The second Max that I write about is a specialist in fried chicken and has been in the business since right after the Second World War. Started by a teacher, Max Gimenez, the restaurant first catered to the GIs stationed in Quezon City, and subsequently grew to become "the house that fried chicken built." While the restaurant is famous for its chicken (the claim is that it's "tender, juicy and crispy, delicious to the bone!") the menu also includes a lot of Filipino favorites--crispy pata, pancit canton, kare-kare, and halo-halo. At today's prices, average spend for a good meal is around P300 per head. Last Friday afternoon, Monique and I found time to have a quick snack at the Max's branch in the basement of the Shangri-la Mall, and we had that devilish grin when we asked the food server to bring out a whole spring chicken for the both of us (the exact chicken is pictured below)!
The main Max restaurant along Scout Tuaxon certainly brings back so many memories, and two events are foremost in my mind--in the seventies, the family had dinner there to celebrate my graduation from grade school, and in 1997, we celebrated Pipsy's first birthday there too, complete with games and prizes! Gwama and Kong have also entertained friends at the main restaurant (last time was when Uncle Yachts came to town). Food is good and reasonably priced; without a doubt, their chicken will always be on my top 10 chicken list!
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