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[h=2]Jollibee is overrated & should be thankful to their huge base
of loyal Filipinos in SG[/h]
September 4th, 2013 |
Author: Contributions
Jollibee opened its first branch in Lucky
Plaza
Recently, I went to Jollibee at Lucky Plaza. It was my first attempt after
hearing so many good news that the fried chicken “ChickenJoy” must be quite
delicious.
It was a weekday and close to 9pm and my thoughts were, “The queue must be
damn short. And it’s been so many months since Jollibee opened, surely the
crowds must have gotten quite sick of Jollibee food?”
It was a long arduous trip to Level 6. Initially, I thought this must be a
very bad location to place your fast food restaurant on Level 6. The rent is
lower on Level 6 but to place a restaurant on Level 6 rather than Level 1, it
seems quite stupid.
When I saw PAP MP Dr Lily Neo’s opened her Women’s clinic at Level 5, my
thoughts were maybe Dr Lily could have also ate the ChickenJoy there too.
But when I reached there, I was shocked at the long queue that snaked out to
the Jollibee door.
Initially, I felt very uncomfortable as I was the only Singaporean there in
the queue.
I think based on their faces and conversation, I was the only odd one out and
behaved myself or else, I could be outnumbered by the Filipinos in the queue,
aka, Hello Kitty McDonald street fight.
After enduring the queue, ChickenJoy came in less than a minute.
As I couldn’t find a seat, I took the ChickenJoy meal set away and went down
the escalator.
My initial joy turned to disappointment. I realised that my mashed potatoes
were all liquid and not even semi-solid or formed. It tasted just like KFC
except that it was liquid all over.
The chicken itself was a huge disappointment. The meat was cold and not
crispy. The chicken skin was also cold and had traces of flour that was not
fully fried. Botak Jones and Do-Re-Me Chicken and even KFC can easily beat
ChickenJoy hands down.
Can anyone confirm this? I think they may have done that in a hurry which
caused the chicken meat to be done in such a poor quality.
Jollibee must thank the loyal supporters of Filipinos who pay $6.60 per set
for ChickenJoy. It’s overrated. One of my Filipino friends goes to Jollibee not
because she is ChickenJoy crazy but because she wants to speak in Tagalog with
her other friends from Philippines as she is lonely.
I think if I were to open a Filipino cuisine hawker stall in a neighbourhood
coffee shop and charge them $6 per dish, I can make a lot of money too even if
my dishes were bad. Many Filipinos will still come to eat my dishes as they want
to make friends with others.
By GE 2016, I will probably sing a different tune and want more Filipinos to
invade Singapore to shore up my business, if I open such a stall.
CJ
of loyal Filipinos in SG[/h]
Jollibee opened its first branch in Lucky
Plaza
Recently, I went to Jollibee at Lucky Plaza. It was my first attempt after
hearing so many good news that the fried chicken “ChickenJoy” must be quite
delicious.
It was a weekday and close to 9pm and my thoughts were, “The queue must be
damn short. And it’s been so many months since Jollibee opened, surely the
crowds must have gotten quite sick of Jollibee food?”
It was a long arduous trip to Level 6. Initially, I thought this must be a
very bad location to place your fast food restaurant on Level 6. The rent is
lower on Level 6 but to place a restaurant on Level 6 rather than Level 1, it
seems quite stupid.
When I saw PAP MP Dr Lily Neo’s opened her Women’s clinic at Level 5, my
thoughts were maybe Dr Lily could have also ate the ChickenJoy there too.
But when I reached there, I was shocked at the long queue that snaked out to
the Jollibee door.
Initially, I felt very uncomfortable as I was the only Singaporean there in
the queue.
I think based on their faces and conversation, I was the only odd one out and
behaved myself or else, I could be outnumbered by the Filipinos in the queue,
aka, Hello Kitty McDonald street fight.
After enduring the queue, ChickenJoy came in less than a minute.
As I couldn’t find a seat, I took the ChickenJoy meal set away and went down
the escalator.
My initial joy turned to disappointment. I realised that my mashed potatoes
were all liquid and not even semi-solid or formed. It tasted just like KFC
except that it was liquid all over.
The chicken itself was a huge disappointment. The meat was cold and not
crispy. The chicken skin was also cold and had traces of flour that was not
fully fried. Botak Jones and Do-Re-Me Chicken and even KFC can easily beat
ChickenJoy hands down.
Can anyone confirm this? I think they may have done that in a hurry which
caused the chicken meat to be done in such a poor quality.
Jollibee must thank the loyal supporters of Filipinos who pay $6.60 per set
for ChickenJoy. It’s overrated. One of my Filipino friends goes to Jollibee not
because she is ChickenJoy crazy but because she wants to speak in Tagalog with
her other friends from Philippines as she is lonely.
I think if I were to open a Filipino cuisine hawker stall in a neighbourhood
coffee shop and charge them $6 per dish, I can make a lot of money too even if
my dishes were bad. Many Filipinos will still come to eat my dishes as they want
to make friends with others.
By GE 2016, I will probably sing a different tune and want more Filipinos to
invade Singapore to shore up my business, if I open such a stall.
CJ
