When The Observer visited last Sunday, it was the usual high clientele numbers. The number of Safe Boda picking orders or the trays leaving the kitchen and chicken bones coming back from clients, tell of how popular the place is.

There was hardly any parking space or empty seats. Don’t come expecting five-star treatment of fancy seats, colourful plating or garnishes, meanwhile. It is a place strictly for chicken mchomo – charcoal-grilled at that. And they stick to the basics. 

Bar the environmental concerns and guilt, charcoal-roasted meats tend to retain their natural flavours and juices. And that is how Hazari chicken is. It is very well-seasoned and balanced and is extremely tasty.

For the first-timer, you are left in wonderment when you see someone (women inclusive) order for a full chicken and ‘clear’ it in one swoop. But when you eventually taste it, you too can easily be tempted to order for the remaining half. 

The chicken skin is crisply tasty, while the meat is tender-soft and the hard bones suggest it is kroilers, which have a better taste than broilers. A full chicken costs Shs 22,000, half at 11,000, a piece at Shs 6,000.  The chicken is served with roasted unpeeled matoke and salads.     

fkisakye@observer.ug