I swear KFC changed its recipe some years ago. It just doesn’t taste as good.
I like Popeye’s, but I find it too greasy. Louisiana Fried Chicken, a small chain found mainly in black neighborhoods in Southern California is better.
The best takeout fried chicken in LA is Jim Dandy’s on Vermont Ave. at the 105 freeway. Because it is in such a high crime area, the staff works behind a window made from bulletproof glass and you make your payment and receive your order through a metal slot under the window—sort of like doing business at banks in high-crime areas.
Pepsi screwed up KFC when they took it over back in the 80’s. It’s never been the same since.