Bird Restaurant on Kingsland Road (Shoreditch)

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I finally got the chance to go to restaurant "Bird", located on the southern end of Kingsland Road (in Shoreditch) near the railway bridge. I do not work that far from it, so I went a couple of times earlier this month to check out the menu. I had been to the restaurant last spring, but I only visited the "Doughnut Hatch" and got a cinnamon-glazed doughnut. "Bird" is known for its chicken dishes, and their chicken is free range.

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On my first visit, I was intrigued to try the "chicken and waffles" meal. The waffle is made of cheddar and onion and comes with two pieces of fried chicken (I got a leg and part of a breast piece) and Maple syrup. The combination of taste is sweet and savoury, and this worked brilliantly together. I was impressed and loved the combination.

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The interior of the restaurant looks like a tasteful cafe-diner with plenty of seats and exposed brickwork on the walls, and I loved the neon "Bird" sign.

"Bird" also serves wine, beer, and cocktails. I decided to try one of the cocktails, which was called "Buckeye Fizz". I choose this one as it's a famous sports team from the US state of Ohio where I was born. Vodka, fizz, and blood orange are the ingredients that make up this cocktail. 

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The chicken and waffles were followed by and "ice cream sandwich doughnut". This includes one of their doughnuts in whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate and caramel sauce. Mine had a little bit of chocolate sauce, cream, and salted caramel ice cream. I am not too big of a fan of salted caramel, so I am not sure why mine came like that. I did get to choose my doughnut, though, and there was a choice between cinnamon and coconut. Cinnamon seems to be their signature flavour, and I had had that flavour before, so I choose coconut.

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On my most recent visit, I decided to try the fried chicken sandwich. This contains breast meat fried in buttermilk. Slaw, mayo, pickle, and hot sauce were optional. Although I love spicy food, I was concerned that the sauce would taste "chemically", so I asked for it on the side. I left the mayo, slaw, and pickle off the sandwich as well as I do not like them. The crispy fries were a separate side. Overall, the burger was nice but I preferred the chicken and waffles. The chicken was juicy in places but a little dry too, but the fries were delicious.

I had two scoops of ice cream for the dessert. I choose a scoop of pistachio, which is one of my favourite ice cream flavours, and chocolate. I was a little disappointed with the pistachio as it did not have much flavour and tasted a little like it had crystalised. I prefer my pistachio ice cream to have chunks of pistachio. The chocolate was delicious.

I would return for the yummy chicken and waffles!

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