There’s some spectacular fried chicken in Manchester. Choices abound - there’s US style, dipped in Nashville hot sauce, like from the excellent Mumma’s (find them in Mackie Mayor and Altrincham Market). There’s Korean style, there’s Japanese karaage.
There’s southern fried and there’s Indian-style ‘65’, so named as it was created in 1965 at the Buhari Hotel in Chennai. There’s Thai style with chilli and fried lime leaves. Or perhaps a slab of crisp, panko-covered joy served in a warm hoagie with jalapeños and hot honey, like at Fat Pat’s, the superlative sandwich place in Chinatown.
Every which way you can think of to disassemble and fry a chicken, we’ve probably got it. So trying to pick the best isn’t something to simply wander into without thinking carefully about it. Pleasingly, three of the best in town are located in what from now on will be known as the Oxford Road Chicken Triangle.
