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Foodholic Niko @ Kaohsiung

The food known as "桶仔雞" (bucket chicken) is one of those dishes that makes you nostalgic if you haven't had it in a while, so this time I found this place called "Wen Chayuan" located in Fengshan District. Though it's called Fengshan District, it's actually closer to Niaosong.

In September, the special promotion is that you can add bucket chicken to a group meal at a discounted price!

Regular Price:
Original Bucket Chicken $700, Garlic Bucket Chicken $800
Add-on Price:
Original Bucket Chicken $350, Garlic Bucket Chicken $450

Since there's a significant price difference, and we were also too lazy to browse the menu and order, we decided to go with the eight-person meal (please refer to the menu for details) and added one Garlic Bucket Chicken, without ordering any other dishes. This was quite filling for nine adults!

The package also includes two large pots of drinks, which I personally think is quite a good deal! The honey lemon iced tea is delicious!

P.S. The group meal and bucket chicken need to be booked in advance! (If you order bucket chicken on-site, it will take about an hour to wait.)

Starting with the bucket chicken,
I personally found it quite tasty; the chicken was tender, and the skin was roasted to a nice crisp, although the chicken seems a bit small. The add-on price is okay, but at the regular price, I’d feel it’s a bit pricey.

Now about the big soup pot,
We chose the mushroom chicken soup. The mushrooms were decent, but the chicken was very tender, and the soup had enough flavor and was tasty.

In my opinion, the dishes in the set meal performed adequately, not bad, but none of them stood out impressively; they had the usual tastes that you’d expect.

Dishes I liked more:
Salt and Pepper Squid, Braised Tofu, and Flower Crab Balls.

Dishes I liked less:
Matsusaka Pork, because it felt soft and lacked the crispiness you would usually expect from Matsusaka pork, which is a bit of a disappointment.

Additionally, there was a little downside; I felt that the staff I encountered today were somewhat indifferent. However, the two staff members I spoke with on the phone were very friendly.