Due to the buses faffing about, we arrived into Cardiff a little later than expected and so I had another of my marvellous ideas to try a chain that none of us had visited before.
Jollibee is the Philippines’s rather beloved fast-food chain, a national institution that began humbly in the late 1970s as an ice cream parlour before discovering, with perhaps admirable pragmatism and self-awareness, that people actually preferred fried chicken and spaghetti. Who can blame them? Today it’s a global brand and it has started to expand its operations in the UK.
We ordered at the kiosks, but these are the tempting menu boards. I’m intrigued by the spaghetti option, it’s something a little different at least. As was the pineapple drink option that was listed.
A nice and basic five spicy tenders meal which was entirely agreeable, with the chicken was tender and the coating was actually spicy rather than some sort of bland corporate affair.
It all feels rather on-trend, but it could have been cleaner. The toilets were also rather chaotic, which perhaps takes away from their brand concept a little in terms of being modern and, er, clean.
Liam panicked when the kiosk said “would you like to add something else for a bargain price” and he kept saying yes.
Richard did something similar, including ordering a dessert. I think it was agreed by us all that for a chain, the food and drink here was really rather acceptable. The online reviews are positive and this feels a better value and quality proposition than offered by their rivals KFC, who have an outlet just over the road.