OKINAWA HAEBARU: Rico Chicken! A bit away from touristy Naha and rotisserie garlic chicken loved by locals! (Sony RX100)

When in Okinawa you MUST seek out a rotisserie garlic chicken spot!  Half a chicken runs 800 yen and a whole 1600 yen.  This day my local Okinawan friend says he only goes to Rico Chicken monthly. My first try!

The chef was swamped with walk-in and phone orders.  

What a friendly chicken bag.

Now time to eat in my friends driveway... Hydroflask and Orion beer ready!

In the distance... 

Rainbow spotting!  But in about 15 minutes the huge Typhoon 14 started drenching this town.

Visually it looked much like any other Bueno Chicken style rotisserie but what I noticed most that it really lacked the huge volume of garlic topping that I totally enjoyed at Bueno Okinawa GO Chicken.

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Some parts were tender, other juicy... but with so little garlic it kinda lacked that kick.  I`m definitely  still a fan of BUENO Okinawa GO (Garlic Onion) Chicken in Naha that's run by a super nice youth Karate instructor. 

 

Leave you with an Okinawa sunset view from Yaese town.

Restaurant: Rico Chicken

Tabelog Foodie: https://tabelog.com/okinawa/A4704/A470401/47002901/

Address J: 沖縄県島尻郡南風原町兼城564

Address E: 564 Kanegusuku, Haebaru, Shimajiri District, Okinawa 901-1111

MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/NpPLNcxtnPqMQRYn9

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OKINAWA URASOE: Bueno Chicken! Rotisserie chicken on a bed of chopped garlic... Tasty! (Sony RX100)

I mentioned to a Tokyo friend I was going to visit Okinawa for a few days and immediately she said goto Bueno Chicken!  I'm a huge fan of rotisserie chicken and even more for small locally owned businesses so it was on my list!  About a 30 minute bike ride from Naha Kokusai Street to Urasoe.

Due to Coronavirus they only allow one person to sit in the waiting area so couldn't get any shots of the kitchen.  There were 4 ladies waiting outside with me... popular with locals!

Chicken keeps spinning!

Interesting no-contact automatic payment system... almost looked like a printer.

1/2 a chicken for 850 yen and think a full bird was 1,700.

All that Garlic!  It wasn't tender and had a bit of a crunch to it... 

The tender juiciness varied from the different areas of the chicken but overall the flavor was mild and that might have been the aim as the garlic adds a nice punch.  Will probably try again on my next visit.

Plan was to bike ride to the pier and enjoy my chicken but that Okinawan sun is piercing... in just a few days I was all red and pealing.   Cat had the right idea... shade!

Restaurant: Bueno Chicken Urasoe

Website: http://www.buenourasoe.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/buenochicken

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buenourasoe/

Tabelog FOodie: https://tabelog.com/okinawa/A4703/A470404/47001472/

Address J: 沖縄県浦添市内間1-14-2

Address E: Okinawa, Urasoe-shi, Uchima 1-14-2
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/RZPCagi9NDhaxgD79

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