I am not very familiar with restaurants in Richmond but I've been seeing more photos of New West restaurant food on social media (i.e. Longtail etc.). I think the city has developed a lot over the last couple of years and numerous delicious places are starting to pop up where rent is more affordable.
Re-up is inside the River Market inside the New West Quay and it is nested in a cafeteria like environment. I was pleasantly surprised to see Longtail right beside Re-up. From the IG photos I've seen of Longtail, I assumed that it was a restaurant.
We ended up ordering the chicken bucket which turned out to be more like a chicken platter. It came with a whole chicken and also four biscuits which was perfect for the four of us.
We also got soda, lemon tea and ginger beer and the cashier was taking a long time to give us our drinks. I realized it was because he was mixing them up from scratch which made me feel like the money was worth it. The ginger beer (which is something I always go for) was delicious with a bit of a spicy kick which was perfect.
The fried chicken was crispy and very very moist. It was extremely hot to the point I thought burnt my mouth. The chicken skin wasn't as crispy as I wanted them to be so I was slightly let down by that. The winner of this chicken bucket was the biscuits. They were so so soft, buttery and just amazing. The coleslaw was a great addition to this combination because it was fresh with a bit of a crunch.
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Re-up and I would definitely come back for it but more so for the biscuits than the fried chickens.
I will be checking out a couple of other fried chicken places in Vancouver to let you guys know where I think is the best! I may be biased because I am Korean and I love Korean fried chicken.. but I'll try my best not to!
Rei
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