in the correct part of a refrigeration unit.

Everywhere should have a 5 star food hygiene rating, or else be forced to close down (unless they work towards one).

Louisa.