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...Lets talk Chicken!...but not that 'other' chicken!
Could you consider BBQ/Roast Chicken as being a WA food?
Seeing that the Fast Food Chains of Red Rooster, Chicken Treat and River Rooster/Chooks, all had their starts here, and are still popular in this state.
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No doubt these are hugely successful companies and franchises.
Hungry Jacks, another unrelated fast food chain, also originated there.
Red Rooster is very big on BBQ chooks, and does the best job on them by far.
Since they took over Big Rooster in the east, they have been huge.
They would easily be the 2nd biggest chicken fast food franchise througout Oz, after the Colonel.
They are not as big here in Newcastle and the Hunter area of NSW, due to the presence of Henny Penny - Henny Penny (restaurant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a local product - but this is regional only.
No doubt they have been hurt by all the supermarkets selling whole BBQ chooks, which are nowhere near as good, but convenient for one-stop shoppers.
Most towns over 20000 will probably have a Red Rooster.
Only small towns have to put up with independently owned chicken shops, where the quality is inconsistent.
Oporto is also now very big throughout NSW and expanding into other states, they do whole BBQ chooks, but this is not their specialty.
WA has a penchant for fast food, and obviously the most successful at it when you look at this history.
Whether it can claim to be the pioneers of selling whole BBQ chooks though, and being unique to WA, is debateable.
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I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING myself! When you want fast food, most places are chicken. Chicken Treat and Red Rooster both began in 1971/1972 in the Southeastern suburbs of Perth. In addition we have Chooks, Charcoal Chicken and many smaller independent places. I think WA's food is very Mediterranean based, and chicken is like a lighter kind of meat that goes well with salads and stuff.
We should get Oporto, love that stuff! Nandos is good but too expensive and slow to be fast food.
Is this BBQ chicken they serve like a whole bird, or is it pieces like drumstick, breast, thigh etc. as you'd get from a fried chicken place?
Usually the only places here selling BBQ chicken sell the whole bird, or they are "Asian" and have various shapes and size of bite-sized chicken mixed in with a particular dish. Fast food restaurants also sell "grilled" chicken, but that's just plain chicken cooked on a grill, not seasoned as one would normally find under the heading "BBQ."
Is this BBQ chicken they serve like a whole bird, or is it pieces like drumstick, breast, thigh etc. as you'd get from a fried chicken place?
Usually the only places here selling BBQ chicken sell the whole bird, or they are "Asian" and have various shapes and size of bite-sized chicken mixed in with a particular dish. Fast food restaurants also sell "grilled" chicken, but that's just plain chicken cooked on a grill, not seasoned as one would normally find under the heading "BBQ."
This would include both whole BBQ chickens, and "lunch packs" etc, with some pieces of chicken with chips and/or other food.
I assume the OP meant both.
When we lived near a Red Rooster, which was ironically in WA in the late 90's, we would often by the whole chook and cut it up for lunch.
Supermarkets now do it, which is more convenient, and the Henny Penny whole BBQ chooks are nothing special.
Asian BBQ chickens are normally seen in Chinatown and other specialty areas, not mainstream.
Is this BBQ chicken they serve like a whole bird, or is it pieces like drumstick, breast, thigh etc. as you'd get from a fried chicken place?
Usually the only places here selling BBQ chicken sell the whole bird, or they are "Asian" and have various shapes and size of bite-sized chicken mixed in with a particular dish. Fast food restaurants also sell "grilled" chicken, but that's just plain chicken cooked on a grill, not seasoned as one would normally find under the heading "BBQ."
...Lets talk Chicken!...but not that 'other' chicken!
Could you consider BBQ/Roast Chicken as being a WA food?
Seeing that the Fast Food Chains of Red Rooster, Chicken Treat and River Rooster/Chooks, all had their starts here, and are still popular in this state.
When organisations "test" the market, they usually choose the state or region that is going to result in the least harm to their reputation should the product/service not succeed. This may explain why so many organisations have their humble beginnings in WA
TAS is another popular state for "trials".
With all due respect, WA may not be the most fertile state for these organisations relative to revenue but it was good place to germinate.
When organisations "test" the market, they usually choose the state or region that is going to result in the least harm to their reputation should the product/service not succeed. This may explain why so many organisations have their humble beginnings in WA
TAS is another popular state for "trials".
With all due respect, WA may not be the most fertile state for these organisations relative to revenue but it was good place to germinate.
It's true, that WA is fairly safe to "test" markets and also to look at branching out into other markets. As In the case of Red Rooster, the Kallis family were already well known WA Fishmongers and were pretty safe if the business failed.
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When you want fast food, most places are chicken. Chicken Treat and Red Rooster both began in 1971/1972 in the Southeastern suburbs of Perth. In addition we have Chooks, Charcoal Chicken and many smaller independent places. I think WA's food is very Mediterranean based, and chicken is like a lighter kind of meat that goes well with salads and stuff. 
